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Image Not Available for Ditto; showing decided beginning of groove. Especially fine example.
Ditto; showing decided beginning of groove. Especially fine example.
Image Not Available for Ditto; showing decided beginning of groove. Especially fine example.
Object Number 46-73-10/88932
Display Title Ditto; showing decided beginning of groove. Especially fine example.
Descriptions
Object Description Medium sized, flattish, rounded, river pebble of diorite, chipped at sides and end in "blocking -out" process of making grooved axe.
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Salado Period
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Arizona / Maricopa County / <City> / Pueblo de las Canopas
Additional Geographic Terms Salado, Lower
Quantity 1
Provenance
Collector Frank Hamilton Cushing (01/01/1886-01/01/1889)
Collector Hemenway Southwestern Archaeological Expedition (01/01/1886-01/01/1889)
Donor Mary T. Hemenway (11/15/1946)

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PrimaryMedia Object Number Title Classification Geography/Provenience SHARE
Image Not Available for Stone adze, 1 face worn smooth, 1 face pecked & chipped, edges pecked
46-73-10/88931 Stone adze, 1 face worn smooth, 1 face pecked & chipped, edges pecked
Adze
Pueblo de las Canopas
Image Not Available for Stone, ground axe, 1 face pecked, 1 face smooth, bit & butt broken
46-73-10/88930 Stone, ground axe, 1 face pecked, 1 face smooth, bit & butt broken
Axe
Pueblo de las Canopas
Image Not Available for Ditto; larger, of quartzite.
46-73-10/89180 Ditto; larger, of quartzite.
Los Guanacos
Image Not Available for Ditto: much rounded by use.
46-73-10/88299 Ditto: much rounded by use.
Casa Grande
Image Not Available for Ditto; smaller and relatively longer, much more worn by use in smoothing pottery
46-73-10/88921 Ditto; smaller and relatively longer, much more worn by use in smoothing pottery
Pueblo de las Canopas
Image Not Available for Ditto; exceedingly thick, showing secondary chippings along either side.
46-73-10/88517 Ditto; exceedingly thick, showing secondary chippings along either side.
Las Acequias
Image Not Available for Ditto; smooth sided, showing striation or oblique marks of use at bits.
46-73-10/88518 Ditto; smooth sided, showing striation or oblique marks of use at bits.
Las Acequias
Image Not Available for Ditto; smooth sided, showing striation or oblique marks of use at bits.
46-73-10/88519 Ditto; smooth sided, showing striation or oblique marks of use at bits.
Las Acequias
Image Not Available for Stone axe, three quarter groove, square butt, broken bit, one side worn
46-73-10/88494 Stone axe, three quarter groove, square butt, broken bit, one side worn
Grooved Axe
Las Acequias
Image Not Available for Ditto; very much polished at sides and showing secondary use as shaping-stone or
46-73-10/89190 Ditto; very much polished at sides and showing secondary use as shaping-stone or
Los Guanacos
Image Not Available for Ditto; larger, showing secondary use as chipping implement.
46-73-10/88910 Ditto; larger, showing secondary use as chipping implement.
Pueblo de las Canopas
Image Not Available for Ditto; rounder and thicker.
46-73-10/89188 Ditto; rounder and thicker.
Los Guanacos