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 Unpublished report on 1955 survey and excavations in Tobago.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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