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Ceramic Petrography
Operation
1
Zone(s)
30
Subzone(s)
a
Deposit type
Burial
Ceramic complex
Late K'atabche'k'ax
Ceramic type
Sierra Red
Shape
Bowl
Rim diameter (cm)
30.00
Maximum thickness (cm)
0.80
Munsell slip color
2.5YR 5/8
Aplastic inclusions
Quartz, grog, micrite, calcite
Aplastic spacing
Single
Aplastic shape
Round
Aplastic sorting
Moderate
Aplastic boundaries
Merging with b-fabric
Void pattern
Cross-hatched
B-Fabric
Streams
Aplastics in B-Fabric (below 0.05 mm)
Quartz, oxides, diffusing calcite
Pottery Vessel
Record details
Operation
12
Zone(s)
30
Subzone(s)
b
Deposit type
Burial
Vessel Number

107

Specific context
Burial 12-3
Ceramic complex
Terminal K'atabche'k'ax
Ceramic complex (non-stratigraphic)
Terminal K'atabche'k'ax
Type
Aguacate Orange
Variety
Aguacate
Form
bowl
Kill hole?
Yes
Cross motif?
No
Position
inverted
Percentage of vessel
75% - 94%
Number of sherds
20
Rim diameter (cm)
36.0
Height (cm)
10.1
Weight (g)
1616.2
Comments

A bowl with rounded sides and a direct, slightly folded rim. The interior was slipped in red (2.5YR 5/8), but none existed on the exterior surface. Wall thickness ranges between 0.5-0.8 cm. The bowl was inverted and placed over the head of an extended, adult burial.

0806

0806

Comments

Vessel: Aguacate Orange: Aguacate Variety bowl.

Other media
0805

0805

Comments

Vessel: Aguacate Orange: Aguacate Variety bowl.

5210

5210

Comments

Rim profile of Vessel 107, an Aguacate Orange: Aguacate Variety bowl.

5079

5079

Comments

This is the middle view of burial 12-3 in zones 5 and 30. Head-covering vessel 107 is depicted.

Pottery Vessel
Record details
Operation
1
Zone(s)
30
Subzone(s)
a
Deposit type
Burial
Vessel Number

040

Specific context
Burial 1-3
Ceramic complex
Late K'atabche'k'ax
Ceramic complex (non-stratigraphic)
Late K'atabche'k'ax
Type
Sierra Red
Variety
Sierra
Form
bowl
Kill hole?
No
Cross motif?
No
Percentage of vessel
100%
Number of sherds
62
Rim diameter (cm)
54.0
Height (cm)
7.5
Weight (g)
4624.0
Comments

A badly eroded bowl with outcurved sides, an outflared rim, and a rounded lip. Wall thickness is 0.7 cm.

0396

0396

Comments

Vessel: Sierra Red: Sierra Variety bowl.

Other media
5170

5170

Comments

Rim profile of Vessel 040, a Sierra Red: Sierra Variety bowl.

5011

5011

Comments

The flexed middle adult in burial 1-3 in zone 30a is accompanied by vessels 039 and 040.

Pottery Vessel
Record details
Operation
1
Zone(s)
30
Subzone(s)
a
Deposit type
Burial
Vessel Number

039

Specific context
Burial 1-3
Ceramic complex
Late K'atabche'k'ax
Ceramic complex (non-stratigraphic)
Late K'atabche'k'ax
Type
Sierra Red
Variety
Sierra
Form
bowl
Kill hole?
No
Cross motif?
No
Percentage of vessel
100%
Number of sherds
20
Rim diameter (cm)
30.0
Height (cm)
10.5
Weight (g)
1640.7
Comments

This outcurved bowl with exteriorly thickened rim and rounded lip exhibits paste and color within the characteristic attributes of the Sierra Red type. The base is flat and has a diameter of 22 cm. Wall thickness is 0.8 cm. Fragmented into sherds, the vessel was found in the western portion of a cist containing a flexed adult.

0395

0395

Comments

Vessel: Sierra Red: Sierra Variety bowl.

