Context (Display)
Handwritten old display label in black ink found with objects (1037.380-1937.385) reads: 'Type Series of Maya Sherds San José, Brit: Honduras. C+D. Eric Thompson'.
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Author: Danlei Zhou

Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked in black ink: 'S98'.
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Author: Danlei Zhou

Context (Display)
Handwritten old display label in black ink found with objects (1037.380-1937.385) reads: 'Period II'.
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Author: Danlei Zhou

Description (Physical description)
Description for 1937.382 A-B: 'Two sherds from tripod (almost) cylindrical vases with slab feet and sometimes provided with scutate lids. Tempered with calcite.'
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Author: maa

Context (Field collection)
Under Room B, B4, 40cm. to 1.10m. below Floor 1. Excavated by John Eric Sydney Thompson in 1931, 1934 and 1936; it is not currently known in which field season this was excavated.
Event Date 1931
Author: Danlei Zhou

Context (Analysis)
This form bears a remarkable resemblance to classical Teotihuacan, particularly in some examples which have perforated slab feet surmounted by slashed (coffee bean) buttons.
Event Date 1937
Author: maa

Context (References)
Thompson, J.E.S. (1939). Excavations at San Jose, British Honduras. Washington, D.C.: Carnegie Institution of Washington.
Event Date 1939
Author: Danlei Zhou

Description (Physical description)
Fragment of a polychrome tripod cylindrical vase. Almost cylindrical body walls; right-angled flat base. Orange buff ware. Polished black slip on the interior; polished red slip with black areas on the exterior. Tempered with calcite. Reconstructed from three sherds.
Event Date 4/7/2024
Author: Danlei Zhou