Accession No

Z 43865 A


Description

Sherd with adorno, of red ware with sandy temper. Body sherd with thickened carination and oblong adorno that is chipped away, with scored horizontal line above.


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 43865 A


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements

51mm


Events

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 Unpublished report on 1955 survey and excavations in Tobago.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: Clare McKenna


Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for Z 43865 A-B in Mary Hill Harris’ hand: '2 simple grooved adornos.'
Event Date
Author: Clare McKenna


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)
Cardboard box reads: 'Tobago - MT. IRVINE COOMBE. 6 (i) B.C.1 18-26". Sherds'.
Event Date
Author: Josie Howl


Context (Field collection)
Mount Irvine Coombe, site 6 (i) B.C.1 18-26". 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: Clare McKenna


Description (Physical description)
Simple grooved adorno.
Event Date 11/7/2016
Author: Josie Howl


Description (Physical description)
Sherd with adorno, of red ware with sandy temper. Body sherd with thickened carination and oblong adorno that is chipped away, with scored horizontal line above.
Event Date 28/5/2024
Author: Clare McKenna


FM:270527

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