38

Chipped Stone Tools
Record details
Operation
7
Zone(s)
38
Square
A
Deposit type
construction fill-sascab
Ceramic complex
Early Nohalk'ax
Lithic type
Reworked biface
Raw material
Northern Belizean chert (Colha)
Condition
Not altered
Cortex
Absent
Scar type
Shallow scars truncated by deep scars
Tool part
Complete
Polish
Present on ridges only
Striations
None
Use-wear
Battering and step-flaking
Length (mm)
65.63
Width (mm)
43.30
Thickness (mm)
17.78
Weight (g)
84.40
Chipped Stone Tools
Record details
Operation
11
Zone(s)
38
Square
C
Deposit type
midden
Ceramic complex
Late K'atabche'k'ax
Lithic type
Hammerstone
Raw material
Chalcedony
Condition
Burned
Cortex
Absent
Scar type
Absent
Tool part
Non-diagnostic
Polish
Absent
Striations
None
Use-wear
Battering, crushing
Length (mm)
40.00
Width (mm)
32.00
Thickness (mm)
24.00
Weight (g)
48.50
0056

0056

Comments

Lithic: Fragment of a hammerstone. LT# 1364

Ceramic Petrography
Operation
1
Zone(s)
38
Subzone(s)
c
Deposit type
Burial
Ceramic complex
Late K'atabche'k'ax
Ceramic type
Laguna Verde Incised
Shape
Bowl
Rim diameter (cm)
34.00
Maximum thickness (cm)
0.69
Munsell slip color
2.5YR 4/8
Munsell paste color
5YR 5/8
Aplastic inclusions
Grog, quartz, oxides, calcite
Aplastic spacing
Single
Aplastic shape
Round
Aplastic sorting
Well
Aplastic boundaries
Diffusing
Void pattern
Parallel
B-Fabric
Streams
Aplastics in B-Fabric (below 0.05 mm)
Merging calcite, polyquartz, amorphous concentration features
Pottery Vessel
Record details
Operation
1
Zone(s)
38
Deposit type
Burial
Vessel Number

042

Specific context
Burial 1-4
Ceramic complex
Late K'atabche'k'ax
Ceramic complex (non-stratigraphic)
Late K'atabche'k'ax
Type
Sierra Red
Variety
Sierra
Form
bowl
Kill hole?
No
Cross motif?
No
Percentage of vessel
75% - 94%
Number of sherds
1
Rim diameter (cm)
10.2
Height (cm)
8.7
Weight (g)
479.0
Comments

This bowl has markedly incurved sides, a restricted orifice, and a double-collar neck. Paste and color are characteristic of Sierra Red. The diameter of the base is 6 cm. The bowl was associated with the secondary bundled remains of an older child or young adolescent.

0398

0398

Comments

Vessel: Sierra Red: Sierra Variety incurving bowl.

Other media
0397

0397

Comments

Vessel: Sierra Red: Sierra Variety incurving bowl.

5012

5012

Comments

Burial 1-4 is a secondary interment in zone 38 accompanied by vessel 042. Burial 1-10 is in zones 38a and 38b. This extended adult female is accompanied by pomacea and vessel 043. Burial 1-11 in zones 38 and 38c is a flexed adult female. Burial 1-14 in zone 83 is an extended child, accompanied by vessel 054, two beads, a bivalve shell and an effigy tinkler.

Pottery Vessel
Record details
Operation
1
Zone(s)
38
Subzone(s)
a
Deposit type
Burial
Vessel Number

043

Specific context
Burial 1-10
Ceramic complex
Late K'atabche'k'ax
Ceramic complex (non-stratigraphic)
Late K'atabche'k'ax
Type
Sierra Red
Variety
Sierra
Form
dish
Kill hole?
No
Cross motif?
No
Percentage of vessel
< 50%
Number of sherds
2
Rim diameter (cm)
28.0
Height (cm)
7.0
Weight (g)
1193.0
Comments

A dish with outcurved sides and a flat base, as well as an outflaring everted rim with a rounded lip. The rim begins to flare by 3.3 cm up the wall of the vessel, and becomes everted at a height of 4.6 cm. The paste and color attributes fall within Sierra Red, although the slip was probably exposed to fire. It is a darker yellowish red (5YR 4/6). The diameter of the base is 21 cm.

