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K’axob
Ritual, Work, and Family in an Ancient Maya Village
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Ceramic Petrography
Operation
8
Zone(s)
5
Deposit type
Burial
Ceramic complex
Terminal K'atabche'k'ax
Ceramic type
Sierra Red
Shape
Bowl
Rim diameter (cm)
22.00
Maximum thickness (cm)
0.65
Munsell slip color
2.5YR 4/8
Munsell paste color
7.5YR 6/6
Aplastic inclusions
Calcite, quartz, oxides, mudstone
Aplastic spacing
Close
Aplastic shape
Subangular
Aplastic sorting
Moderate
Aplastic boundaries
Diffusing
Void pattern
None
B-Fabric
Micritic
Aplastics in B-Fabric (below 0.05 mm)
Rounded and merging calcite
Calcite (%)
.42
Grog (%)
0
Quartz (%)
.01
Micrite (%)
0
Oxide (%)
.01
Other (%)
0
Voids (%)
.06
Paste (%)
.5