Context (Field collection)
Cremation 261. Ashes were in olla (1924.409 A), instead of bowl on top another small olla (1924.409 B) was fitted in mouth of first olla (A). No objects found with cremation. Trench V. Depth 4' 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: maa

Context (Analysis)
Catalogue card in Louis Clarke's hand notes: 'an unusual object'
Event Date 1924
Author: Elia Quijano Quinones

Description (Physical description)
Description for 1924.409 A-B: 'Red with band of white on which were designs in red, now perished. The small olla is decorated in reddish brown, an unusual object. See card for photograph of both ollas'
Event Date 1924
Author: maa

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: Elia Quijano Quinones

Description (Physical description)
Small globular jar; polychrome red and white on buff; burnished. Flat base, carinated at the body; upright neck; finishing with a direct rim. One single line in white around the neck, just below the rim; two white lines in zig-zag around the body with red colour in between. A single white line surrounds the lower part of the jar's body. Dark colour stains from differentiated firing conditions.
Event Date 23/1/2025
Author: Elia Quijano Quinones