135

Itemized Debitage
Record details
Operation
1
Zone(s)
135
Square
L
LD number
6455
Deposit type
Burial
Ceramic complex
Early K'atabche'k'ax
Type
Fire shatter
Raw material
Unknown material (altered)
Condition
Burned
Cortex
Absent
Number of dorsal scars
0
Platform characteristic
Not observable
Polish
Absent
Striations
Not visible
Edgewear
Absent
Length (mm)
8.00
Width (mm)
6.00
Thickness (mm)
2.00
Itemized Debitage
Record details
Operation
1
Zone(s)
135
Square
L
LD number
6454
Deposit type
Burial
Ceramic complex
Early K'atabche'k'ax
Type
Flake
Raw material
Northern Belizean chert (Colha)
Condition
Not altered
Cortex
Absent
Number of dorsal scars
2
Platform characteristic
Flake from a biface
Polish
Present on ridges
Striations
Not visible
Edgewear
Absent
Length (mm)
7.00
Width (mm)
12.00
Thickness (mm)
1.00
Itemized Debitage
Record details
Operation
1
Zone(s)
135
Square
L
LD number
6453
Deposit type
Burial
Ceramic complex
Early K'atabche'k'ax
Type
Flake
Raw material
Other chert
Condition
Burned
Cortex
< 50%
Number of dorsal scars
1
Platform characteristic
Platform not diagnostic of a flake from a biface
Polish
Absent
Striations
Not visible
Edgewear
Absent
Length (mm)
9.00
Width (mm)
7.00
Thickness (mm)
3.00
Itemized Debitage
Record details
Operation
1
Zone(s)
135
Square
L
LD number
6452
Deposit type
Burial
Ceramic complex
Early K'atabche'k'ax
Type
Flake fragment
Raw material
Northern Belizean chert (Colha)
Condition
Not altered
Cortex
Absent
Number of dorsal scars
3
Platform characteristic
Not observable
Polish
Absent
Striations
Not visible
Edgewear
Absent
Length (mm)
14.00
Width (mm)
6.00
Thickness (mm)
1.00
Itemized Debitage
Record details
Operation
1
Zone(s)
135
Square
L
LD number
6451
Deposit type
Burial
Ceramic complex
Early K'atabche'k'ax
Type
Flake
Raw material
Northern Belizean chert (Colha)
Condition
Not altered
Cortex
Absent
Number of dorsal scars
3
Platform characteristic
Not observable
Polish
Absent
Striations
Not visible
Edgewear
Absent
Length (mm)
13.00
Width (mm)
12.00
Thickness (mm)
2.00
Itemized Debitage
Record details
Operation
1
Zone(s)
135
Square
L
LD number
6450
Deposit type
Burial
Ceramic complex
Early K'atabche'k'ax
Type
Flake fragment
Raw material
Northern Belizean chert (Colha)
Condition
Burned
Cortex
Absent
Number of dorsal scars
3
Platform characteristic
Not observable
Polish
Absent
Striations
Not visible
Edgewear
Absent
Length (mm)
9.00
Width (mm)
14.00
Thickness (mm)
2.00
Itemized Debitage
Record details
Operation
1
Zone(s)
135
Square
L
LD number
6449
Deposit type
Burial
Ceramic complex
Early K'atabche'k'ax
Type
Flake
Raw material
Northern Belizean chert (Colha)
Condition
Not altered
Cortex
Absent
Number of dorsal scars
6
Platform characteristic
Flake from a biface
Polish
Absent
Striations
Not visible
Edgewear
Absent
Length (mm)
7.00
Width (mm)
14.00
Thickness (mm)
2.00
Itemized Debitage
Record details
Operation
1
Zone(s)
135
Square
L
LD number
6448
Deposit type
Burial
Ceramic complex
Early K'atabche'k'ax
Type
Flake
Raw material
Northern Belizean chert (Colha)
Condition
Not altered
Cortex
Absent
Number of dorsal scars
6
Platform characteristic
Platform not diagnostic of a flake from a biface
Polish
Absent
Striations
Not visible
Edgewear
Absent
Length (mm)
14.00
Width (mm)
28.00
Thickness (mm)
5.00
Domicile
Record details
Operation
1
Zone(s)
135
Construction phase
5
Deposit type
Burial
Ceramic complex
Early K'atabche'k'ax
Burial number(s)
1-27
0354

0354

Comments

Vessel: Sierra Red: Sierra Variety.

Other photographs and illustrations
5106

5106

Comments

Planview map of Op 1, Construction Phase 5.

0355

0355

Comments

Vessel: Sierra Red: Sierra Variety.

5028

5028

Comments

Extended child burial 1-27, in zone 135, contains pomacea and a shell pendant. Vessels 015 and 016 are also represented.

Ceramic Petrography
Operation
1
Zone(s)
135
Deposit type
Burial
Ceramic complex
Early K'atabche'k'ax
Ceramic type
Sierra Red
Shape
Vase
Maximum thickness (cm)
0.48
Munsell slip color
10R 4/8
Munsell paste color
2.5YR 5/8
Aplastic inclusions
Quartz, calcite
Aplastic spacing
Double
Aplastic shape
Round
Aplastic sorting
Well
Aplastic boundaries
Merging with b-fabric
Void pattern
Planar
B-Fabric
Rounded calcite
Aplastics in B-Fabric (below 0.05 mm)
Rounded calcite, quartz