Accession No

1957.126 B


Description

Red ware rim sherd. Small clubbed rim with oblong horizontal projection, decorated with two incised lines. Top of rim is painted red, interior is polished.


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

1957.126 B


Cultural Affliation


Material

Pottery; Ceramic


Local Term


Measurements

77mm


Events

Description (Labels & Markings)
Written on sherd in black ink: '6 (i). lines 2,3.'
Event Date
Author: Clare McKenna


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 Unpublished report on 1955 survey and excavations in Tobago.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


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: 'WEST INDIES - Tobago. MT. IRVINE COOMBE. 6 (i) lines 2,3. Sherds; shell adze'.
Event Date
Author: Josie Howl


Context (Field collection)
Mount Irvine Coombe, site 6 (i) lines 2,3. 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)
Sherd.
Event Date 11/7/2016
Author: Josie Howl


Description (Physical description)
Red ware rim sherd. Small clubbed rim with oblong horizontal projection, decorated with two incised lines. Top of rim is painted red, interior is polished.
Event Date 24/5/2024
Author: Clare McKenna


FM:270573

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