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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)
224
Deposit type
sherd-lined pit
Ceramic complex
Early Chaakk'ax
Ceramic type
Chicago Orange
Shape
Jar
Maximum thickness (cm)
0.62
Munsell slip color
5YR 6/6
Munsell paste color
5YR 6/6
Aplastic inclusions
Calcite, quartz, clay pellets, oxides, polyquartz
Aplastic spacing
Close
Aplastic shape
Angular
Aplastic sorting
Moderate
Aplastic boundaries
Merging with b-fabric
Void pattern
Parallel
B-Fabric
Rounded calcite
Aplastics in B-Fabric (below 0.05 mm)
Merging and diffusing calcite, amorphous concentration features
Calcite (%)
.45
Grog (%)
0
Quartz (%)
0
Micrite (%)
0
Oxide (%)
.01
Other (%)
0
Voids (%)
.02
Paste (%)
.53