Accession No

1972.171 A.37


Description

Broken obsidian blade with two dorsal ridges.


Place

Americas; Central America; Belize; Toledo District; LubaantĂșn


Period

Late Classic Maya


Source

Hammond, Norman [excavator and donor]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1972.171 A.37; L240 [Excavation no.]


Cultural Affliation


Material

Stone; Obsidian


Local Term


Measurements

29mm


Events

Context (Related Documents)
Card stored with 1972.171. [A-G] reads: 'Maya, British Honduras. Late Classic 600-900 AD. Obsidian from Labaantun, Pusilha, Wild Cane Cay and other sites. Ref (bib) N. Hammond, PhD Thesis p. 172 (in U.L.) Fig 102. Also: (bib) Models in Archaeology ed. D.L. Clarke, 757-800.'
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Context (Field collection)
Excavated by Norman Hammond in 1970, with partial funding from the Crowther-Beynon Fund. Material from the expedition is also held by the Pitt Rivers Museum, the British Museum and Peabody Museum, Harvard University.
Event Date 1970
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
1972.171 [A-G]: 'Obsidian blades and blade-flakes.'
Event Date 1972
Author: maa


Context (References)
Hammond, N. (1972). LubaantĂșn and the Archaeology of the South Toledo District, Belize (British Honduras), Central America. Volume 1-2. Unpublished PhD Thesis, University of Cambridge.
Event Date 1972
Author: Zahni Blumenthal


Context (References)
Hammond, N. (1975). Lubaantun: A Classic Maya Realm. Cambridge, MA: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University.
Event Date 1975
Author: Zahni Blumenthal


Description (Physical description)
Broken obsidian blade with two dorsal ridges.
Event Date 4/7/2024
Author: Zahni Blumenthal


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