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Ritual, Work, and Family in an Ancient Maya Village
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134
Pottery Sherd
Record Details
Operation
1
Zone(s)
134
Deposit type
plaster floor
Ceramic complex
Early K'atabche'k'ax
Pottery Sherds
Chicago Orange
54
Guitara Incised
1
Joventud Red
5
Total sherds
60
Mollusca
Record details
Operation
1
Zone(s)
134
Deposit type
plaster floor
Ceramic complex
Early K'atabche'k'ax
Counts
Number of Nephronaias
1
Total MNI
1
Itemized Debitage
Record details
Operation
1
Zone(s)
134
Square
K
LD number
6447
Deposit type
plaster floor
Ceramic complex
Early K'atabche'k'ax
Type
Flake fragment
Raw material
Northern Belizean chert (Colha)
Condition
Not altered
Cortex
Absent
Number of dorsal scars
16
Platform characteristic
Not observable
Polish
Present in troughs
Striations
Not visible
Edgewear
Present
Length (mm)
37.00
Width (mm)
45.00
Thickness (mm)
15.00
Itemized Debitage
Record details
Operation
1
Zone(s)
134
Square
G
LD number
6446
Deposit type
plaster floor
Ceramic complex
Early K'atabche'k'ax
Type
Flake
Raw material
Northern Belizean chert (Colha)
Condition
Not altered
Cortex
Absent
Number of dorsal scars
2
Platform characteristic
Platform not diagnostic of a flake from a biface
Polish
Absent
Striations
Not visible
Edgewear
Absent
Length (mm)
18.00
Width (mm)
23.00
Thickness (mm)
4.00
Itemized Debitage
Record details
Operation
1
Zone(s)
134
Square
C
LD number
6445
Deposit type
plaster floor
Ceramic complex
Early K'atabche'k'ax
Type
Flake
Raw material
Chalcedony
Condition
Not altered
Cortex
< 50%
Number of dorsal scars
23
Platform characteristic
Platform not diagnostic of a flake from a biface
Polish
Present in troughs and on ridges
Striations
Not visible
Edgewear
Present
Length (mm)
30.00
Width (mm)
38.00
Thickness (mm)
20.00
Domicile
Record details
Operation
1
Zone(s)
134
Construction phase
5
Deposit type
plaster floor
Ceramic complex
Early K'atabche'k'ax
Ceramic Petrography
Operation
1
Zone(s)
134
Deposit type
plaster floor
Ceramic complex
Early K'atabche'k'ax
Ceramic type
Chicago Orange
Shape
Jar
Rim diameter (cm)
36.00
Maximum thickness (cm)
0.95
Munsell paste color
7.5YR 6/6
Aplastic inclusions
Grog, quartz, calcite, dolomite, chert
Aplastic spacing
Double
Aplastic shape
Subangular
Aplastic sorting
Moderate
Aplastic boundaries
Distinct from b-fabric
Void pattern
None
B-Fabric
Streams
Aplastics in B-Fabric (below 0.05 mm)
Merging and distinct calcite, oxides, amorphous concentration features
