021

Carved Bone
Record details
Zone(s)
18
Subzone(s)
c
Deposit type
Burial
Ceramic complex
Terminal K'atabche'k'ax
Object
Carved bone
Type of bone
Adult humerus or immature femur
Thickness (cm)
0.45
Comments

3 deep grooves 0.3cm wide, 0.15cm deep; incurved on longbones, broken at groove on each end, thinned on long end

0271

0271

Comments

Long bone fragment carved into a tube with two circumferential grooves.

Associated burials

1-2c

Record details
Operation
1
Zone(s)
18
Deposit type
Burial
Ceramic complex
Terminal K'atabche'k'ax
Single/Multiple
Multiple
Position
Secondary
Age
Child
Sex
Indeterminate
Number of vessels
1
Comments

vessel, 1 tubular jade bead, shell pendant & 39 tinklers with Burials 1-2a through 1-2d

5006

5006

Comments

The profile drawing is of a multiple burial in operation 1, zone 18. Burials 1-2a through 1-2i are represented, in addition to "root" burial 1-45 in zone 236. (Plan views of B1-45 exist in a separate series.) The burials contain shell tinklers, carved bone, and eight vessels.

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