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 Unpublished report on 1955 survey and excavations in Tobago.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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