Accession No

Z 37313 A


Description

Four ring base sherds, of gingery red wares, surfaces smoothed. Red fabric with blackened cores, sandy temper.


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 37313 A


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for Z 37313 [A-B] in Mary Hill Harris’ hand: ‘Base sherds. 4 low ring bases, smoothed gingery and red wares. 3 flat bases, gingery ware. 1 handle, 1 grey ?ringbase’.
Event Date
Author: Stephanie Chinneck


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 Unpublished report on 1955 survey and excavations in Tobago.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: Stephanie Chinneck


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 site. 6 (I) A1 18-22" '
Event Date
Author: Josie Howl


Context (Field collection)
Mount Irvine Coombe, site 6 (i) A.1. 18-22". 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: Stephanie Chinneck


Description (Physical description)
Description for Z 37313 [A-B]: '9 bases and handles.'
Event Date 11/7/2016
Author: Josie Howl


Description (Physical description)
Four ring base sherds, of gingery red wares, surfaces smoothed. Red fabric with blackened cores, sandy temper.
Event Date 23/5/2024
Author: Stephanie Chinneck


FM:270588

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