Accession No
Z 44533
Description
Thin section slide taken from a stone grinder of volcanic tuff [1957.148].
Place
Americas; Caribbean; Trinidad and Tobago; Tobago; Goldsborough
Period
Pre-Columbian/Pre-Hispanic Saladoid
Source
Bushnell, Geoffrey Hext Sutherland [excavator and donor]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
Z 44533; 3
Cultural Affliation
Material
Stone; Volcanic tuff
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Description (Labels & Markings)
Label on slide reads: 'DEPT.MIN.PET.CAM. Goldsborough. Z 44533'; also marked in corner '3'.
Event Date
Author: Josie Howl
Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for in Mary Hill Harris’ hand: 'Thin-section slide, presumably of 57.148 as found with it.'
Event Date
Author: Jodi Zhang
Context (Related Documents)
See archives relating to Bushnell's 1955 Tobago excavations (FR4/1/1 - FR4/1/7).
Event Date
Author: Josie Howl
Context (References)
Bushnell, G.H.S. (n.d.). Unpublished report on 1955 survey and excavations in Tobago. MAA Archive (FR4/1/4 text, FR4/1/2 plates)
Event Date
Author: Jodi Zhang
Context (Related Documents)
Cardboard box reads: 'Tobago WEST INDIES. GOLDSBOROUGH. Stone grinder', and an addition in pencil: '+ part of another tool unmarked was in box marked "not entered or not exhibited" ', and below that in pen: 'Thin-section slide'.
Event Date
Author: Josie Howl
Context (Field collection)
Goldsborough, surface collection. Excavated by Geoffrey Bushnell during his 1955 expedition to Tobago, funded by the Crowther-Beynon Fund and Louis C.G. Clarke.
Event Date 1955
Author: Josie Howl
Description (Physical description)
Thin section slide taken from a stone grinder of volcanic tuff [1957.148].
Event Date 8/7/2016
Author: Josie Howl
FM:270337
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