Potsherd
date: label: Accession Date
content: 21 Dec 1945
label: Collection Date
content: 15 Oct 1945
name: label: Collector
content: Lt. Joel S. Canby
label: Donor Name
content: Lt. Joel S. Canby
notes: label: Notes
content: INCISED POTSHERD, LINES ON OUTSIDE AND CONVEX RIM. MARIANAS RED VARIETY, REFER TO BELLWOOD, 1979: 283FIG.10.1. THIS PIECE WAS FOUND BEHIND YELLOW BEACH. "THERE WAS MUCH EVIDENCE OF ACTIVITY IN THIS AREA PARTTICULARLY IN A CERIMONIAL SITE(PROB.) OF CORAL COLUMNS LOCATED ON THE SECOND TERRACH BEHIND YELLOW BEACH."COLLECTOR CLAIMS THAT CORAL COLUMNS SUGGEST A BURIAL PLACE. THE CORAL COLUMNS HE REFERS TO ARE THE LATTE COLUMNS- THESE ARE LARGE CORAL OR VOLCANIC STONE PILLERS WHICH OFTEN OCCURE IN ROWS. THEY CAN BE UP TO 22 METER TALL, THEY HAVE LARGE ROUNDED CAPSTONES AND ACCOUNTS TALK OF HOUSES BEING BUILT ON THE PILLERS. THE POTTERY ASSOCIATED WITH THELATTE IS ALL PLAIN WARE. EXCAVATIONS SHOW THAT BURIALS WERE PARACTICED BETWEEN THE ROWS OF PILLERS (REFER TO BELLWOOD, 1979, CHAPTER 10) SIZE: 1 1/2X 1 3/8X 7/8". (SRJONES 11/96)
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Tinian, Mariana Islands, United States, Micronesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 171944
label: USNM Number
content: A387980-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sherd