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K’axob
Ritual, Work, and Family in an Ancient Maya Village
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320
Ceramic Petrography
Operation
12
Zone(s)
54
Deposit type
construction fill-sascab
Ceramic complex
Late K'atabche'k'ax
Ceramic type
Sierra Red
Shape
Dish
Rim diameter (cm)
36.00
Maximum thickness (cm)
0.61
Munsell slip color
10R 4/6
Munsell paste color
7.5YR 6/6
Aplastic inclusions
Grog, quartz, calcite, oxides
Aplastic spacing
Double
Aplastic shape
Subangular
Aplastic sorting
Poor
Aplastic boundaries
Distinct from b-fabric
B-Fabric
Micritic
Aplastics in B-Fabric (below 0.05 mm)
Rounded and diffusing calcite
Calcite (%)
.07
Grog (%)
.1
Quartz (%)
.07
Micrite (%)
.01
Oxide (%)
.04
Other (%)
0
Voids (%)
.07
Paste (%)
.64