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K’axob
Ritual, Work, and Family in an Ancient Maya Village
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359
Ceramic Petrography
Operation
1
Zone(s)
208
Deposit type
sherd-lined pit
Ceramic complex
Early Chaakk'ax
Ceramic type
Joventud Red
Shape
Bowl
Rim diameter (cm)
22.00
Maximum thickness (cm)
0.61
Munsell slip color
2.5YR 3/6
Munsell paste color
5YR 5/6
Aplastic inclusions
Micrite, dolomite, red concretion, quartz
Aplastic spacing
Very close
Aplastic shape
Subround
Aplastic sorting
Well
Aplastic boundaries
Merging with b-fabric
Void pattern
Streams around aplastics
B-Fabric
Micritic
Aplastics in B-Fabric (below 0.05 mm)
Diffusing and distinct calcite
Calcite (%)
.52
Grog (%)
0
Quartz (%)
0
Micrite (%)
0
Oxide (%)
.03
Other (%)
0
Voids (%)
.03
Paste (%)
.42