Accession No
Z 37344 I
Description
Body sherd, one surface with faint lines possibly scratched decoration or from weathering, smoothed surfaces. Brown fabric with red tones, one surface blackened, grey core, 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 37344 I
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ceramic; Pottery
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (Found together / assemblage)
From catalogue card for Z 37344 A-I, in Mary Hill's hand, these sherds and those from Z 37345 were sorted into bag as 'body - fine' by Geoffrey Bushnell.
Event Date
Author: Stephanie Chinneck
Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card in Mary Hill Harris’ hand: ‘Decorated sherds, part of bag sorted as 'body - fine' by GSHB (rest are Z.37345) H,I) have grooves possibly caused by weathering’’.
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 Unpublished report on 1955 survey and excavations in Tobago.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: 'WEST INDIES - Tobago. MT. IRVINE COOMBE. 6 (i) A.1.18-26". Sherds'.
Event Date
Author: Josie Howl
Context (Field collection)
Mount Irvine Coombe, site 6 (i) A.1. 18-26". 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)
Decorated body sherd.
Event Date 11/7/2016
Author: Josie Howl
Description (Physical description)
Body sherd, one surface with faint lines possibly scratched decoration or from weathering, smoothed surfaces. Brown fabric with red tones, one surface blackened, grey core, sandy temper.
Event Date 28/5/2024
Author: Stephanie Chinneck
FM:270620
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