Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card in Mary Hill Harris's hand: '37 decorated rim sherds and 2 body sherds. Not individually marked. Sorted by type of decoration inside box.
Event Date
Author: Aedan Jones

Context (Related Documents)
Cardboard box reads: 'Tobago. MT. IRVINE, site 6. pit iim A-C2 12'12". Z.37310. Decorated rim sherds (37). 2 complex body sherds', and underneath in a different hand: '1 sandy red. 5 grainy red. 12 smoothed red. 3 slipped red. 12 gingery well-smoothed. 2 gingery. 2 ringing red. 2 grayish-ginger'.
Event Date
Author: Josie Howl

Context (Related Documents)
Handwritten note for Z 37310 A.1-39 reads: 'Mt. Irvine, site 6, pit ii, A-C2 12-21". 12 grooved rims. 3 grooved rims with adornos. 4 rims with red paint + grooves, incl. 1 w. adorno. 7 rims w. traces of red paint. 9 rims with zoned red paint and/or grooves, incl 1 w. adorno. 2 rims with black paint - 1 has red also. 2 body sherds (?base, handle)'
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 Unpublished report on 1955 survey and excavations in Tobago.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: Aedan Jones

Context (Related Documents)
See archives relating to Bushnell's 1955 Tobago excavations (FR4/1/1 - FR4/1/7).
Event Date
Author: Josie Howl

Context (Field collection)
Mount Irvine Coombe, site 6(ii) A-C2, 12-21". 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: Aedan Jones

Description (Physical description)
Description for Z 37310.1-39 '37 decorated rims and 1 handle: 12 grooved rims, 3 grooved rims with adornos, 4 rims with red paint and grooves (including one with an adorno), 7 rims with traces of red paint, 9 rims with zoned red paint and/or grooved (including one with an adorno), 2 rims with black paint (one with red paint also), and 1 handle.'
Event Date 12/7/2016
Author: Josie Howl

Description (Physical description)
Twelve grooved rim sherds. A mixture of flat and rounded rims with both internal and external horizontal grooves. Fine sand temper, red and grey fabric.
Event Date 20/5/2024
Author: Aedan Jones