0400

0400

Comments

Vessel: Sierra Red: Sierra Variety outcurving bowl.

Other media
0399

0399

Comments

Vessel: Sierra Red: Sierra Variety outcurving bowl.

5012

5012

Comments

Burial 1-4 is a secondary interment in zone 38 accompanied by vessel 042. Burial 1-10 is in zones 38a and 38b. This extended adult female is accompanied by pomacea and vessel 043. Burial 1-11 in zones 38 and 38c is a flexed adult female. Burial 1-14 in zone 83 is an extended child, accompanied by vessel 054, two beads, a bivalve shell and an effigy tinkler.

Burial
Record details
Operation
1
Zone(s)
38
Subzone(s)
c
Deposit type
Burial
Ceramic complex
Late K'atabche'k'ax
Single/Multiple
Multiple
Position
Flexed
Age
Middle-Old Adult
Sex
Female
Comments

burial remains in both Zone 38 and 38c

5012

5012

Comments

Burial 1-4 is a secondary interment in zone 38 accompanied by vessel 042. Burial 1-10 is in zones 38a and 38b. This extended adult female is accompanied by pomacea and vessel 043. Burial 1-11 in zones 38 and 38c is a flexed adult female. Burial 1-14 in zone 83 is an extended child, accompanied by vessel 054, two beads, a bivalve shell and an effigy tinkler.

Other photographs and illustrations
5111

5111

Comments

Planview map of Op 1, Construction Phase 8b.

Burial
Record details
Operation
1
Zone(s)
38
Subzone(s)
a
b
Deposit type
Burial
Ceramic complex
Late K'atabche'k'ax
Vessel number(s)
043
Single/Multiple
Multiple
Position
Extended
Age
Middle Adult
Sex
Female
Pomacea
Yes
Number of vessels
1
Head cover?
Yes
5012

5012

Comments

Burial 1-4 is a secondary interment in zone 38 accompanied by vessel 042. Burial 1-10 is in zones 38a and 38b. This extended adult female is accompanied by pomacea and vessel 043. Burial 1-11 in zones 38 and 38c is a flexed adult female. Burial 1-14 in zone 83 is an extended child, accompanied by vessel 054, two beads, a bivalve shell and an effigy tinkler.

Other photographs and illustrations
5111

5111

Comments

Planview map of Op 1, Construction Phase 8b.

0399

0399

Comments

Vessel: Sierra Red: Sierra Variety outcurving bowl.

0400

0400

Comments

Vessel: Sierra Red: Sierra Variety outcurving bowl.

Burial
Record details
Operation
1
Zone(s)
38
Deposit type
Burial
Ceramic complex
Late K'atabche'k'ax
Vessel number(s)
042
Single/Multiple
Multiple
Position
Secondary
Age
Child?
Sex
Indeterminate
Number of vessels
1
Comments

buried with upright tecomate-like bowl

5012

5012

Comments

Burial 1-4 is a secondary interment in zone 38 accompanied by vessel 042. Burial 1-10 is in zones 38a and 38b. This extended adult female is accompanied by pomacea and vessel 043. Burial 1-11 in zones 38 and 38c is a flexed adult female. Burial 1-14 in zone 83 is an extended child, accompanied by vessel 054, two beads, a bivalve shell and an effigy tinkler.

Other photographs and illustrations
5111

5111

Comments

Planview map of Op 1, Construction Phase 8b.

0397

0397

Comments

Vessel: Sierra Red: Sierra Variety incurving bowl.

0398

0398

Comments

Vessel: Sierra Red: Sierra Variety incurving bowl.

Illustration
5012
Record details
Illustration number
5012
Operation
1
Zone(s)
38
83
Subzone(s)
-
a
b
c
-
Image content
Burial Plan or Profile
Date modified
5/28/03
Comments

Burial 1-4 is a secondary interment in zone 38 accompanied by vessel 042. Burial 1-10 is in zones 38a and 38b. This extended adult female is accompanied by pomacea and vessel 043. Burial 1-11 in zones 38 and 38c is a flexed adult female. Burial 1-14 in zone 83 is an extended child, accompanied by vessel 054, two beads, a bivalve shell and an effigy tinkler.