Cross Motif Vessels Database

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Creation date
2003
Creator
Patricia A. McAnany
Data type
Cross motif vessel
Reuse
Copyright holder
Patricia A. McAnany
License
Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
Recommended citation

McAnany, Patricia A., 2004. Cross Motif Vessels Database for K'axob: Ritual, Work, and Family in an Ancient Maya Village. Version 2. Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press. https://doi.org/10.25346/S6/HV4WZJ

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Record details
Operation
1
Zone(s)
115
Specific context
Burial 1-25
Ceramic complex
Early K'atabche'k'ax
Type
Sierra Red
Variety
Sierra
Form
dish
Comments

This dish is similar to Vessel 014. Walls are outcurving with a slightly everted rim and rounded lip. Two intentional holes were drilled into the wall of the dish. These holes caused uneven breakage. A cross motif was slipped on the base of the vessel. Slip is red (10R 4/8). The paste has few inclusions and is yellowish red (5YR 5/6) with a dark gray (5YR 4/1) core. The base is slightly incurved and measures 12 cm in diameter. The vessel was found in close proximity to the skull of an adult male.

0349

0349

Comments

Vessel: Sierra Red: Sierra Variety vessel with cross painted on exterior base.

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Record details
Operation
1
Zone(s)
115
Subzone(s)
a
Specific context
Burial 1-29
Ceramic complex
Early K'atabche'k'ax
Type
Sierra Red
Variety
Sierra
Form
dish
Comments

This Sierra Red dish is slipped on the exterior and interior. The red (10R 4/8) slip is partially eroded. A streaky cross was painted on the exterior of the base. Walls are outcurved and rim is everted with a rounded lip. Base is slightly incurved and is 12 cm in diameter. The dish was found near the right humerus of an adult male.

0353

0353

Comments

Vessel: Sierra Red: Sierra Variety vessel with cross painted on exterior base.

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Record details
Operation
1
Zone(s)
15
Subzone(s)
c
Specific context
Burial 1-1a
Ceramic complex
Terminal K'atabche'k'ax
Type
Society Hall Red
Variety
Society Hall
Form
bowl
Position
inverted
Comments

This vessel is a bowl with flared sides, direct rim, round lip, and incurved base. The thickness of the walls is between 1 and 1.5 cm. Color and paste are within the Society Hall Red variety and the base diameter is 31 cm. There is a cross on the exterior base that spans the whole surface and, where the base meets the wall of the vessel, there is a circumferential band in the same color of the cross and the interior of the vessel.

0478

0478

Comments

Construction Phases 9 & 10: Excavation in progress of Burial 1-2 (left) by Lorren Jackson. On the right, the circular shape of Zone 15 (Burial 1-1) can be seen as well as inverted Vessel No. 021 that capped the primary, seated interment (Burial 1-1a).

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Record details
Operation
1
Zone(s)
15
Subzone(s)
e
Specific context
Burial 1-1a
Ceramic complex
Terminal K'atabche'k'ax
Type
Society Hall Red
Variety
Society Hall
Form
bowl
Position
upright
Comments

This outcurved bowl has an outflared, everted rim and a rounded lip. The outflaring rim begins at 10.3 cm from the base and is 5.5 cm in width. The base is flat and measures 16 cm. Color and paste are within the characteristics of the Society Hall variety. A cross was painted on the exterior base.

0373

0373

Comments

Vessel: Society Hall Red: Society Hall bowl with a cross painted on the exterior base.

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33

Record details
Operation
1
Zone(s)
18
Specific context
Burial 1-2e
Ceramic complex
Terminal K'atabche'k'ax
Type
Society Hall Red
Variety
Society Hall
Form
bowl
Position
upright
Comments

This outcurved bowl has an outflared everted rim with a rounded lip. The outflaring begins 8.5 cm from the base and extends 5.5 cm from the wall. The base is flat and measures 14.5 cm in diameter. Color and paste are within the characteristics of the Society Hall variety. A cross motif was slipped on the exterior base.

0387

0387

Comments

Vessel: Society Hall Red: Society Hall Variety vessel with a cross painted on the exterior base.

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Record details
Operation
1
Zone(s)
18
Specific context
Burial 1-2e
Ceramic complex
Terminal K'atabche'k'ax
Type
Society Hall Red
Variety
Society Hall
Form
bowl
Position
inverted
Comments

This outcurved bowl has an outflared everted rim with a rounded lip. The outflaring rim begins 8.5 cm from the base and is 7.4 cm in width. The base is flat and measures 31 cm. Color and paste composition is within the characteristics of the Society Hall variety. Slip was applied to the interior of the vessel and to the exterior of the lip, but the exterior walls are unslipped. A cross was slipped onto the interior base. The arms of the cross continue onto the walls. At the center of the cross, a circle was painted and outlined by four dots that form a quadrangle. The outflared everted rim was decorated by three incised elements that resemble eyebrows or half moons.

0389

0389

Comments

Vessel: Society Hall Red: Society Hall Variety vessel with a cross painted on the interior base.

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Record details
Operation
1
Zone(s)
78
Specific context
Burial 1-13
Ceramic complex
Late K'atabche'k'ax
Type
Society Hall Red
Variety
Society Hall
Form
bowl
Position
inverted
Comments

This bowl features flared sides, a flat base, an outflared, everted rim, and a rounded lip. The total height of the vessel is 16 cm but the rim begins to project at a height of 11 cm and extends another 9 cm at a 45¡ angle. The paste color is pink (5YR 7/3) or very pale brown (10YR 7/3). The paste is fine-textured and no core was formed. A thin, pale red (2.5YR 6/8) slip was applied over the interior and exterior, but its preservation is poor. The slip is very thin and flakes easily. A distinctive feature of this vessel is the streaky painted cross-band on the exterior of the flat base, which has a diameter of 26.3 cm. The painted bands are of unequal dimensions: the larger one 23x2.5 cm, the smaller 20x2.5 cm. The smaller band does not evenly bisect the larger one. Near the rim, three attempts were made to perforate the vessel. Two drill holes were completed 11 cm apart, but the third, situated close to one of the other two, never pierced the vessel. The bowl was inverted over the head and upper torso of a flexed adult.

0408

0408

Comments

Vessel: Society Hall Red: Society Hall Variety vessel with cross painted on the exterior base.

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