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 Unpublished report on 1955 survey and excavations in Tobago.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).
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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

Description (Labels & Markings)
Glass slide reads: 'Dept. Min. Pet. Cam. Mt. Irvine. 6.'
Event Date
Author: Alana Edgeworth

Context (Field collection)
Mount Irvine Coombe, site 6(ii) A-C2, above 12” from surface (sloping). 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)
Thin section slide of stone implement [Z 43819 A].
Event Date 14/7/2016
Author: Josie Howl

Description (Physical description)
Thin section of stone tool [Z 43819 A] taken as a sample, set in between glass slides.
Event Date 29/5/2024
Author: Alana Edgeworth