Accession No
1937.395 D
Description
Flat base sherd with applied truncated-cone-shaped foot. Buff grey fabric. Polished orange slip on the interior. Tempered with tuff.
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
1937.395 D; 945 [Excavation no.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ceramic; Pottery
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Description (Physical description)
Description for 1937.395 A-F: 'Sherds of bowls with outcurving sides; most, if not all, stood on three solid truncated-cone-shaped feet. Tuff tempered.'
Event Date
Author: maa
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 (Physical description)
Description for 1937.395 A-F: 'Sherds of bowls with outcurving sides; most, if not all, stood on three solid truncated-cone-shaped feet. Tuff tempered.'
Event Date
Author: maa
Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked in pencil: '945'.
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 pencil: '945'.
Event Date
Author: Danlei Zhou
Context (Field collection)
On floor of earlier structure beneath Room A, C6. 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)
Tuff does not occur in Belize as the country is not a volcanic region.
Event Date 1937
Author: maa
Context (Analysis)
Tuff does not occur in Belize as the country is not a volcanic region.
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
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)
Flat base sherd with applied truncated-cone-shaped foot. Buff grey fabric. Polished orange slip on the interior. Tempered with tuff.
Event Date 8/7/2024
Author: Danlei Zhou
Description (Physical description)
Flat base sherd with applied truncated-cone-shaped foot. Buff grey fabric. Polished orange slip on the interior. Tempered with tuff.
Event Date 8/7/2024
Author: Danlei Zhou
FM:315752
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