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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
Chicago Orange
Shape
Jar
Rim diameter (cm)
24.00
Maximum thickness (cm)
0.55
Munsell slip color
7.5YR 7/4
Munsell paste color
7.5YR 5/4
Aplastic inclusions
Calcite, quartz, polyquartz, dolomite
Aplastic spacing
Close
Aplastic shape
Angular
Aplastic sorting
Moderate
Aplastic boundaries
Diffusing
Void pattern
Parallel
B-Fabric
Micritic and rounded calcite
Aplastics in B-Fabric (below 0.05 mm)
Diffusing and distinct calcite, oxides
Calcite (%)
.46
Grog (%)
0
Quartz (%)
.02
Micrite (%)
0
Oxide (%)
0
Other (%)
0
Voids (%)
.04
Paste (%)
.47