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Chipped Stone Tools
Record details
Operation
10
Zone(s)
8
Deposit type
plaster floor
Ceramic complex
Late K'atabche'k'ax
Lithic type
Stemmed macroblade
Raw material
Northern Belizean chert (Colha)
Condition
Not altered
Cortex
Absent
Scar type
Shallow scars truncated by deep scars
Tool part
Proximal fragment
Polish
Absent
Striations
None
Use-wear
Step-flaking and microflaking
Length (mm)
4.00
Width (mm)
2.50
Thickness (mm)
1.70
Weight (g)
21.20
Chipped Stone Tools
Record details
Operation
1
Zone(s)
8
Square
D
Deposit type
construction fill-sascab
Ceramic complex
Terminal K'atabche'k'ax
Lithic type
Oval biface
Raw material
Northern Belizean chert (Colha)
Condition
Not altered
Cortex
Absent
Scar type
Shallow finishing scars only
Tool part
Distal fragment
Polish
Present in troughs and on ridges
Striations
Striated polish (direction not visible)
Use-wear
Step-flaking
Length (mm)
31.00
Width (mm)
32.00
Thickness (mm)
9.00
Weight (g)
17.70
Chipped Stone Tools
Record details
Operation
1
Zone(s)
8
Square
D
Deposit type
construction fill-sascab
Ceramic complex
Terminal K'atabche'k'ax
Lithic type
Oval biface
Raw material
Northern Belizean chert (Colha)
Condition
Not altered
Cortex
Absent
Scar type
Shallow scars truncated by deep scars
Tool part
Distal fragment
Polish
Present in troughs and on ridges
Striations
Striated polish (direction not visible)
Use-wear
Bend break, step-flaking, rounded edges, and microflaking
Length (mm)
42.00
Width (mm)
60.00
Thickness (mm)
10.00
Weight (g)
45.60
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Comments

