85

Photograph
Operation
11
Zone(s)
85
Square
B
Image content
Field Close-up
Comments

Sherd-lined pit during excavation, Construction Phase 1b.

0686
Photograph
Operation
1
Zone(s)
85
Image content
Grouped Artifacts
Comments

Cache: Lithic cache of a proximal biface fragment and a distal biface fragment.

0028
Sherd-lined Pits
Record details
Operation
11
Zone(s)
85
Ceramic complex
Early K'atabche'k'ax
Diameter (cm)
43
Depth (cm)
7
Intrudes into
Midden
Domicile location
Outside
Collar
None
Rock edges
None
Sherd lining
Single
Other lining
None
Heavy fraction
No sample
Charcoal
Not noted
Ash
None
Shell
Low density
Sherd types ID
None
Pomacea
Present
Other finds
None
0686

0686

Comments

Sherd-lined pit during excavation, Construction Phase 1b.

Other photographs and illustrations
5142

5142

Comments

Planview map of Op 11, Construction Phase 1b.

Pottery Sherd
Record Details
Operation
11
Zone(s)
85
Deposit type
sherd-lined pit
Ceramic complex
Early K'atabche'k'ax
Pottery Sherds
Chicago Orange
32
Sierra Red
5
Total sherds
37
Domicile
Record details
Operation
11
Zone(s)
85
Construction phase
1
Construction subphase
b
Deposit type
sherd-lined pit
Ceramic complex
Early K'atabche'k'ax
0686

0686

Comments

Sherd-lined pit during excavation, Construction Phase 1b.

Other photographs and illustrations
5142

5142

Comments

Planview map of Op 11, Construction Phase 1b.

Domicile
Record details
Operation
1
Zone(s)
85
Construction phase
8
Construction subphase
a
Deposit type
Cache
Ceramic complex
Late K'atabche'k'ax
0028

0028

Comments

Cache: Lithic cache of a proximal biface fragment and a distal biface fragment.

Other photographs and illustrations
5110

5110

Comments

Planview map of Op 1, Construction Phase 8a.

0482

0482

Comments

Construction Phase 8 showing Late K'atabche'kax rectangular platform (view to east).

Chipped Stone Tools
Record details
Operation
1
Zone(s)
85
Square
C
Deposit type
Cache
Ceramic complex
Late K'atabche'k'ax
Lithic type
Reworked biface
Raw material
Northern Belizean chert (Colha)
Condition
Burned
Cortex
Absent
Scar type
Shallow scars truncated by deep scars
Tool part
Non-diagnostic
Polish
Present on ridges only
Striations
None
Use-wear
Battering, crushing
Length (mm)
41.00
Width (mm)
24.00
Thickness (mm)
12.00
Weight (g)
12.20
Chipped Stone Tools
Record details
Operation
1
Zone(s)
85
Square
C
Deposit type
Cache
Ceramic complex
Late K'atabche'k'ax
Lithic type
Oval biface
Raw material
Northern Belizean chert (Colha)
Condition
Burned
Cortex
Absent
Scar type
Shallow scars truncated by deep scars
Tool part
Proximal fragment
Polish
Present on ridges only
Striations
None
Use-wear
Bend break and rounded edges
Length (mm)
66.00
Width (mm)
41.00
Thickness (mm)
19.00
Weight (g)
60.30
Ceramic Petrography
Operation
11
Zone(s)
85
Deposit type
sherd-lined pit
Ceramic complex
Early K'atabche'k'ax
Ceramic type
Hillbank Red
Shape
Bowl
Maximum thickness (cm)
0.60
Munsell slip color
2.5YR 3/4
Munsell paste color
5YR 5/4
Aplastic inclusions
Quartz, oxides, micrite
Aplastic spacing
More than double
Aplastic shape
Subangular
Aplastic sorting
Moderate
Aplastic boundaries
Diffusing
Void pattern
None
B-Fabric
Micritic
Aplastics in B-Fabric (below 0.05 mm)
Rounded calcite
Ceramic Petrography
Operation
11
Zone(s)
85
Deposit type
sherd-lined pit
Ceramic complex
Early K'atabche'k'ax
Ceramic type
Laguna Verde Incised
Shape
Vase
Rim diameter (cm)
19.00
Maximum thickness (cm)
0.58
Munsell slip color
10R 5/8; 10R 4/6
Munsell paste color
7.5YR 6/6
Aplastic inclusions
Calcite, quartz, oxides, mudstone, clay blobs
Aplastic spacing
Single
Aplastic shape
Round
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)
Quartz, grog