Accession No

Z 37297.1-2


Description

Two rim sherds of medium red ware. One externally thickened; the other everted with a flat-topped rim and red paint on its rim and interior surface. Sandy 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 37297.1-2


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 Unpublished report on 1955 survey and excavations in Tobago.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: Josie Howl


Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card in Mary Hill Harris' hand: 'Redware rim sherds: 2 medium [...] red ware.'
Event Date
Author: Sophie Wardle


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, above 12” from surface (sloping). 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: Josie Howl


Description (Physical description)
Description for Z 37297[.1-5]: '5 rim sherds.'
Event Date 14/7/2016
Author: Josie Howl


Description (Physical description)
Two rim sherds of medium red ware. One externally thickened; the other everted with a flat-topped rim and red paint on its rim and interior surface. Sandy temper.
Event Date 21/5/2024
Author: Sophie Wardle


FM:271325

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