Accession No
1937.392 C
Description
Red slipped base fragment of a bowl or dish with everted, carinated body walls. Exterior surface with horizontal band of incised or stabbed marks below moulded carination. Interior surface with horizontal grooved line below carination. Buff fabric; polished dark red slip on the interior; red slip on the exterior above carination. Tempered with calcite. Previously reconstructed from four sherds; now in two pieces.
Place
Americas; Central America; Belize; Orange Walk District; San José
Period
Terminal Classic Maya San Jose Period IV
Source
Thompson, John Eric Sydney (Dr, Sir) [excavator and donor]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1937.392 C; S55 [Excavation no.]; 612
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ceramic; Pottery
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Description (Physical description)
Description for 1937.392 A-E: 'Three rims and two ring base fragments of typical bowl with basal offset. Red ware. Tempered with calcite.'
Event Date
Author: maa
Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked in pencil: '612'.
Event Date
Author: Danlei Zhou
Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked in black ink: 'S55'.
Event Date
Author: Danlei Zhou
Context (Display)
Handwritten old display label in black ink found with objects (1037.392-1937.396) reads: 'Period IV'.
Event Date
Author: Danlei Zhou
Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked in black ink: 'S55'.
Event Date
Author: Danlei Zhou
Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked in pencil: '612'.
Event Date
Author: Danlei Zhou
Context (Field collection)
Below floor of Room F, B4 (center) to depth of 48 cm. 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 (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
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)
Red slipped base fragment of a bowl or dish with everted, carinated body walls. Exterior surface with horizontal band of incised or stabbed marks below moulded carination. Interior surface with horizontal grooved line below carination. Buff fabric; polished dark red slip on the interior; red slip on the exterior above carination. Tempered with calcite. Previously reconstructed from four sherds; now in two pieces.
Event Date 5/7/2024
Author: Danlei Zhou
FM:315732
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