Polished bone

Carved Bone
Record details
Zone(s)
18
Subzone(s)
a
Deposit type
Burial
Ceramic complex
Terminal K'atabche'k'ax
Object
Polished bone
Type of bone
Possibly human (ulna?)
Length (cm)
4.50
Width (cm)
1.17
Thickness (cm)
0.54
Comments

Exterior smoothed and polished; eroded

0266

0266

Comments

Fragments of carved long bone tube.

Associated burials

1-2a

Record details
Operation
1
Zone(s)
18
Deposit type
Burial
Ceramic complex
Terminal K'atabche'k'ax
Single/Multiple
Multiple
Position
Secondary
Age
Young Adult
Sex
Male
Shell beads
2
Worked shell
40
Greenstone
1
Number of vessels
1
Comments

vessel, 1 tubular jade bead, shell pendant & 39 tinklers with Burials 1-2a through 1-2d

5006

5006

Comments

The profile drawing is of a multiple burial in operation 1, zone 18. Burials 1-2a through 1-2i are represented, in addition to "root" burial 1-45 in zone 236. (Plan views of B1-45 exist in a separate series.) The burials contain shell tinklers, carved bone, and eight vessels.

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