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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)
27
Subzone(s)
a
Deposit type
surface
Ceramic complex
Terminal K'atabche'k'ax
Ceramic type
Chicago Orange
Shape
Unknown
Maximum thickness (cm)
1.20
Munsell slip color
5YR 6/6
Munsell paste color
2.5YR 5/6
Aplastic inclusions
Calcite, oxides, quartz
Aplastic spacing
Close to single
Aplastic shape
Angular
Aplastic sorting
Poor
Aplastic boundaries
Distinct from b-fabric
Void pattern
Diagonal
B-Fabric
Streams
Aplastics in B-Fabric (below 0.05 mm)
Diffusing calcite, amorphous concentration features
Calcite (%)
.39
Grog (%)
0
Quartz (%)
0
Micrite (%)
0
Oxide (%)
.01
Other (%)
0
Voids (%)
.05
Paste (%)
.55