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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)
151
Subzone(s)
b
Deposit type
sherd-lined pit
Ceramic complex
Early K'atabche'k'ax
Ceramic type
Muxanal Red-on-Cream
Shape
Bowl
Rim diameter (cm)
37.00
Maximum thickness (cm)
0.87
Munsell slip color
2.5YR 4/3
Munsell paste color
10YR 7/6
Aplastic inclusions
Calcite, mudstone, chert, dolomite, chert, quartz, polyquartz
Aplastic spacing
Close
Aplastic shape
Subround
Aplastic sorting
Moderate
Aplastic boundaries
Diffusing
Void pattern
Streams around aplastics
B-Fabric
Rounded calcite
Aplastics in B-Fabric (below 0.05 mm)
Diffusing calcite, oxides, amorphous concentration features
Calcite (%)
.33
Grog (%)
0
Quartz (%)
0
Micrite (%)
0
Oxide (%)
0
Other (%)
.02
Voids (%)
.05
Paste (%)
.6