1938.12.3

Collection type

Object

Description

Stone implement with tang and curved blade, possible hoe. [MJD (Verve) 29/3/2016]

Long description

Stone implement with tang and curved blade, possible hoe. The stone is dark brown coloured. [MJD (Verve) 29/3/2016]

Geographical reference

Honduras

Latin America and the Caribbean > Central America > Honduras

Bay Islands

Cultural groups

Bay Island Culture

Person

Field collector Walter Edward Guinness

Field collector HMS Rosaura

PRM source Walter Edward Guinness

Date

Date collected

1937

Acquisition information

Donated: 1938

Materials and processes

Material Stone, Process Flaked

Dimensions

Width: max 115 mm, Length: max 124 mm

Object numbers

Accession number: 1938.12.3

Research and responses

This object was examined by Dr Elizabeth Graham, UCL, as part of the Fell funded project 'Characterizing the World Archaeology Collections of the PRM' in January 2010. She advised that this is a Mayan artefact; Late Classic or maybe even close to Terminal Classic (ca. A.D. 700-800) [AS 29/01/2010]

This object was later seen in December 2010 by Professor Rosemary Joyce during a visit to Oxford. She noted that in this part of Honduras the term Maya is not used to refer to groups here as these communities did not speak a Mayan language, rather they were speakers of 'Pech' ['Paya' in older literature]. These artefacts are local, not imports from the Mayan area. Rather these objects should be identified with the 'Bay Island Culture'. [AS 01/12/2010]

Search terms: Tool, Agriculture and Horticulture, Hoe, Agricultural Tool