208

Ceramic Petrography
Operation
1
Zone(s)
208
Deposit type
sherd-lined pit
Ceramic complex
Early Chaakk'ax
Ceramic type
Chicago Orange
Shape
Bowl
Maximum thickness (cm)
0.62
Munsell slip color
5YR 6/8
Munsell paste color
5YR 5/8
Aplastic inclusions
Quartz, grog, oxides, micrite, calcite
Aplastic spacing
Single
Aplastic shape
Round
Aplastic sorting
Moderate
Aplastic boundaries
Merging with b-fabric
Void pattern
Cross-hatched
B-Fabric
Streams
Aplastics in B-Fabric (below 0.05 mm)
Amorphous concentration features, grog, rounded calcite
Calcite (%)
.14
Grog (%)
.06
Quartz (%)
.1
Micrite (%)
0
Oxide (%)
.03
Other (%)
0
Voids (%)
.06
Paste (%)
.62
Ceramic Petrography
Operation
1
Zone(s)
208
Deposit type
sherd-lined pit
Ceramic complex
Early Chaakk'ax
Ceramic type
Joventud Red
Shape
Bowl
Maximum thickness (cm)
0.90
Aplastic inclusions
Calcite
Aplastic spacing
Very close
Aplastic shape
Subangular
Aplastic sorting
Poor
Aplastic boundaries
Distinct from b-fabric
Void pattern
Parallel
B-Fabric
Streams
Aplastics in B-Fabric (below 0.05 mm)
Diffusing calcite
Pottery Vessel
Record details
Operation
1
Zone(s)
208
Deposit type
sherd-lined pit
Vessel Number

121

Specific context
Sherd Lined Pit
Ceramic complex
Early Chaakk'ax
Ceramic complex (non-stratigraphic)
Early Chaakk'ax
Type
Joventud Red
Variety
Unspecified
Form
bowl
Kill hole?
No
Cross motif?
No
Percentage of vessel
< 50%
Number of sherds
70
Rim diameter (cm)
38.0
Height (cm)
5.5
Weight (g)
1335.0
Comments

A Joventud Red bowl with outcurving walls and an everted rim with a rounded lip. The base is slightly incurved and has a diameter of 32 cm.

0669

0669

Comments

Sherd-lined pit after excavation, Construction Phase 2c.

Other media
5160

5160

Comments

Rim profile of Vessel 121, a Joventud Red: Unspecified Variety bowl.

Illustration
5160
Record details
Illustration number
5160
Operation
1
Zone(s)
208
Image content
Vessel Drawing
Date modified
5/28/03
Comments

Rim profile of Vessel 121, a Joventud Red: Unspecified Variety bowl.