Accession No

1959.419 B.28-30


Description

Three turquoise chips, two large and one small. The smallest is a bright blue, whilst the larger are pal green.


Place

Americas; South America; Chile; Antofagasta; El Loa; San Pedro de Atacama


Period

Middle Ceramic Period San Pedro II 600 AD - 1000 AD


Source

Cambridge Atacama Desert Expedition [donor]; Barfield, Lawrence H. [excavator]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1959.419 B.28-30


Cultural Affliation


Material

Stone; Turquoise


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Description (Physical description)
Description for 1959.419 [B.28-30 and C.3]: 'Three turquoise chips and two llama teeth (one in two fragments).'
Event Date
Author: maa


Context (Found together / assemblage)
Same cemetery as 1959.418 and same (second) stage.
Event Date 1958
Author: Imogen Gunn


Context (Field collection)
Found in the same grave as 1959.419 A. Cemetery in Oasis of San Pedro De Atacama, sectioned by an irrigation channel. Excavated by Lawrence Barfield, Cambridge Atacama Desert Expedition, July to August 1958. See letter in archive from Lawrence Barfield to G.H.S. Bushnell (MM1/6/11).
Event Date 1958
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for 1959.419 [B and C]: 'Some chips of turquoise and 2 ?llama teeth'
Event Date 1959
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Context (References)
Aarons, J. and Vita-Finzi, C. (1960). The Useless Land: A Winter In the Atacama Desert. London: R. Hale.
Event Date 1960
Author: Genevieve Holt


Description (Physical description)
Three turquoise chips, two large and one small. The smallest is a bright blue, whilst the larger are pale green.
Event Date 2/5/2025
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


FM:326851

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