Pottery Vessels Database

Specific context

Burial 1-43

Ceramic complex

Ceramic complex (non-stratigraphic)

Type

Timax Incised

Variety

Timax

Form

bowl

Kill hole?

Cross motif?

Position

Percentage of vessel

75% - 94%

Number of sherds

Rim diameter (cm)

32.00

Height (cm)

8.40

Weight (g)

981.50

Comments

This bowl exhibits incurved-recurved sides. Recurving begins 3 cm below the rim. Base is slightly rounded. Texture of the paste is fine and is a reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) color. There was no core formation. It is covered with an orange or red (2.5YR 4/8) slip, but also has a pinkish gray (7.5YR 7/2 or 7.5YR 7/3) under-slip. The rim is decorated with red spots, which create separate domains of color. Red slipped trefoil decorations were added to the interior bottom of the vessel and also to the walls. Areas of color that are not distinguishable in form are also found on the exterior. Incisions include pre-fired, broad, round bottomed lines measuring 0.3 to 0.4 cm in width. A second line is 1.2 cm from the first one. A third line starts 1.2 cm from the second one, almost at the beginning of the recurved sides.

0333

Comments

Timax Incised: Timax Variety

002

Record details

Operation

Zone(s)

233

Deposit type

Specific context

Burial 1-43

Ceramic complex

Ceramic complex (non-stratigraphic)

Type

Toribio Red-on-Cream

Variety

Toribio

Form

bowl

Kill hole?

Cross motif?

Percentage of vessel

95% - 99%

Number of sherds

Rim diameter (cm)

0.00

Height (cm)

0.00

Weight (g)

702.00

Comments

Base diameter is 14 cm and there are no rim sherds. It is a bowl with flared sides and a slightly domed base. Thickness of the vessel wall is 0.5-0.7 cm. Paste is reddish gray (5YR 5/2). There are three vertical decorative bars of red paint spaced fairly evenly around the vessel. A circumferential band at the bottom of the vessel wall anchors the vertical bands.

0334

Comments

Vessel: Toribio Red-on-Cream: Toribio Variety.

003

Record details

Operation

Zone(s)

137

Deposit type

Specific context

Burial 1-28

Ceramic complex

Ceramic complex (non-stratigraphic)

Type

Joventud Red

Variety

Unspecified

Form

tecomate

Kill hole?

Cross motif?

Percentage of vessel

75% - 94%

Number of sherds

Rim diameter (cm)

10.00

Height (cm)

8.00

Weight (g)

508.00

Comments

This tecomate is decorated with pre-fired incisions that start below a circumferential line surrounding the rim, which has been thickened on the interior side. These lines run vertical to the base, in a manner representative of a squash. The exterior surfaces and the base are slipped with Joventud Red. Differential firing occurs in a black (2.5YR 2.5/0) color. Thickness of the walls is 4.5 cm. This vessel was found beneath a larger vessel within Burial 1-28.

0335

Comments

Vessel: Joventud Red: Unspecified Variety.

004

Record details

Operation

Zone(s)

137

Deposit type

Specific context

Burial 1-28

Ceramic complex

Ceramic complex (non-stratigraphic)

Type

Guitara Incised

Variety

Guitara

Form

bowl

Kill hole?

Cross motif?

Percentage of vessel

75% - 94%

Number of sherds

Rim diameter (cm)

28.00

Height (cm)

10.90

Weight (g)

1532.50

Comments

An incised bowl with outcurved sides, an everted rim, and a rounded lip. In comparison with other Guitara vessels from K'axob, this one was not skillfully made; the modeled and incised bands traced before firing the vessel do not run perfectly horizontally. The central band measures 3 cm in width, the one near the base 1.6 cm in width, and the one formed between the flaring of the rim and the central band measures 3 cm. The potter tried to drill in several places near the rim, but did not complete the process. Drilling proceeded from both the exterior and the interior sides in pairs, but some holes never punctured the vessel.

005

Record details

Operation

Zone(s)

118

Deposit type

sherd-lined pit

Specific context

Sherd Lined Pit

Ceramic complex

Ceramic complex (non-stratigraphic)

Type

Guitara Incised

Variety

Pollo Desnudo

Form

bowl

Kill hole?

Cross motif?

