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K’axob
Ritual, Work, and Family in an Ancient Maya Village
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445
Ceramic Petrography
Operation
1
Zone(s)
145
Deposit type
Burial
Ceramic complex
Early K'atabche'k'ax
Ceramic type
Sierra Red
Shape
Spouted jar
Maximum thickness (cm)
0.35
Munsell slip color
2.5YR 4/8
Munsell paste color
7.5YR 6/4
Aplastic inclusions
Micrite, quartz, grog, calcite
Aplastic spacing
Double
Aplastic shape
Round
Aplastic sorting
Moderate
Aplastic boundaries
Distinct from b-fabric
Void pattern
Parallel
B-Fabric
Streams
Aplastics in B-Fabric (below 0.05 mm)
Distinct calcite, amorphous concentration features, oxides