Ceramic Petrography Database

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Creation date
2003
Creator
Patricia A. McAnany
Data type
Ceramic petrography
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Patricia A. McAnany
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Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
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McAnany, Patricia A., 2004. Ceramic Petrography Database for K'axob: Ritual, Work, and Family in an Ancient Maya Village. Version 2. Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press. https://doi.org/10.25346/S6/WAZVMZ

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001

Operation
1
Zone(s)
233
Deposit type
Burial
Ceramic complex
Early Chaakk'ax
Ceramic type
Timax Incised
Shape
Bowl
Rim diameter (cm)
18.00
Maximum thickness (cm)
0.80
Munsell slip color
2.5YR 4/8; 7.5YR 7/2, 7/3
Munsell paste color
7.5YR 6/6
Aplastic inclusions
Grog, calcite, oxides
Aplastic spacing
Single
Aplastic shape
Subangular
Aplastic sorting
Well
Aplastic boundaries
Merging with b-fabric
Void pattern
Parallel
B-Fabric
Streams
Aplastics in B-Fabric (below 0.05 mm)
Merging calcite
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002

Operation
1
Zone(s)
219
Deposit type
midden
Ceramic complex
Early Chaakk'ax
Ceramic type
Toribio Red-on-Cream
Shape
Bowl
Rim diameter (cm)
18.00
Maximum thickness (cm)
0.50
Munsell slip color
10R 4/8; 5YR 8/1
Aplastic inclusions
Calcite
Aplastic spacing
Double
Aplastic shape
Round
Aplastic sorting
Poor
Aplastic boundaries
Diffusing
B-Fabric
Rounded calcite
Aplastics in B-Fabric (below 0.05 mm)
Rounded calcite
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003

Operation
1
Zone(s)
137
Deposit type
Burial
Ceramic complex
Late Chaakk'ax
Ceramic type
Joventud Red
Shape
Tecomate
Rim diameter (cm)
8.00
Maximum thickness (cm)
0.45
Munsell slip color
2.5YR 5/6
Munsell paste color
2.5YR 6/6
Aplastic inclusions
Grog, calcite, calcite with fossils
Aplastic spacing
Double
Aplastic shape
Subangular
Aplastic sorting
Moderate
Aplastic boundaries
Merging with b-fabric
Void pattern
Parallel
B-Fabric
Rounded calcite
Aplastics in B-Fabric (below 0.05 mm)
Rounded and diffusing calcite
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004

Operation
1
Zone(s)
137
Deposit type
Burial
Ceramic complex
Late Chaakk'ax
Ceramic type
Joventud Red
Shape
Bowl
Rim diameter (cm)
32.00
Maximum thickness (cm)
0.60
Munsell slip color
10R 5/6
Munsell paste color
5YR 6/6
Aplastic inclusions
Calcite, chert, micrite, dolomite, grog
Aplastic spacing
Close
Aplastic shape
Subangular
Aplastic sorting
Poor
Aplastic boundaries
Merging with b-fabric
Void pattern
Parallel
B-Fabric
Rounded calcite
Aplastics in B-Fabric (below 0.05 mm)
Rounded merging calcite
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005

Operation
1
Zone(s)
118
Deposit type
sherd-lined pit
Ceramic complex
Early K'atabche'k'ax
Ceramic type
Guitara Incised
Shape
Bowl
Rim diameter (cm)
32.00
Maximum thickness (cm)
0.89
Munsell slip color
2.5YR 4/6
Munsell paste color
2.5YR 5/8
Aplastic inclusions
Grog, quartz, round calcite
Aplastic spacing
Single to double
Aplastic shape
Round
Aplastic sorting
Well
Aplastic boundaries
Merging with b-fabric
Void pattern
Cross-hatched
B-Fabric
Streams
Aplastics in B-Fabric (below 0.05 mm)
Quartz, calcite, oxides
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006

Operation
1
Zone(s)
210
Deposit type
construction fill-sascab
Ceramic complex
Early Chaakk'ax
Ceramic type
Guitara Incised
Shape
Bowl
Rim diameter (cm)
38.00
Munsell slip color
10R 4/6
Munsell paste color
2.5YR 5/6
Aplastic inclusions
Calcite
Aplastic spacing
Very close
Aplastic shape
Subround
Aplastic sorting
Poor
Aplastic boundaries
Merging with b-fabric
Void pattern
Meandering
B-Fabric
Streams
Aplastics in B-Fabric (below 0.05 mm)
Few rounded calcite
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007