Percentage of vessel

95% - 99%

Number of sherds

Rim diameter (cm)

32.00

Height (cm)

5.50

Weight (g)

694.20

Comments

This bowl with outcurved wall, everted rim with rounded lip has an eyebrow motif incised on the rim. There are 10 eyebrow motifs on rim sherds belonging to this vessel, but there were probably 11 prefired incisions with an average spacing of 4.5 to 5.5 cm. The paste has a fine compact texture and contains probable carbonate particles. Color of the paste is reddish yellow (5YR 6/8). The core has a width of 0.4 cm and a very dark gray (7.5YR 3/0) or black (7.5Y 2/0) color. Slip is a light red (10R 4/0, 10R 5/8). Rim everts 3 cm. The half circles are very similar to the unusual decoration reported for this variety by R.E.W. Adams at the site of Altar de Sacrificios.

0087

Comments

Ceramic Type Collection: View of Guitara Incised: Pollo Desnudo Variety

006

Record details

Operation

Zone(s)

210

Deposit type

construction fill-sascab

Specific context

Construction Fill

Ceramic complex

Ceramic complex (non-stratigraphic)

Type

Guitara Incised

Variety

Guitara

Form

bowl

Kill hole?

Cross motif?

Percentage of vessel

75% - 94%

Number of sherds

Rim diameter (cm)

38.00

Height (cm)

6.50

Weight (g)

496.00

Comments

This bowl features outcurved sides, a direct rounded lip with a groove on both the interior and exterior, and a burned interior. A groove is incised on the interior 1 cm below the rim and 1.5 cm below the rim on the exterior. The groove width is 0.2 cm. A red (2.5YR 4/6) slip was applied to the interior and exterior surface areas, except on the grooves. The paste, which is very friable, is reddish yellow (5YR 6/8) and has large round inclusions.

007

Record details

Operation

Zone(s)

210

Deposit type

construction fill-sascab

Specific context

Construction Fill

Ceramic complex

Ceramic complex (non-stratigraphic)

Type

Guitara Incised

Variety

Guitara

Form

bowl

Kill hole?

Cross motif?

Percentage of vessel

75% - 94%

Number of sherds

Rim diameter (cm)

29.00

Height (cm)

5.00

Weight (g)

133.50

Comments

This flat-bottomed, outcurved bowl was decorated with an incised rim line. The base diameter is 24 cm.

008

Record details

Operation

Zone(s)

100

Deposit type

Specific context

Burial 1-19a

Ceramic complex

Ceramic complex (non-stratigraphic)

Type

Sierra Red

Variety

Sierra

Form

bowl

Kill hole?

Cross motif?

Percentage of vessel

95% - 99%

Number of sherds

Rim diameter (cm)

21.00

Height (cm)

7.50

Weight (g)

524.60

Comments

The form of this bowl features incurved sides and horizontal everted rim with a rounded lip. Slipped on the interior and the exterior, the base diameter measures 12.8 cm. It served as a lid for the bottom vessel (spouted jar).

0337

Comments

Vessel: Sierra Red: Sierra Variety.

009

Record details

Operation

Zone(s)

100

Deposit type

Specific context

Burial 1-19a

Ceramic complex

Ceramic complex (non-stratigraphic)

Type

Sierra Red

Variety

Sierra

Form

jar

Secondary characteristics

spout

Kill hole?

Cross motif?

Position

Percentage of vessel

75% - 94%

Number of sherds

Rim diameter (cm)

12.50

Height (cm)

10.70

Weight (g)

931.40

Comments

This spouted jar has incurved sides, a flaring neck, and an exterior thickened rim with rounded lip. The interior of the neck and the exterior walls are slipped in a color similar to other vessels of this variety. The spout is 8 cm in height and its orifice is 1.8 cm in diameter. The base is slightly incurved and measures approximately 9 cm in diameter. In situ, the jar's spout pointed to the east.

0339

Comments

Vessel: Sierra Red: Sierra Variety.

010

Record details

Operation

Zone(s)

103

Deposit type

Specific context

Burial 1-18

Ceramic complex

Ceramic complex (non-stratigraphic)

Type

Sierra Red

Variety

Sierra

Form

bowl

Kill hole?

Cross motif?

