Accession No
1924.345 B
Description
Full grooved axe. Tapered at the cutting edge and rough semi-squared butt. Highly polished surface at the cutting edge.
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
1924.345 B
Cultural Affliation
A:shiwi [Zuni]
Material
Stone
Local Term
Measurements
85mm
Events
Context (Field collection)
Found with Skeleton 102 in Trench II. 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
Description (Physical description)
Description for 1924.345 A-B: 'Two grooved axes'
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)
Full grooved axe. Tapered at the cutting edge and rough semi-squared butt. Highly polished surface at the cutting edge.
Event Date 24/1/2025
Author: Elia Quijano Quinones
FM:323580
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