Accession No
2025.10
Description
A rim sherd, possibly from a funerary urn. Everted rim with the remains of paint around the edge.
Place
Americas; South America; Ecuador; Santa Elena Province; La Libertad
Period
Pre-Columbian/Pre-Hispanic
Source
Rumble, Greville (Dr) [donor and excavator]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
2025.10; MAA: MN0353
Cultural Affliation
Material
Pottery; Ceramic
Local Term
Measurements
109mm x 61mm x 19mm
Events
Context (Related Documents)
A loose note accompanying the donation reads: Huancavilca Culture
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Context (Field collection)
Excavated by the donor at Geoffrey Bushnell's Site B, when a child. They came from within and just outside the wall surrounding the Port Superintendent's house, which was very near the mole and maps to Site B. Most of Site B was outside the plot wall and the dry friable earth was, even in 1956, 1957 and 1959 when the donor visited Ancón, being eroded so the sherds did not really have to be dug for.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Context (References)
Bushnell, G.H.S. (1951). The Archaeology of the Santa Elena Peninsula in South-West Ecuador. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. [site information]
Event Date 1951
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Description (Physical description)
A rim sherd, possibly from a funerary urn. Everted rim with the remains of paint around the edge.
Event Date 2/7/2025
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
FM:327152
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