Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for Z 43378 [A-B]: 'Sherds, red ware bowl and fragments of coarse cooking vessels, some sherds appear rust stained.'
Event Date
Author: maa

Context (Field collection)
Room 5. 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)

Context (Amendments / updates)
When the Kechib:wa collection was packed for storage in c 1986 the pottery was assessed by museum staff and boxed according to type. These sherds were packed with 'Plain Red Ware' material, which has now been added to the Description field.
Event Date 27/1/2025
Author: Diana Serediuc

Description (Physical description)
57 sherds and three very small fragments of pottery from multiple vessels. 12 rims sherds, and 35 body sherds. Majority of red and orange ware. One bichrome sherd with interior decoration. Multiple sherds with black smoky surface from exposure to hear or fire.
Event Date 27/1/2025
Author: Diana Serediuc