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K’axob
Ritual, Work, and Family in an Ancient Maya Village
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340
Ceramic Petrography
Operation
1
Zone(s)
125
Deposit type
pit
Ceramic complex
Early K'atabche'k'ax
Ceramic type
Sapote Striated
Shape
Unknown
Maximum thickness (cm)
0.50
Munsell slip color
7.5Y 6/4
Munsell paste color
7.5YR 4/6
Aplastic inclusions
Calcite, oxides, quartz, micrite, mudstone
Aplastic spacing
Very close
Aplastic shape
Subround
Aplastic sorting
Moderate
Aplastic boundaries
Merging with b-fabric
Void pattern
Parallel
B-Fabric
Micritic
Aplastics in B-Fabric (below 0.05 mm)
Diffusing calcite, oxides
Calcite (%)
.49
Grog (%)
0
Quartz (%)
0
Micrite (%)
0
Oxide (%)
0
Other (%)
0
Voids (%)
.02
Paste (%)
.49