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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)
83
Subzone(s)
b
Deposit type
sherd-lined pit
Ceramic complex
Early K'atabche'k'ax
Ceramic type
Society Hall Red
Shape
Bowl
Maximum thickness (cm)
0.82
Munsell slip color
2.5YR 4/6
Munsell paste color
7.5YR 3/3
Aplastic inclusions
Calcite, quartz, clay pellets, oxides, polyquartz
Aplastic spacing
Single to double
Aplastic shape
Subround
Aplastic sorting
Well
Aplastic boundaries
Distinct from b-fabric
Void pattern
Parallel
B-Fabric
Streams
Aplastics in B-Fabric (below 0.05 mm)
Diffusing calcite
Calcite (%)
.05
Grog (%)
.11
Quartz (%)
.12
Micrite (%)
.02
Oxide (%)
0
Other (%)
0
Voids (%)
.07
Paste (%)
.64