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Image Not Available for Ditto: notched at either end to facilitate hafting: (a) of metamorphic shale; (b
Ditto: notched at either end to facilitate hafting: (a) of metamorphic shale; (b
Image Not Available for Ditto: notched at either end to facilitate hafting: (a) of metamorphic shale; (b
Object Number 46-73-10/86661
Display Title Ditto: notched at either end to facilitate hafting: (a) of metamorphic shale; (b
Descriptions
Object Description Blades of chopper-knives
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Salado Period
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Arizona / Maricopa County / <City> / Los Muertos
Intrasite Ruin XX
Additional Geographic Terms Salt River Valley; 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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Image Not Available for Blade of hacking knife, slightly nicked at either end to facilitate hafting like
46-73-10/88569.2 Blade of hacking knife, slightly nicked at either end to facilitate hafting like
Las Acequias
Image Not Available for Ditto; fitted with concavity on flattened surface to facilitate handling.
46-73-10/89229 Ditto; fitted with concavity on flattened surface to facilitate handling.
Los Guanacos
Image Not Available for Ditto; very small and carefully worked at either end; also pecked at sides to fa
46-73-10/89175 Ditto; very small and carefully worked at either end; also pecked at sides to fa
Los Guanacos
Image Not Available for Flake, flint, notched for hafting
14-12-50/B823 Flake, flint, notched for hafting
Prismatic blade
Egypt
Blade of hacking knife, slightly nicked at either end
46-73-10/88570 Blade of hacking knife, slightly nicked at either end
Las Acequias
8 polished celts and fragments of metamorphic and igneous rock
39-69-50/4746 8 polished celts and fragments of metamorphic and igneous rock
Axe
Tangier
Image Not Available for Flake, flint, end worked for hafting
14-12-50/B824 Flake, flint, end worked for hafting
Stemmed Projectile Point
Egypt
22 elongated beach pebbles of various igneous and metamorphic rock
39-69-50/4759 22 elongated beach pebbles of various igneous and metamorphic rock
Pounding Stone
Tangier
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 3 quartz debris; 1 quartzite debris; 1 felsite flake; 2 metamorphic debris, schi
977-51-10/57745 3 quartz debris; 1 quartzite debris; 1 felsite flake; 2 metamorphic debris, schi
Rhode Island
Flat metamorphic rock used as mortar and bearing traces of red ochre on one face
39-69-50/4753 Flat metamorphic rock used as mortar and bearing traces of red ochre on one face
Mortar
Tangier
Heavy, crudely worked fist axe with cortex adhering to butt - metamorphic quartz
36-96-50/2250 Heavy, crudely worked fist axe with cortex adhering to butt - metamorphic quartz
Axe
Kisegi