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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)
35
Deposit type
pit
Ceramic complex
Late K'atabche'k'ax
Ceramic type
Hillbank Red
Shape
Jar
Maximum thickness (cm)
0.59
Munsell slip color
5YR 4/6
Munsell paste color
10YR 7/4
Aplastic inclusions
Micrite, calcite, oxides, quartz
Aplastic spacing
Very close
Aplastic shape
Round
Aplastic sorting
Well to moderate
Aplastic boundaries
Diffusing
Void pattern
Parallel
B-Fabric
Micritic, rounded calcite
Aplastics in B-Fabric (below 0.05 mm)
Diffusing and distinct calcite, oxides
Calcite (%)
.38
Grog (%)
0
Quartz (%)
.005
Micrite (%)
0
Oxide (%)
0
Other (%)
.005
Voids (%)
.025
Paste (%)
.57