steps/staircase

Pottery Sherd
Record Details
Operation
11
Zone(s)
23
Deposit type
steps/staircase
Ceramic complex
Late K'atabche'k'ax
Pottery Sherds
Chicago Orange
14
Guitara Incised
2
Sierra Red
2
Total sherds
18
Grouped Debitage
Record details
Operation
11
Zone(s)
23
Square
A
Deposit type
steps/staircase
Ceramic complex
Late K'atabche'k'ax
NBC Chert
NBC Chert: Flake and Flake Fragment, No Cortex
1
Totals
Total Quantity
1
Weight (g)
0.30
Grouped Debitage
Record details
Operation
11
Zone(s)
23
Subzone(s)
b
Square
D
Deposit type
steps/staircase
Ceramic complex
Late K'atabche'k'ax
NBC Chert
NBC Chert: Flake and Flake Fragment, No Cortex
1
Chalcedony
Chalcedony: Flake and Flake Fragment, No Cortex
5
Chalcedony: Flake and Flake Fragment, With Cortex
3
Totals
Total Quantity
9
Weight (g)
58.70
Grouped Debitage
Record details
Operation
11
Zone(s)
23
Subzone(s)
b
Square
C
Deposit type
steps/staircase
Ceramic complex
Late K'atabche'k'ax
NBC Chert
NBC Chert: Flake and Flake Fragment, No Cortex
1
NBC Chert: Flake and Flake Fragment, With Cortex
1
Chalcedony
Chalcedony: Flake and Flake Fragment, No Cortex
1
Totals
Total Quantity
3
Weight (g)
11.40
Grouped Debitage
Record details
Operation
11
Zone(s)
23
Subzone(s)
b
Square
B
Deposit type
steps/staircase
Ceramic complex
Late K'atabche'k'ax
NBC Chert
NBC Chert: Flake and Flake Fragment, No Cortex
2
Totals
Total Quantity
2
Weight (g)
10.60
Grouped Debitage
Record details
Operation
11
Zone(s)
23
Subzone(s)
a
Square
A
Deposit type
steps/staircase
Ceramic complex
Late K'atabche'k'ax
NBC Chert
NBC Chert: Flake and Flake Fragment, No Cortex
2
Totals
Total Quantity
2
Weight (g)
0.60
Domicile
Record details
Operation
12
Zone(s)
24
Subzone(s)
a
Construction phase
6
Deposit type
steps/staircase
Ceramic complex
Early Nohalk'ax
0624

0624

Comments

Construction Phase 6 features, view to north.

Other photographs and illustrations
5156

5156

Comments

Planview map of Op 12, Construction Phase 6.

Domicile
Record details
Operation
11
Zone(s)
33
Construction phase
7
Deposit type
steps/staircase
Ceramic complex
Early Nohalk'ax
Other photographs and illustrations
5149

5149

Comments

Planview map of Op 11, Construction Phase 7.

Domicile
Record details
Operation
11
Zone(s)
23
Construction phase
4
Construction subphase
a
Deposit type
steps/staircase
Ceramic complex
Late K'atabche'k'ax
0585

0585

Comments

Construction Phase 4a exposed in Squares A and B, view to west.

Other photographs and illustrations
5145

5145

Comments

Planview map of Op 11, Construction Phase 4a.

0593

0593

Comments

Construction Phase 4a showing the step of Zone 23a and intrusive features of the platform (Structure 3), view to south.

Chipped Stone Tools
Record details
Operation
11
Zone(s)
23
Subzone(s)
b
Square
C
Deposit type
steps/staircase
Ceramic complex
Late K'atabche'k'ax
Lithic type
Oval biface
Raw material
Northern Belizean chert (Colha)
Condition
Not altered
Cortex
Absent
Scar type
Shallow finishing scars only
Tool part
Medial fragment
Polish
Present on ridges only
Striations
None
Use-wear
Bend break, step-flaking, rounded edges, and microflaking
Length (mm)
29.00
Width (mm)
45.00
Thickness (mm)
20.00
Weight (g)
43.50