Accession No
Z 37293 A
Description
Three sherds of coarse red ware. Two sherds with a horizontally flanged everted rim; one wide strap handle sherd with oblong cross-section.
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 37293 A
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 Unpublished report on 1955 survey and excavations in Tobago.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: Clare McKenna
Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for Z 37293 [A-G] in Mary Hill Harris’ hand: ‘36 sherds (rims, bases, handles etc.). 3 coarse. 2 sandy red, 2 thin red, 1 sandy red, 25 med. red, 1 brushed, 2. "ringing red". Sherds not individually marked. Sorted by GHSB as "Fine, incl. 3 coarse".'
Event Date
Author: Clare McKenna
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 reads: '1 thin red. 2 sandy red. 1 brushed scored. 1 thin sandy red. 2 "ringing red". 3 coarse red. 11 med red. 14 med red'.
Event Date
Author: Josie Howl
Context (Field collection)
Mount Irvine Coombe, site, 6 (i) A.1.22-26". 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: Clare McKenna
Description (Physical description)
Description for Z 37923 [A-G]: '36 rims, bases and handles.'
Event Date 15/7/2016
Author: Josie Howl
Description (Physical description)
Three sherds of coarse red ware. Two sherds with a horizontally flanged everted rim; one wide strap handle sherd with oblong cross-section.
Event Date 21/5/2024
Author: Clare McKenna
FM:271589
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