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Digital Object 674
Description:
Plate with ring base and thickened rim on the outside. Red slip on the inside of the piece and white slip on the outside (except for the base),where the decoration was applied. It is organized into two panels by bands of color in which red and purple are alternated. The decoration is geometric on both panels with divergent "yc" spirals. These varieties of dishes decorated on the outside are exclusive to funerary sites and were used to cover the bodies in tombs.
Excavation campaign:
 
2010
Record type:
 
Ceramic artifacts
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Archaeological site:
 
El Caño
Operation:
 
Operation 1
Stratigraphic group:
 
Tomb 2
Stratigraphic unit type:
 
Landslide
Stratigraphic unit (finds):
 
103
Calibrated Age Range:
 
Cal AD 880 to 990 (Cal BP 1070 to 960)
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Artifacts
Ceramic artifacts
Ceramic style:
 
Late Conte (900-1020 AD)
Ware:
 
Late Conte polychrome
Forms:
 
Plate
Digital Object 674
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