Accession No
Z 36992 D
Description
One rim sherd of a thin griddle of siliceous buff fabric with smooth upper surface and rough underside.
Place
Americas; Caribbean; West Indies; Trinidad and Tobago; Tobago; Lovers’ Retreat
Period
Pre-Columbian/Pre-Hispanic Saladoid
Source
Bushnell, Geoffrey Hext Sutherland [excavator and donor]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
Z 36992 D
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 Unpublished report on 1955 survey and excavations in Tobago.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: Jan-Henrik Hartung
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: 'WEST INDIES - Tobago. Lovers Retreat (site 16). pit ii surface and 0-6". 24'.
Event Date
Author: Josie Howl
Context (Related Documents)
Handwritten note reads: 'Z 36992 A , D removed as type sherds'; however all 4 sherds Z 36992 A-D are present in the box. [Note not seen and missing from box. Jan-Henrik Hartung 29/05/2024]
Event Date
Author: Josie Howl
Context (Related Documents)
Accession register notes: 'Tobago, LOVERS RETREAT. pit ii 0-6" '.
Event Date
Author: Josie Howl
Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for Z 36992 A-D in Mary Hill Harris’ hand: 'Griddle sherds. d) is thinner than others.'
Event Date
Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung
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: Jan-Henrik Hartung
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: Jan-Henrik Hartung
Description (Physical description)
Griddle sherd.
Event Date 15/7/2016
Author: Josie Howl
Description (Physical description)
One rim sherd of a thin griddle of siliceous buff fabric with smooth upper surface and rough underside.
Event Date 29/5/2024
Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung
FM:271661
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