Position

Percentage of vessel

100%

Number of sherds

Rim diameter (cm)

15.00

Height (cm)

10.00

Weight (g)

715.00

Comments

DOA No: 33/200-5:3 This Sierra Red bowl has rounded sides, an interior thickened rim, and an incurved base. The surface on both exterior and interior is reddish yellow (5YR 5/6) to red (10R 5/8). Fire clouding on the exterior is very dark gray (2.5YR 3/0) or black (2.5Y 2/0). The diameter of the base is 4.5 cm. Shell beads and the remains of a childÕs skull were found inside the inverted bowl.

0341

Comments

Vessel: Sierra Red: Sierra Variety.

011

Record details

Operation

Zone(s)

107

Deposit type

Specific context

Burial 1-23

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?

Cross motif?

Position

Percentage of vessel

95% - 99%

Number of sherds

Rim diameter (cm)

24.00

Height (cm)

10.00

Weight (g)

3116.00

Comments

DOA No: 33/200-5:9 This bowl has incurved-recurved sides, an interior thickened rim, and a slightly incurved base. The surface on both exterior and interior is reddish yellow (5YR 5/6) to red (10R 5/8). Fire clouding on this vessel obscures much of the red slip. The fire clouding is a very dark gray (2.5YR 3/0) or black (2.5Y 2/0). Rootlet marks are visible on the exterior surface. The diameter of the base is 7 cm. The bowl was found resting on the left humerus of an extended, adult burial.

0343

Comments

Vessel: Sierra Red: Sierra Variety.

012

Record details

Operation

Zone(s)

113

Subzone(s)

Deposit type

Specific context

Burial 1-24

Ceramic complex

Ceramic complex (non-stratigraphic)

Type

Sierra Red

Variety

Sierra

Form

bowl

Kill hole?

Cross motif?

Position

Percentage of vessel

100%

Number of sherds

Rim diameter (cm)

15.50

Height (cm)

8.50

Weight (g)

517.00

Comments

DOA No: 33/200-5:5 This bowl has incurved-recurved sides, an exterior thickened rim, and a partially square lip. The base is flat with a 5 cm diameter. In the interior, though, the vessel bottom appears rounded. Surface color is reddish-yellow (5YR 5/6) to red (10R 5/8). The bowl was found upright over the head and shoulder area of an old, adult female.

0345

Comments

Vessel: Sierra Red: Sierra Variety.

013

Record details

Operation

Zone(s)

115

Deposit type

Specific context

Burial 1-25

Ceramic complex

Ceramic complex (non-stratigraphic)

Type

Sierra Red

Variety

Sierra

Form

dish

Kill hole?

Yes

Cross motif?

Yes

Percentage of vessel

< 50%

Number of sherds

Rim diameter (cm)

22.00

Height (cm)

4.00

Weight (g)

488.50

Comments

This dish is similar to Vessel 014. Walls are outcurving with a slightly everted rim and rounded lip. Two intentional holes were drilled into the wall of the dish. These holes caused uneven breakage. A cross motif was slipped on the base of the vessel. Slip is red (10R 4/8). The paste has few inclusions and is yellowish red (5YR 5/6) with a dark gray (5YR 4/1) core. The base is slightly incurved and measures 12 cm in diameter. The vessel was found in close proximity to the skull of an adult male.

0349

Comments

Vessel: Sierra Red: Sierra Variety vessel with cross painted on exterior base.

014

Record details

Operation

Zone(s)

115

Subzone(s)

Deposit type

Specific context

Burial 1-29

Ceramic complex

Ceramic complex (non-stratigraphic)

Type

Sierra Red

Variety

Sierra

Form

dish

Kill hole?

Cross motif?

Yes

Percentage of vessel

75% - 94%

Number of sherds

Rim diameter (cm)

20.00

Height (cm)

4.20

Weight (g)

544.10

Comments

This Sierra Red dish is slipped on the exterior and interior. The red (10R 4/8) slip is partially eroded. A streaky cross was painted on the exterior of the base. Walls are outcurved and rim is everted with a rounded lip. Base is slightly incurved and is 12 cm in diameter. The dish was found near the right humerus of an adult male.

0353

Comments

Vessel: Sierra Red: Sierra Variety vessel with cross painted on exterior base.

015

Record details

Operation

Zone(s)

135

Deposit type

Specific context

Burial 1-27

Ceramic complex

Ceramic complex (non-stratigraphic)

Type

Sierra Red

Variety

Sierra

Form

bowl

Kill hole?

