Accession No

Z 37307 A


Description

Two sherds of thin red ware, with traces of brushing.


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 37307 A


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Context (Related Documents)
Cardboard box reads: 'WEST INDIES - Tobago. MT/ IRVINE COOMBE SITE (6) pit ii BC 21-24". Thin + sandy redware sherds, griddle'.
Event Date
Author: Josie Howl


Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card in Mary Hill Harris’ hand: 'Thin redware sherds. Traces of brushing.'
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 Unpublished report on 1955 survey and excavations in Tobago.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 (Related Documents)
Handwritten notes reads: 'Thin redware'.
Event Date
Author: Josie Howl


Context (Field collection)
Mount Irvine Coombe, site 6 (ii) B-C1, 21-24". 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


Description (Physical description)
Description for Z 37307 [A-E]: '31 thin redware sherds, 11 with decoration.'
Event Date 11/7/2016
Author: Josie Howl


Description (Physical description)
Two sherds of thin red ware, with traces of brushing.
Event Date 29/5/2024
Author: Jodi Zhang


FM:270471

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