Accession No

Z 36995 J


Description

One rim sherd of a bowl of red fabric. Everted thickened rim with flat top and transverse groove on top of rim.


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 36995 J


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 Unpublished report on 1955 survey and excavations in Tobago.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)
Accession register notes: 'Tobago, LOVERS RETREAT. pit ii 0-6" '.
Event Date
Author: Josie Howl


Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for Z 36995 A-M in Mary Hill Harris’ hand: 'Bowl sherds, sandy Plymouth Red ware. b) has exterior grooved decor., d, m interior ditto, e and j transverse grooves across rim. GHSB "Sm. Red"'.
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)
Bowl sherd.
Event Date 15/7/2016
Author: Josie Howl


Description (Physical description)
One rim sherd of a bowl of red fabric. Everted thickened rim with flat top and transverse groove on top of rim.
Event Date 29/5/2024
Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung


FM:271683

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