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Chipped Stone Tools

Record details

Operation

12

Zone(s)

31

Square

B

Deposit type

Burial

Ceramic complex

Terminal K'atabche'k'ax

Lithic type

Oval biface

Raw material

Northern Belizean chert (Colha)

Condition

Not altered

Cortex

< 50%

Scar type

Shallow finishing scars only

Tool part

Proximal fragment

Polish

Absent

Striations

None

Use-wear

Step-flaking

Length (mm)

40.00

Width (mm)

27.00

Thickness (mm)

14.00

Weight (g)

13.90

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Pottery Vessel

Record details

Operation

12

Zone(s)

31

Deposit type

Burial

Vessel Number

108

Specific context

Burial 12-6

Ceramic complex

Terminal K'atabche'k'ax

Ceramic complex (non-stratigraphic)

Terminal K'atabche'k'ax

Type

Aguacate Orange

Variety

Aguacate

Form

bowl

Kill hole?

No

Cross motif?

No

Position

inverted

Percentage of vessel

75% - 94%

Number of sherds

18

Rim diameter (cm)

40.0

Height (cm)

8.4

Weight (g)

1409.8

Comments

A bowl with a rounded base and a shallow medial flange. The flange has a groove on the inside. The vessel is slipped in red (2.5YR 5/8) on the interior and has some fire clouding. Wall thickness is 0.5-0.7 cm and the rim is slightly folded. The vessel was found inverted over the head of an extended adult.

0808

Comments

Vessel: Aguacate Orange: Aguacate Variety bowl.

Other media

0807

Comments

Vessel: Aguacate Orange: Aguacate Variety bowl.

5211

Comments

Rim profile of Vessel 108, an Aguacate Orange: Aguacate Variety bowl.

5081

Comments

Burial 12-6 is an extended young-middle adult in zone 31 with head-covering vessel 108.

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Burial

Record details

Operation

12

Zone(s)

31

Deposit type

Burial

Ceramic complex

Terminal K'atabche'k'ax

Vessel number(s)

108

Single/Multiple

Single

Position

Extended

Age

Young-Middle Adult

Sex

Male

Number of vessels

1

Head cover?

Yes

Comments

capped pit over head

5081

Comments

Burial 12-6 is an extended young-middle adult in zone 31 with head-covering vessel 108.

Other photographs and illustrations

5155

Comments

Planview map of Op 12, Construction Phase 5. (Note that Zone 27 depicted in this illustration should be Z27a, a surface deposit, and should not be confused with the actual Z27 sherd-lined pit deposit from Construction Phase 4.)