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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)
219
231
Deposit type
sherd-lined pit
Ceramic complex
Early Chaakk'ax
Ceramic type
Chicago Orange
Shape
Jar
Rim diameter (cm)
32.00
Maximum thickness (cm)
0.50
Munsell slip color
5YR 6/8
Munsell paste color
5YR 6/6
Aplastic inclusions
Calcite, oxides, mudstone, quartz
Aplastic spacing
Single to double
Aplastic shape
Subangular
Aplastic sorting
Poor
Aplastic boundaries
Merging with b-fabric
Void pattern
Diagonal
B-Fabric
Rounded calcite
Aplastics in B-Fabric (below 0.05 mm)
Diffusing calcite, oxides, amorphous concentration features
Calcite (%)
.28
Grog (%)
0
Quartz (%)
0
Micrite (%)
0
Oxide (%)
.03
Other (%)
.02
Voids (%)
.03
Paste (%)
.64