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 Unpublished report on 1955 survey and excavations in Tobago.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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