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K’axob
Ritual, Work, and Family in an Ancient Maya Village
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Ceramic Petrography
Operation
12
Zone(s)
10
Deposit type
redeposited midden
Ceramic complex
Late K'atabche'k'ax
Ceramic type
Sierra Red
Shape
Handle
Maximum thickness (cm)
1.00
Munsell slip color
2.5YR 5/8
Munsell paste color
5YR 6/6
Aplastic inclusions
Calcite, oxides, dolomite, polyquartz
Aplastic spacing
Close
Aplastic shape
Subangular
Aplastic sorting
Poor
Aplastic boundaries
Merging with b-fabric
Void pattern
None
B-Fabric
Streams
Aplastics in B-Fabric (below 0.05 mm)
Few rounded calcite, amorphous concentration features, grog
Calcite (%)
.42
Grog (%)
.02
Quartz (%)
0
Micrite (%)
0
Oxide (%)
0
Other (%)
0
Voids (%)
.04
Paste (%)
.52