Accession No
Z 44114 B
Description
Sixty-nine rim sherds of slipped and unslipped pottery; many from bowls. Various fabrics, including red. Black slips present on some sherds; fugitive black ware included. Inturned, internally bevelled, and internally and externally thickened rims present.
Place
Americas; Central America; Belize; Cayo District; Xunantunich
Period
Late Classic Maya
Source
MacKie, Euan Wallace [excavator and donor]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
Z 44114 B; 189.XHL [Excavation no.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ceramic; Pottery
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Description (Labels & Markings)
One sherd marked with black ink: 'XHL',
Event Date
Author: Sophie Wardle
Description (Physical description)
Sherds.
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Field collection)
Structure A-15. Rubbish pit, extension W, brown layer 1 down to c. 15" below stone edges; context Omicron-2. Excavated by Euan MacKie, Cambridge Expedition to British Honduras 1959-1960, funded by the Crowther-Beynon Fund. See archive (FR3/2/3) for correspondence, analysis, etc. See finds tag (stored with objects) for further details.
Event Date 1959
Author: maa
Context (References)
MacKie, E. W. (1985). Excavations at Xunantunich and Pomona, Belize, in 1959-60. BAR International Series 251.
Event Date 1985
Author: Sophie Wardle
Description (Physical description)
Sixty-nine rim sherds of slipped and unslipped pottery; many from bowls. Various fabrics, including red. Black slips present on some sherds; fugitive black ware included. Inturned, internally bevelled, and internally and externally thickened rims present.
Event Date 24/6/2024
Author: Sophie Wardle
FM:315305
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