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K’axob
Ritual, Work, and Family in an Ancient Maya Village
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Ceramic Petrography
Operation
1
Zone(s)
57
Deposit type
redeposited midden
Ceramic complex
Late Chaakk'ax
Ceramic type
Pital Cream
Shape
Jar
Rim diameter (cm)
24.00
Maximum thickness (cm)
0.55
Munsell slip color
2.5YR 4/8; 10YR 7/4
Munsell paste color
10YR 4/4
Aplastic inclusions
Grog, calcite
Aplastic spacing
Single
Aplastic shape
Subround
Aplastic sorting
Moderate
Aplastic boundaries
Merging with b-fabric
Void pattern
Streams around aplastics
B-Fabric
Micritic
Aplastics in B-Fabric (below 0.05 mm)
Diffusing, merging, rounded calcite
Calcite (%)
.11
Grog (%)
.2
Quartz (%)
.01
Micrite (%)
0
Oxide (%)
0
Other (%)
.01
Voids (%)
.06
Paste (%)
.61