Accession No
Z 37300.1-14
Description
Fourteen rim sherds of medium red ware; including everted rims; simple rims; and horizontally flanged rims, some of which have red paint traces and/or incised linear decoration. Areas of black surface coloration on some sherds. 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 37300.1-14
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 Unpublished report on 1955 survey and excavations in Tobago.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
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 for Z 37300[.1-27] in Mary Hill Harris' hand: 'Redware rim sherds - several types.'
Event Date
Author: Sophie Wardle
Context (Field collection)
Mount Irvine Coombe, site 6(ii) A-C2, above 12” (selected). 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 37300[.1-27]: '27 rim sherds.'
Event Date 14/7/2016
Author: Josie Howl
Description (Physical description)
Fourteen rim sherds of medium red ware; including everted rims; simple rims; and horizontally flanged rims, some of which have red paint traces and/or incised linear decoration. Areas of black surface coloration on some sherds. Sandy temper.
Event Date 22/5/2024
Author: Sophie Wardle
FM:271329
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