Accession No

Z 44196


Description

10 rim sherds of medium to coarse, red, greyish brown, and grey coloured fabric with quartz sand temper. Three sherds have squared rims. One sherd has a squared and thickened rim. One sherd has an externally bevelled rim. Five sherds have rounded rims, one with a broken oval-shaped section on the exterior, possibly where a handle, lug, or adorno was formerly attached.


Place

Americas; Caribbean; 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 44196


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements


Events

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 Unpublished report on 1955 survey and excavations in Tobago.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: Lizzy Peneycad


Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card in Mary Hill Harris’ hand: '10 plain rims of various types.'
Event Date
Author: Lizzy Peneycad


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 (ii) A-C2, 27" - bottom (about 31"). Sherds. Shell'.
Event Date
Author: Josie Howl


Context (Field collection)
Mount Irvine Coombe, site 6(ii) A-C2, 27” - bottom (about 31"). 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: Lizzy Peneycad


Description (Physical description)
10 plain rim sherds.
Event Date 12/7/2016
Author: Josie Howl


Description (Physical description)
10 rim sherds of medium to coarse, red, greyish brown, and grey coloured fabric with quartz sand temper. Three sherds have squared rims. One sherd has a squared and thickened rim. One sherd has an externally bevelled rim. Five sherds have rounded rims, one with a broken oval-shaped section on the exterior, possibly where a handle, lug, or adorno was formerly attached.
Event Date 22/5/2024
Author: Lizzy Peneycad


FM:270775

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