6

Ceramic Petrography

Operation

7

Zone(s)

6

Deposit type

Cache

Ceramic complex

Early Nohalk'ax

Ceramic type

Sapote Striated

Shape

Unknown

Maximum thickness (cm)

0.54

Munsell paste color

10YR 3/2

Aplastic inclusions

Calcite, micrite, quartz, mudstone

Aplastic spacing

Single

Aplastic shape

Subround

Aplastic sorting

Poor

Aplastic boundaries

Merging with b-fabric

Void pattern

Parallel

B-Fabric

Micritic

Aplastics in B-Fabric (below 0.05 mm)

No distinct minerals

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Cache

Record details

Operation

Zone(s)

Subzone(s)

Deposit type

Ceramic complex

Comments

lithic cache of 2 macroblades and 1 broken biface

0024

Comments

Cache: Lithic cache of two stemmed macroblades and a distal biface fragment. LT# 0022, LT# 0026, and LT# 0023

Other photographs and illustrations

5128

Comments

Planview map of Op 7, Construction Phase 9.

0224

Comments

Two stemmed macroblades from cache, dorsal surface (LT# 0022, 0023).

0225

Comments

Two stemmed macroblades from cache, ventral surface (LT# 0022, 0023).

Pottery Vessel

Record details

Operation

8

Zone(s)

6

Deposit type

Burial

Vessel Number

062

Specific context

Burial 8-1

Ceramic complex

Late K'atabche'k'ax

Ceramic complex (non-stratigraphic)

Late K'atabche'k'ax

Type

Sierra Red

Variety

Gadrooned

Form

bowl

Kill hole?

No

Cross motif?

No

Position

inverted

Percentage of vessel

100%

Number of sherds

80

Rim diameter (cm)

17.5

Height (cm)

5.4

Weight (g)

481.0

Comments

An eroded rounded bowl with a direct rim and rounded lip. The flat base has a diameter of 15 cm. Paste and slip color fall within the characteristic attributes of Sierra Red. The gadroon decoration is subtle, not protruding to the extent of others within this type. Each groove is 1 cm in width. The vessel walls are 0.5-0.7 cm thick.

0755

Comments

Vessel: Sierra Red: Gadrooned Variety bowl.

Other media

5174

Comments

Rim profile of Vessel 062, a Sierra Red: Gadrooned Variety bowl.

5047

Comments

This is the upper view of secondary middle-old adult female burial 8-1, in zone 6. Vessels 061 and 062 are depicted.

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Pottery Vessel

Record details

Operation

8

Zone(s)

6

Deposit type

Burial

Vessel Number

061

Specific context

Burial 8-1

Ceramic complex

Late K'atabche'k'ax

Ceramic complex (non-stratigraphic)

Late K'atabche'k'ax

Type

Society Hall Red

Variety

Society Hall

Form

bowl

Kill hole?

No

Cross motif?

No

Position

inverted

Percentage of vessel

50% - 74%

Number of sherds

89

Rim diameter (cm)

42.0

Height (cm)

14.5

Weight (g)

3729.0

Comments

A bowl with outcurved sides, a flaring everted rim, and a rounded lip. The diameter of the base is 28 cm and the height to the rim is 7.5 cm. Wall thickness varies between 0.8 and 1 cm.