Lithic: Distal fragment of oval biface. Note polish. LT# 1045

Chipped Stone Tools
Record details
Operation
1
Zone(s)
8
Square
D
Deposit type
construction fill-sascab
Ceramic complex
Terminal K'atabche'k'ax
Lithic type
Chunky biface
Raw material
Northern Belizean chert (Colha)
Condition
Burned
Cortex
Absent
Scar type
Shallow finishing scars only
Tool part
Non-diagnostic
Polish
Absent
Striations
None
Use-wear
Step-flaking
Length (mm)
35.00
Width (mm)
50.00
Thickness (mm)
27.00
Weight (g)
63.90
Chipped Stone Tools
Record details
Operation
1
Zone(s)
8
Square
D
Deposit type
construction fill-sascab
Ceramic complex
Terminal K'atabche'k'ax
Lithic type
Non-diagnostic biface
Raw material
Northern Belizean chert (Colha)
Condition
Not altered
Cortex
< 50%
Scar type
Shallow scars truncated by deep scars
Tool part
Proximal fragment
Polish
Absent
Striations
None
Use-wear
Bend break and step-flaking
Length (mm)
68.00
Width (mm)
40.00
Thickness (mm)
12.00
Weight (g)
40.90
Ceramic Petrography
Operation
10
Zone(s)
8
Deposit type
plaster floor
Ceramic complex
Late K'atabche'k'ax
Ceramic type
Sierra Red
Shape
Bowl
Rim diameter (cm)
36.00
Maximum thickness (cm)
0.70
Munsell slip color
2.5YR 4/4
Munsell paste color
10YR 6/2
Aplastic inclusions
Calcite
Aplastic spacing
Close
Aplastic shape
Subangular
Aplastic sorting
Moderate
Aplastic boundaries
Merging with b-fabric
Void pattern
Parallel
B-Fabric
Rounded calcite, streams
Aplastics in B-Fabric (below 0.05 mm)
Rounded calcite
Ceramic Petrography
Operation
10
Zone(s)
8
Deposit type
plaster floor
Ceramic complex
Late K'atabche'k'ax
Ceramic type
Sierra Red
Shape
Bowl
Rim diameter (cm)
36.00
Maximum thickness (cm)
1.90
Munsell slip color
2.5YR 4/8
Munsell paste color
5YR 6/6
Aplastic inclusions
Calcite
Aplastic spacing
Very close
Aplastic shape
Subangular
Aplastic sorting
Moderate
Aplastic boundaries
Merging with b-fabric
Void pattern
None
B-Fabric
Micritic
Aplastics in B-Fabric (below 0.05 mm)
Rounded calcite
Ceramic Petrography
Operation
8
Zone(s)
8
Subzone(s)
c
Deposit type
Burial
Ceramic complex
Late K'atabche'k'ax
Ceramic type
Sierra Red
Shape
Bowl
Rim diameter (cm)
42.00
Maximum thickness (cm)
0.82
Munsell slip color
2.5YR 4/8
Aplastic inclusions
Quartz, clay pellets
Aplastic spacing
More than double
Aplastic shape
Subround
Aplastic sorting
Well
Aplastic boundaries
Distinct from b-fabric
Void pattern
Cross-hatched
B-Fabric
Micritic
Aplastics in B-Fabric (below 0.05 mm)
Disintegrating micrite
Calcite (%)
.06
Grog (%)
.11
Quartz (%)
.12
Micrite (%)
0
Oxide (%)
.01
Other (%)
0
Voids (%)
.04
Paste (%)
.66
Ceramic Petrography
Operation
8
Zone(s)
8
Subzone(s)
b
Deposit type
Burial
Ceramic complex
Late K'atabche'k'ax
Ceramic type
Sierra Red
Shape
Bowl
Rim diameter (cm)
32.00
Maximum thickness (cm)
1.20
Munsell slip color
2.5YR 4/8
Munsell paste color
5YR 6/8
Aplastic inclusions
Quartz, grog
Aplastic spacing
Single
Aplastic shape
Subround
Aplastic sorting
Moderate
Aplastic boundaries
Merging with b-fabric
Void pattern
Cross-hatched
B-Fabric
Streams
Aplastics in B-Fabric (below 0.05 mm)
Oxides, amorphous concentration features, quartz
Calcite (%)
.005
Grog (%)
.22
Quartz (%)
.22
Micrite (%)
0
Oxide (%)
0
Other (%)
0
Voids (%)
.005
Paste (%)
.55
Cache
Record details
Operation
12
Zone(s)
8
Deposit type
Cache
Ceramic complex
Late K'atabche'k'ax
Comments

1 partially reconstructible Sierra Red vessel

0784

0784

Comments

Vessel: Sierra Red: Sierra Variety vessel from a cache.

Other photographs and illustrations
5154

5154

Comments

Planview map of Op 12, Construction Phase 4.

0785

0785

Comments

Vessel: Sierra Red: Sierra Variety vessel from a cache.

Associated vessels

088

Record details
Operation
12
Zone(s)
8
Deposit type
Cache
Specific context
Cache
Ceramic complex
Late K'atabche'k'ax
Ceramic complex (non-stratigraphic)
Late K'atabche'k'ax
Type
Sierra Red
Variety
Sierra
Form
cylinder
Kill hole?
No
Cross motif?
No
Percentage of vessel
50% - 74%
Number of sherds
6
Rim diameter (cm)
0.00
Height (cm)
0.00
Weight (g)
567.30
Comments

A cylinder form with slightly incurved-outcurved walls at both the base and top. No rim sherds were found. The flat base is 12 cm in diameter and the thickness of the wall is 0.5 cm. The slip is eroded and blackened. This vessel is so fragmentary, accurate dimensions are not possible. The height of the largest sherd is 17.5 cm.

0784

0784

Comments

Vessel: Sierra Red: Sierra Variety vessel from a cache.

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