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K’axob
Ritual, Work, and Family in an Ancient Maya Village
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Ceramic Petrography
Operation
11
Zone(s)
34
Deposit type
sherd-lined pit
Ceramic complex
Late K'atabche'k'ax
Ceramic type
Hillbank Red
Shape
Jar
Rim diameter (cm)
14.00
Maximum thickness (cm)
0.50
Munsell slip color
2.5YR 5/8
Munsell paste color
5YR 6/6
Aplastic inclusions
Calcite, oxides, quartz, clay pellets, micrite, amorphous concentration feature
Aplastic spacing
Close
Aplastic shape
Angular
Aplastic sorting
Poor
Aplastic boundaries
Merging with b-fabric
Void pattern
Diagonal
B-Fabric
Micritic
Aplastics in B-Fabric (below 0.05 mm)
Diffusing and rounded calcite, amorphous concentration features
Calcite (%)
.51
Grog (%)
0
Quartz (%)
0
Micrite (%)
0
Oxide (%)
.025
Other (%)
.025
Voids (%)
.04
Paste (%)
.41