Accession No

Z 43097 A


Description

Four pieces of stone including: a sphere with grooved band around its centre, possibly lashed; a short grinding or rubbing stone with slight indentations at the shorter end, worn at the other and with flat sides; one large and round with uneven surface and red colouring; one piece of white quartzite.


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

Z 43097 A


Cultural Affliation

A:shiwi [Zuni]


Material

Stone


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Description (Labels & Markings)
Two have a rectangular sticker reading 'BM', also written in pencil.
Event Date
Author: Clare McKenna


Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for Z 43097 [A-E]: 'Quantity of sherds, mostly plain cooking vessel type but also three painted and four pebbles and one bone fragment.'
Event Date
Author: maa


Context (Field collection)
Room 36, both Levels. Excavated by Samuel K. Lothrop, Museum of the American Indian, and Louis C.G. 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 (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: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Description (Physical description)
Four pieces of stone including: a sphere with grooved band around its centre, possibly lashed; a short grinding or rubbing stone with slight indentations at the shorter end, worn at the other and with flat sides; one large and round with uneven surface and red colouring; one piece of white quartzite.
Event Date 24/1/2025
Author: Clare McKenna


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