Yucatan Colonial | The Pan-American Ceramics Project

Type: Yucatan Colonial

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Name, Origin, Date

Name:

Yucatan Colonial

Country/Region:

Mexico/Yucatan Peninsula

Date BCE/CE:

1570 - 1650 CE

Period:

Historic (Spanish Colo...

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General Information

The paste is usually cream-colored and gritty with limestone tempering. The exterior has a smoothed, polished orange finish. The orange finish has a tendency to wear off irregularly producing a speckled appearance.

This description of Yucatan Colonial comes from the Historical Archaeology Digital Ceramic Type Collection maintained by the Florida Museum of Natural History.

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Detail Attributes

Morphological Attributes

Shape

The form is a jar.

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Technological Attributes

Fabric Description

The paste is usually c...

Technological Description

The exterior has a ...

Firing

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Related Illustrations 0

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Vessels 0

Break Photos 0

Petrographic Samples 0

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Description

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Associated Wares/Ware Families

Ware name:

Unglazed Coarse Earthenware

Date:

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Associated Petrofabrics

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Associated Kilns/Workshops

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Bibliography

Charlie Cobb and Gifford Waters. Historical Archaeology Digital Ceramic Type Collection, 2023. February 23, 2023. https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/histarch/ceramic-types/
Kathleen Deagan. Artifacts of the Spanish Colonies of Florida and the Caribbean, 1500-1800. 1. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, 1987

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