Accession No
TEMP.03456
Description
Two undecorated grey ware sherds, partially burnished. (I) undecorated rough ware sherd, dark grey; broadly four-sided; fairly flat cross-section; smooth fabric feel. (II) undecorated sherd, light grey; broadly trapezoidal; fairly flat cross-section; exterior surface is possibly white-slipped, with smokey black patches from differential firing; interior surface is possibly buff-slipped; smooth fabric feel.
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
TEMP.03456
Cultural Affliation
A:shiwi [Zuni]
Material
Ceramic; Pottery
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Description (Physical description)
Description of Z 42727: 'Sherds of olla, red on buff'
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Field collection)
From Room 15. 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
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: Dominique Devadason
Description (Physical description)
Two undecorated grey ware sherds, partially burnished. (I) undecorated rough ware sherd, dark grey; broadly four-sided; fairly flat cross-section; smooth fabric feel. (II) undecorated sherd, light grey; broadly trapezoidal; fairly flat cross-section; exterior surface is possibly white-slipped, with smokey black patches from differential firing; interior surface is possibly buff-slipped; smooth fabric feel.
Event Date 12/2/2025
Author: Dominique Devadason
FM:324619
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