Other media
5011

5011

Comments

The flexed middle adult in burial 1-3 in zone 30a is accompanied by vessels 039 and 040.

Burial
Record details
Operation
12
Zone(s)
30
Deposit type
Burial
Ceramic complex
Terminal K'atabche'k'ax
Vessel number(s)
107
Single/Multiple
Single
Position
Extended
Age
Middle Adult
Sex
Indeterminate
Shell beads
3
Number of vessels
1
Head cover?
Yes
5078

5078

Comments

This is the upper view of burial 12-3 in zones 5 and 30. The rocks overlying the burial are depicted.

Other photographs and illustrations
5079

5079

Comments

This is the middle view of burial 12-3 in zones 5 and 30. Head-covering vessel 107 is depicted.

5080

5080

Comments

This is the lower view of burial 12-3 in zones 5 and 30. An extended middle adult is depicted.

5155

5155

Comments

Planview map of Op 12, Construction Phase 5. (Note that Zone 27 depicted in this illustration should be Z27a, a surface deposit, and should not be confused with the actual Z27 sherd-lined pit deposit from Construction Phase 4.)

0805

0805

Comments

Vessel: Aguacate Orange: Aguacate Variety bowl.

0806

0806

Comments

Vessel: Aguacate Orange: Aguacate Variety bowl.

Burial
Record details
Operation
7
Zone(s)
30
63
Deposit type
Burial
Ceramic complex
Early Nohalk'ax
Vessel number(s)
109
110
Single/Multiple
Single
Position
Extended
Age
Young-Middle Adult
Sex
Indeterminate
Number of vessels
2
Head cover?
Yes
Comments

peccary pot (V. 110) & basal flange polychrome (V. 109)

5045

5045

Comments

This is the upper view of burial 7-2. The extended young-middle adult in zones 30 and 63 is accompanied by pomacea, a peccary pot (vessel 109) and a polychrome (vessel 110).

Other photographs and illustrations
5046

5046

Comments

This is the lower view of extended young-middle adult burial 7-2, in zones 30 and 63.

5125

5125

Comments

Planview map of Op 7, Construction Phase 7.

0521

0521

Comments

Peccary-footed vessel in situ associated with Burial 7-2.

0810

0810

Comments

Vessel: Actuncan Orange Polychrome: Actuncan Variety flanged bowl with ring base and kill hole showing one of two hummingbirds.

0814

0814

Comments

Vessel: Actuncan Orange Polychrome: Actuncan Variety with tetrapodal feet shaped and painted as peccary heads.

Burial
Record details
Operation
1
Zone(s)
30
Subzone(s)
a
Deposit type
Burial
Ceramic complex
Late K'atabche'k'ax
Vessel number(s)
039
040
Single/Multiple
Single
Position
Flexed
Age
Middle Adult
Sex
Female?
Shell beads
1
Number of vessels
2
Head cover?
Yes?
Comments

with yuntun?

5011

5011

Comments

The flexed middle adult in burial 1-3 in zone 30a is accompanied by vessels 039 and 040.

Other photographs and illustrations
5113

5113

Comments

Planview map of Op 1, Construction Phase 8d.

0396

0396

Comments

Vessel: Sierra Red: Sierra Variety bowl.

0395

0395

Comments

Vessel: Sierra Red: Sierra Variety bowl.

Illustration
5210
Record details
Illustration number
5210
Operation
12
Zone(s)
30
Subzone(s)
b
Image content
Vessel Drawing
Date modified
5/28/03
Comments

Rim profile of Vessel 107, an Aguacate Orange: Aguacate Variety bowl.

Illustration
5170
Record details
Illustration number
5170
Operation
1
Zone(s)
30
Subzone(s)
a
Image content
Vessel Drawing
Date modified
5/28/03
Comments

Rim profile of Vessel 040, a Sierra Red: Sierra Variety bowl.

Illustration
5080
3 out of 3
Record details
Illustration number
5080
Operation
12
Zone(s)
5
30
Image content
Burial Plan or Profile
Date modified
5/28/03
Comments

This is the lower view of burial 12-3 in zones 5 and 30. An extended middle adult is depicted.