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Ritual, Work, and Family in an Ancient Maya Village
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Itemized Debitage
Record details
Operation
1
Zone(s)
122
Square
D
LD number
6167
Deposit type
plaster floor
Ceramic complex
Early K'atabche'k'ax
Type
Fire shatter
Raw material
Northern Belizean chert (Colha)
Condition
Burned
Cortex
< 50%
Number of dorsal scars
0
Platform characteristic
Not observable
Polish
Absent
Striations
Not visible
Edgewear
Absent
Length (mm)
36.00
Width (mm)
19.00
Thickness (mm)
12.00
Itemized Debitage
Record details
Operation
1
Zone(s)
122
Square
D
LD number
6166
Deposit type
plaster floor
Ceramic complex
Early K'atabche'k'ax
Type
Flake fragment
Raw material
Northern Belizean chert (Colha)
Condition
Burned
Cortex
> 50% but < 90%
Number of dorsal scars
4
Platform characteristic
Not observable
Polish
Absent
Striations
Not visible
Edgewear
Present
Length (mm)
20.00
Width (mm)
29.00
Thickness (mm)
4.00
Ground and Polished Tool
Record details
Operation
1
Zone(s)
122
Deposit type
plaster floor
Ceramic complex
Early K'atabche'k'ax
Type
Large stone (fragment)
Subtype
Smoother?
Raw material
limestone
Length (mm)
64.00
Width (mm)
55.60
Thickness (mm)
57.50
Comments
Burnt fragment; has one worked surface.
Fauna
Operation
1
Zone(s)
122
Square
H
Deposit type
plaster floor
Ceramic complex
Early K'atabche'k'ax
Taxa
Mammal
Count
6
Element
long bone fragment
Comments
Flotation
Fauna
Operation
1
Zone(s)
122
Square
H
Deposit type
plaster floor
Ceramic complex
Early K'atabche'k'ax
Taxa
Mammal
Count
2
Element
long bone fragment
Comments
Flotation
Fauna
Operation
1
Zone(s)
122
Deposit type
plaster floor
Ceramic complex
Early K'atabche'k'ax
Taxa
Unidentifiable
Count
1
Comments
Flotation
Fauna
Operation
1
Zone(s)
122
Deposit type
plaster floor
Ceramic complex
Early K'atabche'k'ax
Taxa
Mammal
Count
2
Element
long bone fragment
Comments
Flotation
Domicile
Record details
Operation
1
Zone(s)
122
Construction phase
6
Construction subphase
a
Deposit type
plaster floor
Ceramic complex
Early K'atabche'k'ax
0486
Comments
Construction Phase 6a
Ceramic Petrography
Operation
1
Zone(s)
122
Deposit type
plaster floor
Ceramic complex
Early K'atabche'k'ax
Ceramic type
Sierra Red
Shape
Bowl
Maximum thickness (cm)
0.73
Munsell slip color
10R 5/8
Munsell paste color
5YR 6/8
Aplastic inclusions
Quartz, calcite, grog, polyquartz
Aplastic spacing
Single
Aplastic shape
Subround
Aplastic sorting
Moderate
Aplastic boundaries
Merging with b-fabric
Void pattern
Cross-hatched
B-Fabric
Micritic
Aplastics in B-Fabric (below 0.05 mm)
Diffusing and rounded calcite
Ceramic Petrography
Operation
1
Zone(s)
122
Deposit type
plaster floor
Ceramic complex
Early K'atabche'k'ax
Ceramic type
Sierra Red
Shape
Bowl
Maximum thickness (cm)
0.55
Munsell slip color
2.5YR 5/6
Munsell paste color
7.5YR 5/6
Aplastic inclusions
Calcite, grog, quartz, oxides, chert, polyquartz
Aplastic spacing
Single
Aplastic shape
Subround
Aplastic sorting
Moderate
Aplastic boundaries
Merging with b-fabric
Void pattern
Cross-hatched
B-Fabric
Micritic
Aplastics in B-Fabric (below 0.05 mm)
Diffusing and rounded calcite, oxides, amorphous concentration features
Pagination
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