Accession No
1957.122 A.1-11
Description
Eleven rim sherds, including horizontally flanged rims, an internally thickened rim, and a slightly inverted simple rim. Several feature incised horizontal grooves around the top of the rim. Painted decoration in red and black. Mostly orange-red surfaces; with 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
1957.122 A.1-11
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ceramic; Pottery
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (Related Documents)
Cardboard box in which the objects were stored reads: 'WEST INDIES - Tobago. MT. IRVINE COOMBE. 6 (ii) selected from superficial disturbed level'.
Event Date
Author: Josie Howl
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 Unpublished report on 1955 survey and excavations in Tobago.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: 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. 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: Sophie Wardle
Description (Physical description)
Description for 1957.122 A[.1-26]: '15 sherds. [and] 11 in a bag marked 'drawn'.'
Event Date 14/7/2016
Author: Josie Howl
Description (Physical description)
Eleven rim sherds, including horizontally flanged rims, an internally thickened rim, and a slightly inverted simple rim. Several feature incised horizontal grooves around the top of the rim. Painted decoration in red and black. Mostly orange-red surfaces; with sandy temper.
Event Date 21/5/2024
Author: Sophie Wardle
Context (Other)
These eleven sherds were formerly stored together in a bag marked 'drawn'.
Event Date 21/5/2024
Author: Sophie Wardle
FM:271338
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