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Ritual, Work, and Family in an Ancient Maya Village
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Pottery Sherd
Record Details
Operation
1
Zone(s)
255
Deposit type
posthole
Ceramic complex
Early Chaakk'ax
Pottery Sherds
Chicago Orange
8
Joventud Red
3
Total sherds
11
Itemized Debitage
Record details
Operation
1
Zone(s)
255
Square
G
LD number
8332
Deposit type
posthole
Ceramic complex
Early Chaakk'ax
Type
Flake fragment
Raw material
Northern Belizean chert (Colha)
Condition
Burned
Cortex
Absent
Number of dorsal scars
4
Platform characteristic
Not observable
Polish
Present in troughs and on ridges
Striations
Not visible
Edgewear
Absent
Length (mm)
10.00
Width (mm)
10.00
Thickness (mm)
2.00
Itemized Debitage
Record details
Operation
1
Zone(s)
255
Square
G
LD number
8331
Deposit type
posthole
Ceramic complex
Early Chaakk'ax
Type
Fire shatter
Raw material
Unknown material (altered)
Condition
Burned
Cortex
Absent
Number of dorsal scars
0
Platform characteristic
Not observable
Polish
Absent
Striations
Not visible
Edgewear
Present
Length (mm)
18.00
Width (mm)
12.00
Thickness (mm)
6.00
Itemized Debitage
Record details
Operation
1
Zone(s)
255
Square
G
LD number
8330
Deposit type
posthole
Ceramic complex
Early Chaakk'ax
Type
Flake
Raw material
Chalcedony
Condition
Not altered
Cortex
Absent
Number of dorsal scars
5
Platform characteristic
Platform not diagnostic of a flake from a biface
Polish
Absent
Striations
Not visible
Edgewear
Absent
Length (mm)
30.00
Width (mm)
19.00
Thickness (mm)
10.00
Itemized Debitage
Record details
Operation
1
Zone(s)
255
Square
G
LD number
8329
Deposit type
posthole
Ceramic complex
Early Chaakk'ax
Type
Angular debris
Raw material
Other raw material
Condition
Burned
Cortex
Absent
Number of dorsal scars
0
Platform characteristic
Not observable
Polish
Absent
Striations
Not visible
Edgewear
Absent
Length (mm)
24.00
Width (mm)
22.00
Thickness (mm)
14.00
Itemized Debitage
Record details
Operation
1
Zone(s)
255
Square
G
LD number
8328
Deposit type
posthole
Ceramic complex
Early Chaakk'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
Non-diagnostic
Length (mm)
46.00
Width (mm)
41.00
Thickness (mm)
27.00
Domicile
Record details
Operation
1
Zone(s)
255
Construction phase
1
Construction subphase
a
Deposit type
posthole
Ceramic complex
Early Chaakk'ax
0495
Comments
Construction Phase 1a showing the paleosol (Zones 70 and 220).
