Accession No

Z 36997


Description

One sherd of light buff fabric on one side and grey on the other. Oval flat shape with rounded edge, but one half broken off and missing.


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 36997


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 Unpublished report on 1955 survey and excavations in Tobago.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 in Mary Hill Harris’ hand: 'Fragment of flat stone. ?natural. very light. or smoother?'.
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)
Fragment of ?worked stone.
Event Date 15/7/2016
Author: Josie Howl


Description (Physical description)
One sherd of light buff fabric on one side and grey on the other. Oval flat shape with rounded edge, but one half broken off and missing.
Event Date 29/5/2024
Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung


FM:271695

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