Accession No
Z 43940 B
Description
Rim sherd with punctate and horizontally grooved decoration. Red ware with sandy temper. Perhaps from a dish or from a vessel with a wavy edge. Can be refitted with Z 43940 A.
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 43940 B
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ceramic; Pottery
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for Z 43940 A-B in Mary Hill Harris' hand: '2 fragments of rim of ?wavy-edged vessel (or flat dish with decoration underneath). A groove parallels the rim on exterior, with beneath it a row of deep punctations about 1 cm apart.'
Event Date
Author: Sophie Wardle
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 Unpublished report on 1955 survey and excavations in Tobago.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(ii) disturbed layer above 15" (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: Sophie Wardle
Description (Physical description)
Rim sherd with punctate decoration.
Event Date 14/7/2016
Author: Josie Howl
Description (Physical description)
Rim sherd with punctate and horizontally grooved decoration. Red ware with sandy temper. Perhaps from a dish or from a vessel with a wavy edge. Can be refitted with Z 43940 A.
Event Date 23/5/2024
Author: Sophie Wardle
FM:271367
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