Cross motif?

Percentage of vessel

75% - 94%

Number of sherds

Rim diameter (cm)

8.80

Height (cm)

8.30

Weight (g)

336.30

Comments

DOA No: 33/200-5:8 This bowl has incurved sides, a restricted orifice with an interiorly thickened rim, and a flat base. Surface color on the exterior and interior is reddish yellow (5YR 5/6) or red (10R 5/8). Fire clouding occurs on the exterior. The diameter of the base is 5.5 cm. The vessel was found over the chest of an extended child burial.

0354

Comments

Vessel: Sierra Red: Sierra Variety.

016

Record details

Operation

Zone(s)

135

Deposit type

Specific context

Burial 1-27

Ceramic complex

Ceramic complex (non-stratigraphic)

Type

Sierra Red

Variety

Sierra

Form

cylinder

Kill hole?

Cross motif?

Percentage of vessel

100%

Number of sherds

Rim diameter (cm)

0.00

Height (cm)

0.00

Weight (g)

370.00

Comments

This partial vessel lacks a rim. There is slip on the exterior and the interior of the vessel and a drill hole in the side wall. The base diameter measures 12 cm; other measurements were not possible to collect. Paste color is red (2.5YR 5/8). It was positioned over the pelvis of an extended child burial.

017

Record details

Operation

Zone(s)

143

Deposit type

Specific context

Burial 1-30a

Ceramic complex

Ceramic complex (non-stratigraphic)

Type

Sierra Red

Variety

Sierra

Form

dish

Kill hole?

Cross motif?

Position

Percentage of vessel

100%

Number of sherds

Rim diameter (cm)

31.20

Height (cm)

5.50

Weight (g)

1572.20

Comments

This flared dish has an everted rim and an almost horizontal and rounded lip. The base is slightly incurved and has a diameter of 21.5 cm. The form of this bowl is closely related to Mamom tradition. The vessel was decorated with two wavy lines on the interior walls. This decoration, although similar in appearance to resist treatment, was obtained through firing. The dish, along with an inverted bowl, was inverted over the skull of an extended interment.

0357

Comments

Vessel: Sierra Red: Sierra Variety.

018

Record details

Operation

Zone(s)

143

Deposit type

Specific context

Burial 1-30a

Ceramic complex

Ceramic complex (non-stratigraphic)

Type

Matamore Dichrome

Variety

Matamore

Form

bowl

Kill hole?

Cross motif?

Position

Percentage of vessel

75% - 94%

Number of sherds

Rim diameter (cm)

18.00

Height (cm)

9.60

Weight (g)

840.00

Comments

This bowl has incurved sides and a flat baseÑa form closely related to other Mamom types. The rim has a pre-fired incision and resembles tecomates of the Mamom sphere. The diameter of the base is 8.5 cm. The vessel was inverted with another vessel (V# 017) over the skull.

0359

Comments

Vessel: Matamore Dichrome: Matamore Variety.

019

Record details

Operation

Zone(s)

152

Subzone(s)

Deposit type

Specific context

Burial 1-34a

Ceramic complex

Ceramic complex (non-stratigraphic)

Type

Sierra Red

Variety

Sierra

Form

dish

Kill hole?

Cross motif?

Position

Percentage of vessel

95% - 99%

Number of sherds

Rim diameter (cm)

26.00

Height (cm)

4.70

Weight (g)

1034.80

Comments

This dish has flaring sides and an almost horizontal everted rim. Base diameter is 20 cm. The dish was found inverted over the head of Burial 1-34a.

0363

Comments

Vessel: Sierra Red: Sierra Variety.

020

Record details

Operation

Zone(s)

Deposit type

Cache

Specific context

Cache

Ceramic complex

Ceramic complex (non-stratigraphic)

Type

Society Hall Red

Variety

Society Hall

Form

bowl

Kill hole?

Cross motif?

Position

Percentage of vessel

75% - 94%

Number of sherds

Rim diameter (cm)

23.70

Height (cm)

11.90

Weight (g)

1115.50

Comments

This outcurving bowl has an outflared, everted rim with a rounded lip. The outflaring begins 8 cm above the base and extends 4.7 cm from the walls. Base is flat and measures 14.5 cm in diameter. Color and paste are within the characteristic attributes of Society Hall Red. Vessel found upright on floor.