Operation
1
Zone(s)
210
Deposit type
construction fill-sascab
Ceramic complex
Early Chaakk'ax
Ceramic type
Guitara Incised
Shape
Dish
Rim diameter (cm)
23.70
Maximum thickness (cm)
0.66
Munsell slip color
10R 4/6
Munsell paste color
5YR 5/6
Aplastic inclusions
Calcite
Aplastic spacing
Close to single
Aplastic shape
Subround
Aplastic sorting
Moderate
Aplastic boundaries
Distinct from b-fabric
Void pattern
Parallel
B-Fabric
Streams
Aplastics in B-Fabric (below 0.05 mm)
Rounded calcite, quartz, oxides
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008

Operation
1
Zone(s)
100
Deposit type
Burial
Ceramic complex
Early K'atabche'k'ax
Ceramic type
Sierra Red
Shape
Bowl
Rim diameter (cm)
21.00
Maximum thickness (cm)
0.72
Munsell slip color
2.5YR 4/8
Munsell paste color
5YR 5/8
Aplastic inclusions
Grog, quartz
Aplastic spacing
Single
Aplastic shape
Subround
Aplastic sorting
Moderate
Aplastic boundaries
Merging with b-fabric
Void pattern
Parallel
B-Fabric
Streams
Aplastics in B-Fabric (below 0.05 mm)
Quartz, birefirgent calcitic areas
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012

Operation
1
Zone(s)
113
Subzone(s)
b
Deposit type
Burial
Ceramic complex
Early K'atabche'k'ax
Ceramic type
Sierra Red
Shape
Dish
Rim diameter (cm)
15.50
Aplastic inclusions
Mudstone, quartz
Aplastic spacing
Close to single
Aplastic shape
Subround
Aplastic sorting
Well
Aplastic boundaries
Distinct from b-fabric
Void pattern
Parallel
B-Fabric
Crystallitic
Aplastics in B-Fabric (below 0.05 mm)
Diffusing calcite
Calcite (%)
.1
Grog (%)
0
Quartz (%)
.15
Micrite (%)
0
Oxide (%)
0
Other (%)
.12
Voids (%)
.06
Paste (%)
.57
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013

Operation
1
Zone(s)
115
Deposit type
Burial
Ceramic complex
Early K'atabche'k'ax
Ceramic type
Sierra Red
Shape
Dish
Rim diameter (cm)
22.00
Munsell slip color
10R 4/8
Munsell paste color
5YR 6/6
Aplastic inclusions
Calcite
Aplastic spacing
Close
Aplastic shape
Subangular
Aplastic sorting
Moderate
Aplastic boundaries
Merging with b-fabric
Void pattern
Diagonal
B-Fabric
Micritic
Aplastics in B-Fabric (below 0.05 mm)
Diffusing and merging calcite
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016

Operation
1
Zone(s)
135
Deposit type
Burial
Ceramic complex
Early K'atabche'k'ax
Ceramic type
Sierra Red
Shape
Vase
Maximum thickness (cm)
0.48
Munsell slip color
10R 4/8
Munsell paste color
2.5YR 5/8
Aplastic inclusions
Quartz, calcite
Aplastic spacing
Double
Aplastic shape
Round
Aplastic sorting
Well
Aplastic boundaries
Merging with b-fabric
Void pattern
Planar
B-Fabric
Rounded calcite
Aplastics in B-Fabric (below 0.05 mm)
Rounded calcite, quartz
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020

Operation
1
Zone(s)
9
Deposit type
Cache
Ceramic complex
Terminal K'atabche'k'ax
Ceramic type
Society Hall Red
Shape
Bowl
Rim diameter (cm)
23.70
Maximum thickness (cm)
1.00
Munsell slip color
2.5YR 5/8; 2.5YR 4/8
Munsell paste color
5YR 6/6
Aplastic inclusions
Quartz, grog, calcite
Aplastic spacing
Close to single
Aplastic shape
Round
Aplastic sorting
Moderate
Aplastic boundaries
Merging with b-fabric
Void pattern
Cross-hatched
B-Fabric
Micritic
Aplastics in B-Fabric (below 0.05 mm)
Oxides, quartz, rounded calcite
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021

