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 Unpublished report on 1955 survey and excavations in Tobago.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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