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Clay Petrography

Provenience

West Bank of Belize River by bridge to Burrel Boom

Soil suite

Belize Plain

Percentage of shrinkage before firing

0

Percentage of shrinkage after firing

.166

Munsell color before firing

2.5Y 4/3

Munsell color after firing

5YR 5/6

Aplastic spacing

More than double

Aplastic shape

Subangular

Aplastic sorting

Well

B-Fabric

Speckled

Aplastics in B-Fabric (below 0.05 mm)

No distinct minerals

Calcite (%)

Few

Quartz (%)

Common