Operation
1
Zone(s)
15
Deposit type
Burial
Ceramic complex
Terminal K'atabche'k'ax
Ceramic type
Society Hall Red
Shape
Bowl
Rim diameter (cm)
54.00
Maximum thickness (cm)
1.30
Munsell slip color
10R 4/4; 2.5YR 5/8
Munsell paste color
7.5YR 7/3
Aplastic inclusions
Calcite, with fossils, micrite
Aplastic spacing
Very close
Aplastic shape
Subround
Aplastic sorting
Moderate
Aplastic boundaries
Diffusing
Void pattern
Parallel
B-Fabric
Streams
Aplastics in B-Fabric (below 0.05 mm)
Diffusing and rounded calcite, little clay
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022

Operation
1
Zone(s)
15
Deposit type
Burial
Ceramic complex
Terminal K'atabche'k'ax
Ceramic type
Society Hall Red
Shape
Bowl
Rim diameter (cm)
22.50
Maximum thickness (cm)
0.38
Munsell slip color
2.5YR 4/8; 2.5YR 5/8
Munsell paste color
5YR 7/6
Aplastic inclusions
Quartz, grog
Aplastic spacing
Double
Aplastic shape
Round
Aplastic sorting
Well
Aplastic boundaries
Merging with b-fabric
Void pattern
Streams around aplastics
B-Fabric
Crystallitic
Aplastics in B-Fabric (below 0.05 mm)
Diffusing calcite
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023

Operation
1
Zone(s)
15
Subzone(s)
e
Deposit type
Burial
Ceramic complex
Terminal K'atabche'k'ax
Ceramic type
Society Hall Red
Shape
Bowl
Rim diameter (cm)
30.00
Maximum thickness (cm)
0.78
Munsell slip color
2.5YR 4/6; 2.5YR 5/8
Munsell paste color
5YR 6/8
Aplastic inclusions
Quartz, grog, calcite
Aplastic spacing
Double
Aplastic shape
Subround
Aplastic sorting
Moderate
Aplastic boundaries
Distinct from b-fabric
Void pattern
Cross-hatched
B-Fabric
Streams
Aplastics in B-Fabric (below 0.05 mm)
Quartz, calcite, amorphous concentration features
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025

Operation
1
Zone(s)
17
Deposit type
Cache
Ceramic complex
Terminal K'atabche'k'ax
Ceramic type
Society Hall Red
Shape
Bowl
Rim diameter (cm)
15.00
Maximum thickness (cm)
0.82
Munsell paste color
7.5YR 5/8
Aplastic inclusions
Quartz, micrite
Aplastic spacing
Single to double
Aplastic shape
Subround
Aplastic sorting
Well
Aplastic boundaries
Distinct from b-fabric
Void pattern
Diagonal
B-Fabric
Rounded calcite
Aplastics in B-Fabric (below 0.05 mm)
Quartz, rounded calcite
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033

Operation
1
Zone(s)
18
Subzone(s)
a
Deposit type
Burial
Ceramic complex
Terminal K'atabche'k'ax
Ceramic type
Society Hall Red
Shape
Bowl
Rim diameter (cm)
23.70
Maximum thickness (cm)
0.66
Munsell slip color
2.5YR 4/8; 2.5YR 5/8
Munsell paste color
7.5YR 5/8
Aplastic inclusions
Quartz, polyquartz, grog, calcite, mudstone
Aplastic spacing
Double
Aplastic shape
Subround
Aplastic sorting
Well
Aplastic boundaries
Merging with b-fabric
Void pattern
Cross-hatched
B-Fabric
Micritic
Aplastics in B-Fabric (below 0.05 mm)
Quartz, diffusing calcite
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038

Operation
1
Zone(s)
18
Subzone(s)
e
Deposit type
Burial
Ceramic complex
Terminal K'atabche'k'ax
Ceramic type
Society Hall Red
Shape
Bowl
Rim diameter (cm)
52.00
Maximum thickness (cm)
0.82
Munsell slip color
2.5YR 4/6; 2.5YR 5/8
Munsell paste color
5YR 6/4
Aplastic inclusions
Calcite
Aplastic spacing
Very close
Aplastic shape
Subround
Aplastic sorting
Poor
Aplastic boundaries
Merging with b-fabric
Void pattern
None
B-Fabric
Rounded calcite
Aplastics in B-Fabric (below 0.05 mm)
Rounded calcite, quartz
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039

Operation
1
Zone(s)
30
Subzone(s)
a
Deposit type
Burial
Ceramic complex
Late K'atabche'k'ax
Ceramic type
Sierra Red
Shape
Bowl
Rim diameter (cm)
30.00
Maximum thickness (cm)
0.80
Munsell slip color
2.5YR 5/8
Aplastic inclusions
Quartz, grog, micrite, calcite
Aplastic spacing
Single
Aplastic shape
Round
Aplastic sorting
Moderate
Aplastic boundaries
Merging with b-fabric
Void pattern
Cross-hatched
B-Fabric
Streams
Aplastics in B-Fabric (below 0.05 mm)
Quartz, oxides, diffusing calcite
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040

