Accession No
Z 42724 B
Description
Five bi-valve shells, one of which in two refitting fragments, including one oyster, two cockles, and one hard-shelled clam.
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 42724 B
Cultural Affliation
A:shiwi [Zuni]
Material
Shell
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (Related Documents)
Handwritten note found with objects reads: 'Shell, removed fr[om] bag of sherds [Z 42724 A]'.
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Context (Field collection)
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)
Five bi-valve shells, one of which in two refitting fragments, including one oyster, two cockles, and one hard-shelled clam.
Event Date 19/2/2025
Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung
FM:324543
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