Accession No

Z 44534


Description

Fragment of a ground stone axe; part of the cutting edge.


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 44534; 3


Cultural Affliation


Material

Stone


Local Term


Measurements


Events

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


Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card in Mary Hill Harris’ hand: 'Portion of ground stone axe.'
Event Date
Author: Jodi Zhang


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 Unpublished report on 1955 survey and excavations in Tobago.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


Description (Labels & Markings)
Object marked '3'.
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 (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)
Part of a ground stone axe.
Event Date 8/7/2016
Author: Josie Howl


Description (Physical description)
Fragment of a ground stone axe; part of the cutting edge.
Event Date 4/6/2024
Author: Jodi Zhang


FM:270338

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