Accession No
Z 40999 B
Description
Two bundles formed of lengths of grass held together with a layer of clay or mud. Several seeds embedded in one bundle.
Place
Americas; North America; United States of America; Texas; Brewster County; Bee Cave Canyon
Period
Basketmaker Culture
Source
Clarke, Louis Colville Gray [donor]; Coffin, Edwin [excavator]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
Z 40999 B
Cultural Affliation
Material
Plant; Grass; Clay (unfired- includes mud)
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for Z 40999 [A-C]: 'Maize husks and pieces of twigs stuck together with mud or gum-like substance'
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Field collection)
From a rock shelter at Bee Cave Canyon. Excavated by Edwin F. Coffin, Museum of the American Indian, in partnership with the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, February to June 1929. See archive (FR5/1/9).
Event Date 1929
Author: maa
Context (References)
Coffin, Edwin F. (1932). 'Archaeological Exploration of a Rock Shelter in Brewster County, Texas'. Museum of the American Indian Notes and Monographs, no. 48. New York: Heye Foundation
Event Date 1932
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (Physical description)
Two bundles formed of lengths of grass held together with a layer of clay or mud. Several seeds embedded in one bundle.
Event Date 18/3/2025
Author: Katrina Dring
FM:326112
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