Context (Related Documents)
Cloth bag found with sherds (likely an original excavation bag) with metal tag in Bushnell's hand: 'Plymouth scored / 101 body sherds'.
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Author: Sophie Wardle

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 Unpublished report on 1955 survey and excavations in Tobago.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: Sophie Wardle

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card in Mary Hill Harris’ hand: '101 body sherds of Plymouth Scored ware. 1 reclassified'.
Event Date
Author: Sophie Wardle

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)
External storage box reads: '25 WEST INDIES - Tobago. Lovers Retreat (site 16) pit ii 0-6"'.
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Author: Josie Howl

Context (Related Documents)
Cardboard box reads: 'WEST INDIES - Tobago. Lovers Retreat, Plymouth - pit ii, 0-6". Plymouth Scored body sherds (includes 3 w. no scoring - gingery ware)'.
Event Date
Author: Josie Howl

Context (Field collection)
Lovers’ Retreat, site 16, pit ii, 0-6”. 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: Sophie Wardle

Description (Physical description)
101 scored body sherds.
Event Date 15/7/2016
Author: Josie Howl

Description (Physical description)
101 body sherds, predominantly of scored ware but also including some without scoring. Sandy temper in fabric; gingery ware present.
Event Date 28/5/2024
Author: Sophie Wardle