0366

Comments

Vessel: Society Hall Red: Society Hall Variety (from cache).

021

Record details

Operation

Zone(s)

Subzone(s)

Deposit type

Specific context

Burial 1-1a

Ceramic complex

Ceramic complex (non-stratigraphic)

Type

Society Hall Red

Variety

Society Hall

Form

bowl

Kill hole?

Yes

Cross motif?

Yes

Position

Percentage of vessel

100%

Number of sherds

Rim diameter (cm)

50.00

Height (cm)

11.10

Weight (g)

5039.60

Comments

This vessel is a bowl with flared sides, direct rim, round lip, and incurved base. The thickness of the walls is between 1 and 1.5 cm. Color and paste are within the Society Hall Red variety and the base diameter is 31 cm. There is a cross on the exterior base that spans the whole surface and, where the base meets the wall of the vessel, there is a circumferential band in the same color of the cross and the interior of the vessel.

0369

Comments

Vessel: Fragment of a large Society Hall Red bowl with a cross painted on the exterior base.

022

Record details

Operation

Zone(s)

Subzone(s)

Deposit type

Specific context

Burial 1-1f

Ceramic complex

Ceramic complex (non-stratigraphic)

Type

Society Hall Red

Variety

Society Hall

Form

bowl

Kill hole?

Cross motif?

Position

Percentage of vessel

100%

Number of sherds

Rim diameter (cm)

22.30

Height (cm)

10.40

Weight (g)

757.20

Comments

Bowl with shallow flange and incurved-recurved sides, everted horizontal rim, and round lip. A double line break occurs on the rim and flange. The rim extends 1.8 cm. One incised line is 1 mm and the second one, closest to the lip, measures 0.5 mm.

0370

Comments

Vessel: Society Hall Red: Society Hall.

023

Record details

Operation

Zone(s)

Subzone(s)

Deposit type

Specific context

Burial 1-1a

Ceramic complex

Ceramic complex (non-stratigraphic)

Type

Society Hall Red

Variety

Society Hall

Form

bowl

Kill hole?

Cross motif?

Yes

Position

Percentage of vessel

100%

Number of sherds

Rim diameter (cm)

30.00

Height (cm)

14.70

Weight (g)

2382.00

Comments

This outcurved bowl has an outflared, everted rim and a rounded lip. The outflaring rim begins at 10.3 cm from the base and is 5.5 cm in width. The base is flat and measures 16 cm. Color and paste are within the characteristics of the Society Hall variety. A cross was painted on the exterior base.

0371

Comments

Vessel: Society Hall Red: Society Hall bowl with a cross painted on the exterior base.

024

Record details

Operation

Zone(s)

Deposit type

Cache

Specific context

Cache

Ceramic complex

Ceramic complex (non-stratigraphic)

Type

Sierra Red

Variety

Sierra

Form

plate

Kill hole?

Cross motif?

Position

Percentage of vessel

95% - 99%

Number of sherds

Rim diameter (cm)

14.00

Height (cm)

2.70

Weight (g)

223.00

Comments

This highly eroded plate contains flared sides. The slightly rounded base has a direct rim and rounded lip. Paste color is within the characteristic attributes of the Sierra Red type: a light gray (2.5Y 7/2). Although the slip has not been well preserved, remnants suggest it belongs to the Sierra Red group. Wall thickness of the vessel is 0.7-1 cm. One of three vessels of the triadic cache, the plate was found inside the V# 025 cylinder.

0374

Comments

Vessel: Sierra Red: Sierra Variety plate from Triadic cache.

025

Record details

Operation

Zone(s)

Deposit type

Cache

Specific context

Cache

Ceramic complex

Ceramic complex (non-stratigraphic)

Type

Sierra Red

Variety

Sierra

Form

cylinder

Kill hole?

Cross motif?

Percentage of vessel

100%

Number of sherds

152

Rim diameter (cm)

13.00

Height (cm)

0.00

Weight (g)

1086.00

Comments

This eroded, rounded cylinder with a direct rim and a rounded lip has a slightly incurved base with a diameter of 16 cm. The cylinder was found beneath an upright bowl: V# 028 of the triadic cache.

0700

Comments

Cache deposit of shell and greenstone objects found inside of upright Vessel #025. Arrangement shows triadic schema of contents, Construction Phase 9.