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K’axob
Ritual, Work, and Family in an Ancient Maya Village
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225
Ceramic Petrography
Operation
1
Zone(s)
115
Deposit type
Burial
Ceramic complex
Early K'atabche'k'ax
Ceramic type
Chicago Orange
Shape
Jar
Rim diameter (cm)
18.00
Maximum thickness (cm)
0.70
Munsell slip color
5YR 5/8
Munsell paste color
5YR 5/6
Aplastic inclusions
Calcite, chert, quartz (3)
Aplastic spacing
Very close
Aplastic shape
Subangular
Aplastic sorting
Moderate
Aplastic boundaries
Distinct from b-fabric
Void pattern
Perpendicular
B-Fabric
Micritic
Aplastics in B-Fabric (below 0.05 mm)
Diffusing and merging calcite, few rounded calcite, oxides, quartz
Calcite (%)
.46
Grog (%)
0
Quartz (%)
0
Micrite (%)
0
Oxide (%)
0
Other (%)
0
Voids (%)
.02
Paste (%)
.52