Accession No

Z 44197 A-B


Description

Two refitting rim sherds of coarse, dark grey fabric with quartz sand temper. Sherds are possibly from a boat-shaped bowl. Rim is internally thickened with a triangular cross-section.


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 44197 A-B


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Context (Related Documents)
See catalogue card for sketch of rim profile.
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 (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 Unpublished report on 1955 survey and excavations in Tobago.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: '2 fragments of same internally thickened rim, possibly of boat-shaped bowl.'
Event Date
Author: Lizzy Peneycad


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)
Two sherds of a single rim.
Event Date 12/7/2016
Author: Josie Howl


Description (Physical description)
Two refitting rim sherds of coarse, dark grey fabric with quartz sand temper. Sherds are possibly from a boat-shaped bowl. Rim is internally thickened with a triangular cross-section.
Event Date 22/5/2024
Author: Lizzy Peneycad


FM:270776

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