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Itemized Debitage
Record details
Operation
Zone(s)
Square
LD number
6151
Deposit type
Ceramic complex
Type
Flake
Raw material
Northern Belizean chert (Colha)
Condition
Burned
Cortex
> 90%
Number of dorsal scars
1
Platform characteristic
Platform not diagnostic of a flake from a biface
Polish
Absent
Striations
Not visible
Edgewear
Absent
Length (mm)
18.00
Width (mm)
22.00
Thickness (mm)
2.00
Itemized Debitage
Record details
Operation
Zone(s)
Square
LD number
6150
Deposit type
Ceramic complex
Type
Core
Raw material
Chalcedony
Condition
Burned
Cortex
Absent
Number of dorsal scars
0
Platform characteristic
Not observable
Polish
Absent
Striations
Not visible
Edgewear
Non-diagnostic
Length (mm)
54.00
Width (mm)
36.00
Thickness (mm)
24.00
Itemized Debitage
Record details
Operation
Zone(s)
Square
LD number
6149
Deposit type
Ceramic complex
Type
Flake fragment
Raw material
Chalcedony
Condition
Burned
Cortex
Absent
Number of dorsal scars
6
Platform characteristic
Not observable
Polish
Absent
Striations
Not visible
Edgewear
Absent
Length (mm)
26.00
Width (mm)
23.00
Thickness (mm)
17.00
Domicile
Record details
Operation
Zone(s)
Construction phase
6
Construction subphase
b
Deposit type
Ceramic complex
Comments

Sherd-lined pit after excavation, Construction Phase 6b.


Ceramic Petrography
Operation
Zone(s)
Deposit type
Ceramic complex
Ceramic type
Chicago Orange
Shape
Unknown
Maximum thickness (cm)
0.75
Munsell paste color
5YR 5/6
Aplastic inclusions
Calcite, clay pellets, quartz, oxides
Aplastic spacing
Close
Aplastic shape
Subround
Aplastic sorting
Moderate
Aplastic boundaries
Merging with b-fabric
Void pattern
Diagonal
B-Fabric
Crystallitic
Aplastics in B-Fabric (below 0.05 mm)
Diffusing and merging calcite, oxides
Ceramic Petrography
Operation
Zone(s)
Deposit type
Ceramic complex
Ceramic type
Chicago Orange
Shape
Jar
Rim diameter (cm)
20.00
Maximum thickness (cm)
0.55
Munsell paste color
2.5YR 4/8
Aplastic inclusions
Calcite, oxides, quartz, polyquartz, micrite
Aplastic spacing
Very close
Aplastic shape
Subangular
Aplastic sorting
Moderate to poor
Aplastic boundaries
Merging with b-fabric
Void pattern
Parallel
B-Fabric
Rounded calcite
Aplastics in B-Fabric (below 0.05 mm)
Calcite, oxides
Ceramic Petrography
Operation
Zone(s)
Deposit type
Ceramic complex
Ceramic type
Sierra Red
Shape
Bowl
Maximum thickness (cm)
0.67
Munsell slip color
2.5YR 4/8
Munsell paste color
5YR 6/4
Aplastic inclusions
Quartz, grog, calcite, oxides, polyquartz
Aplastic spacing
Double
Aplastic shape
Subround
Aplastic sorting
Moderate
Aplastic boundaries
Merging with b-fabric
Void pattern
Perpendicular
B-Fabric
Amorphous
Aplastics in B-Fabric (below 0.05 mm)
Diffusing calcite, oxides
Ceramic Petrography
Operation
Zone(s)
Deposit type
Ceramic complex
Ceramic type
Guitara Incised
Shape
Bowl
Rim diameter (cm)
32.00
Maximum thickness (cm)
0.89
Munsell slip color
2.5YR 4/6
Munsell paste color
2.5YR 5/8
Aplastic inclusions
Grog, quartz, round calcite
Aplastic spacing
Single to double
Aplastic shape
Round
Aplastic sorting
Well
Aplastic boundaries
Merging with b-fabric
Void pattern
Cross-hatched
B-Fabric
Streams
Aplastics in B-Fabric (below 0.05 mm)
Quartz, calcite, oxides
Pottery Vessel
Record details
Operation
Zone(s)
Deposit type
Vessel Number

005

Specific context
Sherd Lined Pit
Ceramic complex
Ceramic complex (non-stratigraphic)
Type
Guitara Incised
Variety
Pollo Desnudo
Form
bowl
Kill hole?
No
Cross motif?
No
Percentage of vessel
95% - 99%
Number of sherds
6
Rim diameter (cm)
32.0
Height (cm)
5.5
Weight (g)
694.2
Comments

This bowl with outcurved wall, everted rim with rounded lip has an eyebrow motif incised on the rim. There are 10 eyebrow motifs on rim sherds belonging to this vessel, but there were probably 11 prefired incisions with an average spacing of 4.5 to 5.5 cm. The paste has a fine compact texture and contains probable carbonate particles. Color of the paste is reddish yellow (5YR 6/8). The core has a width of 0.4 cm and a very dark gray (7.5YR 3/0) or black (7.5Y 2/0) color. Slip is a light red (10R 4/0, 10R 5/8). Rim everts 3 cm. The half circles are very similar to the unusual decoration reported for this variety by R.E.W. Adams at the site of Altar de Sacrificios.

Comments

Ceramic Type Collection: View of Guitara Incised: Pollo Desnudo Variety


Illustration
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Operation
Zone(s)
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Date modified
5/28/03
Comments

Rim profile of Vessel 005, a Guitara Incised: Pollo Desnudo Variety bowl.