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K’axob
Ritual, Work, and Family in an Ancient Maya Village
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380
Worked Shell
Record details
Operation
1
Zone(s)
137
166
Square
L
Deposit type
Burial
Ceramic complex
Late Chaakk'ax
Type
Bead
Subtype
Unfinished
Habitat
Marine
Order
Gastropod
Family
Strombidae
Genus
unknown
Shell condition
Complete
C-Mod1: Shape
Irregular
C-Mod2: Edges
Ground irregular
Burned
No
Drill type
Bifacial
Drill emphasis
(indeterminate)
Number of holes
1
Length (mm)
10.90
Weight (g)
0.70
0011
Comments
Worked shell: Examples of irregular beads from burial (WS# 042, WS# 070, WS# 377, and WS# 377-408).