69

Ceramic Petrography
Operation
Zone(s)
Deposit type
Ceramic complex
Ceramic type
Hillbank Red
Shape
Unknown
Maximum thickness (cm)
0.46
Munsell slip color
2.5YR 4/8
Munsell paste color
5YR 5/8
Aplastic inclusions
Calcite, grog, oxides, quartz, polyquartz, dolomite
Aplastic spacing
Close
Aplastic shape
Angular
Aplastic sorting
Moderate
Aplastic boundaries
Merging with b-fabric
Void pattern
Cross-hatched
B-Fabric
Rounded calcite
Aplastics in B-Fabric (below 0.05 mm)
Calcite, quartz, oxides, grog
Cache
Record details
Operation
Zone(s)
Deposit type
Ceramic complex
Comments

1 upright San Martin Variegated Brown bowl with a tubular jade bead inside

Comments

Cache deposit of an upright vessel (containing a tubular greenstone bead) within an intrusive pit, Construction Phase 1.


Pottery Vessel
Record details
Operation
Zone(s)
Square
Deposit type
Vessel Number

111

Specific context
Cache
Ceramic complex
Ceramic complex (non-stratigraphic)
Type
San Martin Variegated Brown
Variety
San Martin
Form
bowl
Kill hole?
No
Cross motif?
No
Position
Percentage of vessel
50% - 74%
Number of sherds
1
Rim diameter (cm)
15.0
Height (cm)
13.0
Weight (g)
1003.0
Comments

DOA No: 33/200-5:4 A well-preserved bowl with incurved-recurved sides, a collared neck, and a flat base. The basal diameter is 7.8 cm, which is the same measurement for the height of the neck. The vessel is a brownish yellow (10YR 7/4). The paste color is a yellowish red (5YR 5/6) and has a fine texture with probable calcite and iron particles. This vessel belongs to the basal Late KÕatabcheÕkÕax construction phase in Operation 7, but is a type that doesnÕt become popular until the Early NohalkÕax. The vessel represents an example of precocious craftsmanship and was, most likely, an import to KÕaxob.

Comments

Vessel: San Martin Variegated Brown: San Martin Variety bowl with collared neck from a cache.