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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)
87
Deposit type
Burial
Ceramic complex
Early K'atabche'k'ax
Ceramic type
Sierra Red
Shape
Bowl
Maximum thickness (cm)
0.74
Munsell slip color
10R 5/8
Munsell paste color
5YR 5/6
Aplastic inclusions
Calcite, grog, quartz
Aplastic spacing
Close
Aplastic shape
Subangular
Aplastic sorting
Moderate
Aplastic boundaries
Merging with b-fabric
Void pattern
None
B-Fabric
Rounded calcite
Aplastics in B-Fabric (below 0.05 mm)
Diffusing, merging, and rounded calcite, oxides
Calcite (%)
.24
Grog (%)
.14
Quartz (%)
0
Micrite (%)
.02
Oxide (%)
0
Other (%)
0
Voids (%)
.56
Paste (%)
.04