Accession No

Z 44428 C


Description

Sherd of squared rim, slightly everted. Vessel wall gradually thickens downwards from the rim; tempered grey core with pinkish buff surfaces.


Place

Americas; Caribbean; West Indies; Trinidad and Tobago; Tobago; Mount Irvine Coombe


Period

Pre-Columbian/Pre-Hispanic Saladoid


Source

Bushnell, Geoffrey Hext Sutherland [excavator and donor]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

Z 44428 C


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card in Mary Hill Harris’ hand: 'Plain rim, tapering from everted form.'
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 Unpublished report on 1955 survey and excavations in Tobago.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


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)
Mount Irvine Coombe, site 6 (ii) B-C1, 21"-bottom (around 24"). 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


Context (References)
Harris, M.H.G. (1988). ‘The Ceramics of Tobago and Barbados: A Report on Studies In Progress.’ In Saunders, N.J. and de Montmollin, O. (eds.), Recent Studies in Pre-Columbian Archaeology. BAR International Series 421. Oxford: British Archaeological Report. pp. 245-273.
Event Date 1988
Author: Jodi Zhang


Context (Analysis)
Z 44423-Z 44434 were in box marked "some polychrome not entered", and I suspect were sorted by GHSB as "fine", since Z 44435-Z 44437 in next box were much thicker.
Event Date 27/5/2009
Author: Jodi Zhang


Description (Physical description)
Plain everted rim sherd, tapering.
Event Date 8/7/2016
Author: Josie Howl


Description (Physical description)
Sherd of squared rim, slightly everted. Vessel wall gradually thickens downwards from the rim; tempered grey core with pinkish buff surfaces.
Event Date 22/5/2024
Author: Jodi Zhang


FM:270405

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