Accession No

Z 37314 A


Description

Six sherds, including two rims, with red paint on one surface, red fabric with grey cores, sandy temper. Two pieces decorated with incised line.


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 37314 A


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for Z 37314 [A-B] in Mary Hill Harris’ hand: ‘Painted sherds. 6 red (2 incised), 1 black (incised as well)’.
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 Unpublished report on 1955 survey and excavations in Tobago.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 37314 [A-B]: '7 sherds with red and/or black paint.'
Event Date 11/7/2016
Author: Josie Howl


Description (Physical description)
Six sherds, including two rims, with red paint on one surface, red fabric with grey cores, sandy temper. Two pieces decorated with incised line.
Event Date 23/5/2024
Author: Stephanie Chinneck


FM:270589

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