Accession No

Z 44267 I


Description

Flat base sherd with an upturning portion of lower body still attached. Grey fabric with fine quartz sand temper.


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 44267 I


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 Unpublished report on 1955 survey and excavations in Tobago.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: 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 (Related Documents)
Cardboard box reads: 'WEST INDIES - Tobago. MT. IRVINE COOMBE. 6 (ii) A-C2 12-21', from mud of r.h.face. Decorated sherds etc'.
Event Date
Author: Josie Howl


Context (Field collection)
Mount Irvine Coombe, site 6 (ii) A-C2 12-21". from mud of r.h.face'. 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)
Sherd with black paint.
Event Date 12/7/2016
Author: Josie Howl


Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for Z44267 A-K written in Mary Hill Harris’ hand: 'From mud of R.H.Face. Sherds with black paint
B)and E) appear zoned (Black) + have red paint other side
D,H) Red paint other side
C,J) Appear zoned- plain other side.
F)Has ?zoned red + possible remains of white paint other side.
Others plain one side, plain black other side.
Event Date 24/5/2024
Author: Aedan Jones


Description (Physical description)
Flat base sherd with an upturning portion of lower body still attached. Grey fabric with fine quartz sand temper.
Event Date 24/5/2024
Author: Aedan Jones


FM:270863

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