Accession No

Z 44256


Description

Three plain body sherds of red ware with fine inclusions and traces of black colour on the interior probably from firing. One is slightly curved.


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 44256


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements


Events

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


Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card in Mary Hill Harris’ hand:'3 body sherds with blackened (?by firing) interiors.'
Event Date
Author: Ikram Ghabriel


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 Unpublished report on 1955 survey and excavations in Tobago.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: Ikram Ghabriel


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: Ikram Ghabriel


Description (Physical description)
3 body sherds with blackened interiors.
Event Date 13/7/2016
Author: Josie Howl


Description (Physical description)
Three plain body sherds of red ware with fine inclusions and traces of black colour on the interior probably from firing. One is slightly curved.
Event Date 21/5/2024
Author: Ikram Ghabriel


FM:270948

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