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 Unpublished report on 1955 survey and excavations in Tobago.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 for Z 43819 A-B in Mary Hill Harris’ hand: ‘Stone tool fragment, slices (a) with thin section prepared from it (b).'
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: 'WEST INDIES. Tobago. MT IRVINE (Site 6) surface + near surface. Grundup stones, other stone + shell. Also another stone tool and a thin-section slide'.
Event Date
Author: Josie Howl

Context (Field collection)
Mount Irvine Coombe, site 6 surface. 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 (Analysis)
This stone was identified in August 1956 by K.W. Barr and the letter received by Geoffrey Bushnell detailing the classifications may be found in the archives (FR4/3/3).
Event Date 8/1956
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

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)
Fragment of stone implement with thin section removed.
Event Date 14/7/2016
Author: Josie Howl

Description (Physical description)
Fragment of a grey stone tool, possibly an axe or adze, with a ground surface. Incorporating a rounded narrow butt end, rounded sides and an oval cross-section. No cutting edge present. Sliced section taken from one side for sampling [Z 43819 B].
Event Date 29/5/2024
Author: Alana Edgeworth