Accession No

Z 43809 B


Description

Body sherd made up of a fine reddish-brown fabric with sandy temper.


Place

Americas; Caribbean; West Indies; 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 43809 B


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 Unpublished report on 1955 survey and excavations in Tobago.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: Alana Edgeworth


Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card in Mary Hill Harris’ hand: ‘2 body sherds'
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)
Cardboard box reads: 'Tobago MT. IRVINE Site 6, surface. Plymouth Red sherds, decorated'.
Event Date
Author: Josie Howl


Context (Field collection)
Mount Irvine Coombe, surface & disturbed. 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)
Body sherd.
Event Date 14/7/2016
Author: Josie Howl


Description (Physical description)
Body sherd made up of a fine reddish-brown fabric with sandy temper.
Event Date 28/5/2024
Author: Alana Edgeworth


FM:271486

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