Accession No
1959.419 C.3
Description
Three fragments of llama teeth, one apparently complete and the other two fragments of one or more teeth.
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 C.3
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 fragments of llama teeth, one apparently complete and the other two fragments of one or more teeth.
Event Date 2/5/2025
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
FM:326852
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