Operation
1
Zone(s)
30
Subzone(s)
a
Deposit type
Burial
Ceramic complex
Late K'atabche'k'ax
Ceramic type
Sierra Red
Shape
Bowl
Rim diameter (cm)
54.00
Maximum thickness (cm)
0.70
Munsell slip color
2.5YR 4/8
Munsell paste color
5YR 6/6
Aplastic inclusions
Quartz, grog, micrite, calcite
Aplastic spacing
Single
Aplastic shape
Round
Aplastic sorting
Moderate
Aplastic boundaries
Merging with b-fabric
Void pattern
Cross-hatched
B-Fabric
Streams
Aplastics in B-Fabric (below 0.05 mm)
Quartz, oxides, diffusing calcite
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041

Operation
1
Zone(s)
30
Subzone(s)
a
Deposit type
Burial
Ceramic complex
Late K'atabche'k'ax
Ceramic type
Sierra Red
Shape
Dish
Rim diameter (cm)
60.00
Maximum thickness (cm)
0.83
Munsell slip color
2.5YR 4/8
Munsell paste color
5YR 6/6
Aplastic inclusions
Quartz, grog
Aplastic spacing
Single
Aplastic shape
Subround
Aplastic sorting
Well
Aplastic boundaries
Merging with b-fabric
Void pattern
Planar
B-Fabric
Streams
Aplastics in B-Fabric (below 0.05 mm)
Quartz
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044

Operation
1
Zone(s)
41
Subzone(s)
a
Deposit type
Cache
Ceramic complex
Late K'atabche'k'ax
Ceramic type
Sierra Red: Gadrooned
Shape
Bowl
Rim diameter (cm)
16.00
Maximum thickness (cm)
0.44
Munsell slip color
2.5YR 5/8
Munsell paste color
5YR 4/4
Aplastic inclusions
Quartz, grog
Aplastic spacing
Double
Aplastic shape
Round
Aplastic sorting
Moderate
Aplastic boundaries
Distinct from b-fabric
Void pattern
Cross-hatched
B-Fabric
Micritic
Aplastics in B-Fabric (below 0.05 mm)
Diffusing calcite, oxides, quartz
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045

Operation
1
Zone(s)
42
Deposit type
Burial
Ceramic complex
Late K'atabche'k'ax
Ceramic type
Sierra Red
Shape
Bowl
Rim diameter (cm)
16.50
Maximum thickness (cm)
0.70
Munsell slip color
2.5YR 5/8
Munsell paste color
7.5YR 5/8
Aplastic inclusions
Grog, quartz, calcite-few
Aplastic spacing
Double
Aplastic shape
Subround
Aplastic sorting
Moderate
Aplastic boundaries
Merging with b-fabric
Void pattern
Streams around aplastics
B-Fabric
Micritic, streams
Aplastics in B-Fabric (below 0.05 mm)
Grog, quartz
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046

Operation
1
Zone(s)
78
Deposit type
Burial
Ceramic complex
Late K'atabche'k'ax
Ceramic type
Society Hall Red
Shape
Bowl
Rim diameter (cm)
40.00
Maximum thickness (cm)
0.75
Munsell slip color
2.5YR 5/8; 2.5YR 4/8
Munsell paste color
5YR 5/6
Aplastic inclusions
Quartz, grog, mudstone, calcite
Aplastic spacing
Double
Aplastic shape
Subround
Void pattern
None
B-Fabric
Streams
Aplastics in B-Fabric (below 0.05 mm)
Quartz
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048

Operation
1
Zone(s)
80
Deposit type
Burial
Ceramic complex
Late K'atabche'k'ax
Ceramic type
Society Hall Red
Shape
Jar
Rim diameter (cm)
17.50
Maximum thickness (cm)
0.38
Munsell slip color
2.5YR 5/8; 2.5YR 4/8
Munsell paste color
5YR 6/8
Aplastic inclusions
Quartz, grog
Aplastic spacing
Double
Aplastic shape
Subround
Aplastic sorting
Well
Aplastic boundaries
Merging with b-fabric
Void pattern
Streams around aplastics
B-Fabric
Streams
Aplastics in B-Fabric (below 0.05 mm)
Grog, quartz, oxides
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