Context (Related Documents)
Note in Geoffrey Bushnell's handwriting reads: 'The weathered state of this lot confirms my view of its disturbed condition'.
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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 Unpublished report on 1955 survey and excavations in Tobago.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)
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Author: Alana Edgeworth

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card in Mary Hill Harris’ hand: ‘3 thin red, 8 gritty red, 5 coarse red, 23 medium red, 39 total.'
Event Date
Author: Alana Edgeworth

Context (Related Documents)
See archives relating to Bushnell's 1955 Tobago excavations (FR4/1/1 - FR4/1/7).
Event Date
Author: Josie Howl

Context (Related Documents)
Handwritten note inside bag containing sherds reads: 'Medium red sherds'; 3 sherds: 'Thin red sherds'; 8 sherds: 'Gritty red sherds'; 5 sherds: 'Coarse red sherds'.
Event Date
Author: Josie Howl

Context (Field collection)
Mount Irvine Coombe, site 6(i) top 9. 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: Alana Edgeworth

Description (Physical description)
39 sherds - 23 medium, 3 thin, 8 gritty and 5 coarse.
Event Date 14/7/2016
Author: Josie Howl

Description (Physical description)
Thirty-nine rim, base and body sherds from multiple vessels made up of coarse, medium, thin and gritty wares of red and brown fabrics. Painted red monochrome pigment present on some sherds.
Event Date 30/5/2024
Author: Alana Edgeworth