Accession No

TEMP.03650


Description

Three sherds of undecorated pottery; possibly rough ware.
(I): buff sherd, burnished; fabric feel is smooth and powdery.
(II and III): two dark grey sherds; first sherd is reconstructed, with a light grey interior surface; second sherd has a yellowish-buff interior surface.


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.03650; MAA: ?Z 43100 I


Cultural Affliation

A:shiwi [Zuni]


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Context (Field collection)
Possibly from Room 31. 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 (Found together / assemblage)
Three unmarked sherds found bagged with Z 43100 I. It is uncertain if they are part of this idn, or were bagged with and have no association, and therefore have been assigned a TEMP number. ; possibly TEMP in the future.
Event Date 14/2/2025
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Description (Physical description)
Three sherds of undecorated pottery; possibly rough ware.
(I): buff sherd, burnished; fabric feel is smooth and powdery.
(II and III): two dark grey sherds; first sherd is reconstructed, with a light grey interior surface; second sherd has a yellowish-buff interior surface.
Event Date 14/2/2025
Author: Dominique Devadason


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 rough ware material, which has now been added to the Description field.
Event Date 14/2/2025
Author: Dominique Devadason


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