Context (Field collection)
Room 8. 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

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for 1924.488 [A-B]: 'Bone awl, pottery discs etc.'
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: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Physical description)
12 sherds of various polychrome wares and one triangular piece of translucent selenite. Nine of the sherds have been ground into various shapes; one sherd, possibly a handle, features a transverse groove at one end; one rim sherd from a shouldered bowl features a cylindrical lug handle; one sherd has been ground into a flat disc and pierced at the centre for use as a spindle whorl, now broken.
Event Date 10/2/2025
Author: Zahni Blumenthal

Context (Analysis)
F.W. Hodge suggests that panes of selentie may have been used as window glazing. See Smith, W. et al. (1966). The Excavation of Hawikuh by Frederick Webb Hodge: Report of the Hendricks-Hodge Expedition, 1917-1923. New York: Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation, 1966. pgs. 39-40.
Event Date 11/2/2025
Author: Zahni Blumenthal