Baking Pot Codex Restoration Project, Belize

List of Figures

Figure  1.  Map of Group 1, Baking Pot [Map: Jim Conlon].
Figure  2.  Plan of Tomb 2 [Drawing: Nasario Puc].
Figure  3.  Image of shells in shape of Mundo Maya logo [Photo: CMA, 15 September 2004].
Figure  4.  Side A, carved shell with Teotihuacán style shell creature [Drawing: Gustavo Valenzuela].
Figure  5.  Side B, carved shell with Teotihuacán style serpent [Drawing: Gustavo Valenzuela].
Figure  6.  Shell profile of human face [Drawing: Gustavo Valenzuela].
Figure  7.  Polychrome dish: Waterlilly Jaguar [Drawing: Gustavo Valenzuela].
Figure  8.  Polychrome dish: Bird [Drawing: Gustavo Valenzuela].
Figure  9.  Polychrome dish: Armadillo [Drawing: Gustavo Valenzuela].
Figure 10. Polychrome dish: Deer [Drawing: Gustavo Valenzuela].
Figure 11. Polychrome dish: Serpents [Drawing: Gustavo Valenzuela].
Figure 12. Artifact R/Portion B prior to stabilization. The block is disrupted by a small root, seen jutting out on the lower left side. [Photo: HFB, 7 May 2003].
Figure 13. Portions A and B inverted after plaster jacketing. The soil pedestal has been trimmed on Portion A (right). [Photo: HFB, 10 May 2003].
Figure 14. Portion B (inverted), with the first expanses of paint exposed by removal of floor material. The deposit to be excavated occurs only in the area defined by grid squares 1-8. [Photo: HFB, 29 December 2003].
Figure 15. Paint patches with cream grounds: B-5.4 (1.5cm × 2.5cm) and B-6.4 (2cm × 4cm). [Photo: HFB, 5 January 2004].
Figure 16. Paint patches with white ground: B-1.2 (1cm × 3cm) and B-1.2b (1.5cm × 1.5cm). [Photo: HFB, 14 January 2004].
Figure 17. Portion B, showing in situ paint patches. The largest one with red-flecked white ground – B-8.4 (1.5cm × 5cm) – was faced with tissue to hold the flakes together. Flakes of the brown-with-red ground type appear in grid 5. [Photo: HFB, 13 February 2004].
Figure 18. Paint patch B-8.4 lifted, showing its red-flecked white ground surface. [Photo: HFB, 13 February 2004].
Figure 19. Paint patches with brown grounds: B-5.2 (0.75cm × 2.5cm), lying above other flakes of the same type visible in Figure 6. [Photo: HFB, 13 January 2004].
Figure 20. Tray containing paint flakes associated with Portion A. Those with brown grounds are grouped in the left column; those with cream grounds are in the two others. [Photo: CGC, 16 December 2003].
Figure 21. Paint flake (on white ground) with bright green, salmon red, cream, white and black paints, from Artifact S. [Photo: CGC, 9 March 2004].
Figure 22. Paint flake (on white ground), showing the decorative technique in cross-section. [Photo: CGC, March 2004].
Figure 23. Paint flake with striated white ground. [Photo: CGC, 17 March 2004].
Figure 24. Paint flake with dimpled white ground, from Artifact S. [Photo: CGC, 17 March 2004].
Figure 25. Paint flake with red-flecked white ground. [Photo: CGC, 9 March 2004].
Figure 26. Paint flake with smooth cream ground. [Photo: CGC, 17 March 2004].
Figure 27. Paint flake with rough cream ground. [Photo: CGC, 17 March 2004].
Figure 28. Paint flake in cross-section, with brown ground and an intermediate red layer. [Photo: CGC, March 2004].
Figure 29. Paint flake with brown ground. [Photo: CGC, 17 March 2004].

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