inverted

A bowl with rounded sides and a direct, slightly folded rim. The interior was slipped in red (2.5YR 5/8), but none existed on the exterior surface. Wall thickness ranges between 0.5-0.8 cm. The bowl was inverted and placed over the head of an extended, adult burial.

A very shallow bowl with incurving walls, a direct rim, and flat lip. The dimensions are difficult to ascertain because most of the base is missing. The vessel was inverted over the head of an old adult male.

DOA No: 33/200-5:14 A Sierra Red bowl that has outcurved walls, an everted rim thickened on the exterior, and a rounded lip. The diameter of the base is 14.5 cm. The bowl was inverted and placed over the chest of an adult female.

A rounded bowl with a curved base. The rim is direct and the lip round. An interior incised groove, 3.7 cm below the lip, stylistically separates the rim from the body of the vessel. The interior is slipped and the paste is yellowish red (5YR 5/8) with black and white inclusions. The walls are 1 cm thick. This bowl was inverted over the head of an adult.

An Actuncan bowl with flared sides, basal flange, ring base, direct rim, and rounded lip. A polychrome design of two serpentine, well-endowed jaguars alternate with two large Kan crosses in a band above the flange. The basal flange itself (3.5 cm in width) is decorated with seven bisected Kan crosses, or portal motifs, arranged in alternating orientations. These motifs are red (10R 4/8) in color and are outlined in black (7.5R 2.5/0). The vessel was inverted over the skull of the individual.

One of two similar vessels (with V# 082), the bowl has round incurving sides, a round base, and a direct round lip. Four nubbin feet were added after the vessel was formed and provide support (unlike V# 082). The nubbins are each 1.5 cm in height. Red (2.5YR 5/8) slip covers interior and exterior surfaces, and the paste is a yellowish red (7.5R 5/8). The bowl was the upper vessel in a lip-to-lip cache.

Slightly eroded, this bowl has a straight direct rim and a square lip. The basal diameter is 18 cm and the thickness of the wall ranges from 0.9 to 1.2 cm. Red (2.5YR 5/8) slip has been applied to the interior and exterior, while the paste is a pale brown (10YR 6/3). The vessel was one of two found inverted over the skull.

A Sierra Red bowl with outcurved sides, rounded base, and a direct rim with rounded lip. The interior of the vessel was burned. The slip has been burned to black, but is eroded and only small areas are apparent. The paste is a yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) color. The bowl was one of two found inverted over the head of a (possibly) male adult.

A flanged Aguila Orange bowl with slip on both the interior and exterior surfaces. The base diameter is 7 cm. The vessel was found inverted over the skull of an adult, extended interment. The burial apparently occurred on the cusp of the Terminal KÕatabcheÕkÕax to Early NohalkÕax transition.

A Sierra Red bowl with outcurved sides, medial flange, everted rim, and rounded lip. The base is rounded. One of two identical vessels, it was the upper half of a lip-to-lip cache with V# 074.