Accession No

1924.357.4


Description

Flat, circular stone, probably for cooking on. Thin, one face is flat with white marks and a burnt ring; the other side is rough with a slight circular depression in the centre. Reconstructed with one corner missing.


Place

Americas; North America; United States of America; New Mexico; Cibola County; Zuni Reservation; Kechib:wa [Kechipauan]


Period

Pueblo IV early Pueblo V c 1425-1680


Source

Clarke, Louis Colville Gray [excavator and donor]; Lothrop, Samuel Kirkland [excavator]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1924.357.4


Cultural Affliation

A:shiwi [Zuni]


Material

Stone


Local Term


Measurements

272mm


Events

Description (Labels & Markings)
'Room 6' written faintly in pencil.
Event Date
Author: Clare McKenna


Context (Field collection)
Room 6. Excavated by Samuel K. Lothrop, Museum of the American Indian, and Louis Clarke, Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, as part of the Louis C.G. Clarke Kechipauan Expedition, 19 June – 1 September 1923. See archive (FR5/1/2 – FR5/1/7) and photo collection for excavation notes, drawings, site plans, photographs, etc.
Event Date 1923
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Description (Physical description)
Flat, circular stone, most probably for cooking on. One broken very thin.
Event Date 1924
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Context (References)
Bushnell, G.H.S. (1955). ‘Some Pueblo IV pottery types from Kechipawan, New Mexico, U.S.A.’ Anais do XXXI Congresso Internacional de Americanistas, 1954, vol. 2. Sao Paulo: Editora Anhembi. pp. 657-665.
Event Date 1955
Author: Clare McKenna


Description (Physical description)
Flat, circular stone, most probably for cooking on. Very thin; broken in several places and now repaired.
Event Date 1/10/2018
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Description (Physical description)
Flat, circular stone, probably for cooking on. Thin, one face is flat with white marks and a burnt ring; the other side is rough with a slight circular depression in the centre. Reconstructed with one corner missing.
Event Date 24/1/2025
Author: Clare McKenna


FM:281622

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