Context (Related Documents)
Undated note in Mary Hill Harris' hand reads: 'Atacama 1959.419. NB turquoise chips and teeth found associated with this vase were inside it when it was broken.'
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (Found together / assemblage)
Same cemetery as 1959.418 and same (second) stage.
Event Date 1958
Author: Imogen Gunn

Context (Field collection)
Found in the same grave as 1959.419 A. Cemetery in Oasis of San Pedro De Atacama, sectioned by an irrigation channel. Excavated by Lawrence Barfield, Cambridge Atacama Desert Expedition, July to August 1958. See letter in archive from Lawrence Barfield to G.H.S. Bushnell (MM1/6/11).
Event Date 1958
Author: maa

Context (Related Documents)
Catalogue card: 'some chips of turquoise + ?llama teeth'
Event Date 1959
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for 1959.419 [B and C]: 'Some chips of turquoise and 2 ?llama teeth'
Event Date 1959
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (References)
Aarons, J. and Vita-Finzi, C. (1960). The Useless Land: A Winter In the Atacama Desert. London: R. Hale.
Event Date 1960
Author: Genevieve Holt

Description (Physical description)
Description for 1959.419 [B.1-36]: 'Three [sic?] turquoise chips and two llama teeth (one in two fragments).'
Event Date 2/11/2023
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Description for 1959.419 [C.1-2]: 'Six fragments of animal teeth.'
Event Date 4/7/2024
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Context (Analysis)
Dr Céline Erauw studied 1959.419 [C.1-2] on 4th July 2024 and noted that [C.2] were part of the same tooth, with [C.1]being a separate tooth.
Event Date 4/7/2024
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Description (Physical description)
Five fragments of a single llama tooth.
Event Date 5/7/2024
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson