25

Domicile
Record details
Operation
1
Zone(s)
25
Construction phase
9
Deposit type
sherd-lined pit
Ceramic complex
Terminal K'atabche'k'ax
0658

0658

Comments

Sherd-lined pit during excavation, Construction Phase 9.

Other photographs and illustrations
5114

5114

Comments

Planview map of Op 1, Construction Phase 9.

0657

0657

Comments

Sherd-lined pit before excavation, Construction Phase 9.

0151

0151

Comments

Groundstone: View of mano. GT# 012

0479

0479

Comments

Construction Phase 9, showing the depth of excavation during the 1990 season (view to west).

0481

0481

Comments

Construction Phase 9: Plaza floor of Zone 10 with the apsidal shape of Zone 22 in foreground (view to west).

Chipped Stone Tools
Record details
Operation
11
Zone(s)
25
Square
B
Deposit type
pit
Ceramic complex
Late K'atabche'k'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
Medial fragment
Polish
Present in troughs and on ridges
Striations
None
Use-wear
Microflaking
Length (mm)
42.00
Width (mm)
51.00
Thickness (mm)
19.00
Weight (g)
61.00
Ceramic Petrography
Operation
10
Zone(s)
25
Deposit type
Burial
Ceramic complex
Late K'atabche'k'ax
Ceramic type
Sierra Red
Shape
Bowl
Rim diameter (cm)
42.00
Maximum thickness (cm)
0.91
Munsell slip color
2.5YR 5/8
Munsell paste color
5YR 4/7
Aplastic inclusions
Mudstone, quartz
Aplastic spacing
Close
Aplastic shape
Round
Aplastic sorting
Well
Aplastic boundaries
Merging with b-fabric
Void pattern
Parallel
B-Fabric
Rounded calcite, micritic
Aplastics in B-Fabric (below 0.05 mm)
Oxides, grog, quartz
Ceramic Petrography
Operation
10
Zone(s)
25
Deposit type
Burial
Ceramic complex
Late K'atabche'k'ax
Ceramic type
Sierra Red
Shape
Bowl
Rim diameter (cm)
38.00
Maximum thickness (cm)
0.75
Munsell paste color
5YR 5/8
Aplastic inclusions
Quartz
Aplastic spacing
Single to double
Aplastic shape
Subround
Aplastic sorting
Moderate
Aplastic boundaries
Merging with b-fabric
Void pattern
Parallel
B-Fabric
Streams
Aplastics in B-Fabric (below 0.05 mm)
Rounded calcite
Ceramic Petrography
Operation
8
Zone(s)
25
Subzone(s)
c
Deposit type
Cache
Ceramic complex
Late K'atabche'k'ax
Ceramic type
Sierra Red: Gadrooned
Shape
Bowl
Rim diameter (cm)
18.00
Maximum thickness (cm)
0.70
Munsell slip color
2.5YR 4/8
Munsell paste color
2.5YR 4/2
Aplastic inclusions
Grog, quartz, mudstone
Aplastic spacing
Single
Aplastic shape
Subround
Aplastic sorting
Moderate
Aplastic boundaries
Merging with b-fabric
Void pattern
Planar
B-Fabric
Micritic
Aplastics in B-Fabric (below 0.05 mm)
Diffusing rounded calcite
Ceramic Petrography
Operation
8
Zone(s)
25
Deposit type
Cache
Ceramic complex
Late K'atabche'k'ax
Ceramic type
Sierra Red
Shape
Vase
Rim diameter (cm)
17.00
Maximum thickness (cm)
0.55
Munsell slip color
10R 4/4
Munsell paste color
2.5YR 4/6
Aplastic inclusions
Calcite, red pellets
Aplastic spacing
Very close
Aplastic shape
Subangular
Aplastic sorting
Moderate
Aplastic boundaries
Distinct from b-fabric
Void pattern
None
B-Fabric
Rounded calcite
Aplastics in B-Fabric (below 0.05 mm)
Oxides, grog, quartz
Ceramic Petrography
Operation
1
Zone(s)
25
Deposit type
sherd-lined pit
Ceramic complex
Terminal K'atabche'k'ax
Ceramic type
Sierra Red
Shape
Bowl
Rim diameter (cm)
12.00
Maximum thickness (cm)
0.50
Munsell slip color
2.5YR 4/8
Munsell paste color
7.5YR 6/6
Aplastic inclusions
Grog, quartz
Aplastic spacing
Single
Aplastic shape
Subround
Aplastic sorting
Well
Aplastic boundaries
Distinct from b-fabric
Void pattern
Cross-hatched
B-Fabric
Mosaic
Aplastics in B-Fabric (below 0.05 mm)
Diffusing calcite, amorphous concentration features, oxides
Ceramic Petrography
Operation
1
Zone(s)
25
Deposit type
sherd-lined pit
Ceramic complex
Terminal K'atabche'k'ax
Ceramic type
Chicago Orange
Shape
Bowl
Rim diameter (cm)
34.00
Maximum thickness (cm)
0.56
Munsell paste color
2.5YR 5/8
Aplastic inclusions
Calcite, micrite, dolomite, oxides
Aplastic spacing
Close
Aplastic shape
Subangular
Aplastic sorting
Moderate
Aplastic boundaries
Distinct from b-fabric
Void pattern
Streams around aplastics
B-Fabric
Rounded calcite
Aplastics in B-Fabric (below 0.05 mm)
Diffusing and rounded calcite
Ceramic Petrography
Operation
1
Zone(s)
25
Deposit type
sherd-lined pit
Ceramic complex
Terminal 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 4/3; 2.5YR 4/6
Munsell paste color
7.5YR 5/6
Aplastic inclusions
Quartz, grog, calcite
Aplastic spacing
Single to double
Aplastic shape
Subround
Aplastic sorting
Moderate
Aplastic boundaries
Distinct from b-fabric
Void pattern
Streams around aplastics
B-Fabric
Mosaic
Aplastics in B-Fabric (below 0.05 mm)
Quartz, grog and oxides
Ceramic Petrography
Operation
1
Zone(s)
25
Deposit type
sherd-lined pit
Ceramic complex
Terminal K'atabche'k'ax
Ceramic type
Sierra Red
Shape
Bowl
Rim diameter (cm)
18.00
Maximum thickness (cm)
0.82
Munsell slip color
2.5YR 5/8
Munsell paste color
2.5YR 6/8
Aplastic inclusions
Quartz, calcite, clay pellets, micrite
Aplastic spacing
Single
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)
Distinct and diffusing calcite