Accession No

Z 44274


Description

A group of fourteen body and base sherds of red ware, plain and thick, some with big stone inclusions.


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 44274


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Context (Analysis)
Note on the catalogue card reads: 'Z 44274 - Z 44284 were sorted as "normal" by GHSB.'
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 Unpublished report on 1955 survey and excavations in Tobago.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


Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card in Mary Hill Harris’ hand: '14 very thick, flat sherds - either griddles or flat bases.'
Event Date
Author: Ikram Ghabriel


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: Ikram Ghabriel


Description (Physical description)
14 thick flat ?griddle or ?base sherds.
Event Date 13/7/2016
Author: Josie Howl


Description (Physical description)
A group of fourteen body and base sherds of red ware, plain and thick, some with big stone inclusions.
Event Date 21/5/2024
Author: Ikram Ghabriel


FM:270951

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