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Ritual, Work, and Family in an Ancient Maya Village
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Sherd-lined Pits
Record details
Operation
1
Zone(s)
126
Ceramic complex
Early K'atabche'k'ax
Diameter (cm)
45
Depth (cm)
19
Intrudes into
Floor
Domicile location
Inside
Collar
None
Rock edges
None
Sherd lining
Single
Other lining
Plaster
Heavy fraction
No sample
Charcoal
Not noted
Ash
None
Shell
Present
Sherd types ID
None
Pomacea
Present
Other finds
None
Pottery Sherd
Record Details
Operation
1
Zone(s)
126
Deposit type
sherd-lined pit
Ceramic complex
Early K'atabche'k'ax
Pottery Sherds
Chicago Orange
9
Guitara Incised
2
Joventud Red
35
Total sherds
46
Mollusca
Record details
Operation
1
Zone(s)
126
Deposit type
sherd-lined pit
Ceramic complex
Early K'atabche'k'ax
Counts
Number of Nephronaias
1
Number of Pectinidae
2
Total MNI
3
Itemized Debitage
Record details
Operation
1
Zone(s)
126
Square
D
LD number
6237
Deposit type
sherd-lined pit
Ceramic complex
Early K'atabche'k'ax
Type
Fire shatter
Raw material
Chalcedony
Condition
Burned
Cortex
Absent
Number of dorsal scars
0
Platform characteristic
Not observable
Polish
Absent
Striations
Not visible
Edgewear
Absent
Length (mm)
15.00
Width (mm)
11.00
Thickness (mm)
4.00
Itemized Debitage
Record details
Operation
1
Zone(s)
126
Square
D
LD number
6236
Deposit type
sherd-lined pit
Ceramic complex
Early K'atabche'k'ax
Type
Flake
Raw material
Other chert
Condition
Not altered
Cortex
< 50%
Number of dorsal scars
6
Platform characteristic
Platform not diagnostic of a flake from a biface
Polish
Absent
Striations
Not visible
Edgewear
Absent
Length (mm)
16.00
Width (mm)
25.00
Thickness (mm)
3.00
Fauna
Operation
1
Zone(s)
126
Deposit type
sherd-lined pit
Ceramic complex
Early K'atabche'k'ax
Taxa
Turtle
Count
1
Element
burned fragment
Comments
Flotation
Domicile
Record details
Operation
1
Zone(s)
126
Construction phase
6
Construction subphase
a
Deposit type
sherd-lined pit
Ceramic complex
Early K'atabche'k'ax
0491
Comments
Construction Phase 6a
Ceramic Petrography
Operation
1
Zone(s)
126
Deposit type
sherd-lined pit
Ceramic complex
Early K'atabche'k'ax
Ceramic type
Muxanal Red-on-Cream
Shape
Bowl
Rim diameter (cm)
32.00
Maximum thickness (cm)
0.80
Munsell slip color
2.5YR 3/6; 10YR 8/2
Munsell paste color
10YR 6/3
Aplastic inclusions
Calcite, dolomite, micrite
Aplastic spacing
Close
Aplastic shape
Round
Aplastic sorting
Poor
Aplastic boundaries
Merging with b-fabric
Void pattern
Planar
B-Fabric
Micritic
Aplastics in B-Fabric (below 0.05 mm)
Diffusing and rounded calcite
Calcite (%)
.23
Grog (%)
.13
Quartz (%)
0
Micrite (%)
.06
Oxide (%)
0
Other (%)
0
Voids (%)
.05
Paste (%)
.54
