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| | 321 | Author: | Morris, Earl Halstead, 1889-1956. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Earl Morris Papers: Catalogues of Archaeological Specimens from the Prayer Rock District ead | | | | Date(s): | unknown | | | | Abstract: | A bound volume of 78 pages comprising catalogues of archaeological specimens recovered from sites in the Prayer Rock District of northeastern Arizona. The volume is organized in two sections: a catalogue of specimens by provenience (covering Broken Flute Cave, Obelisk Cave, Caves I-XII and additional named sites in the Prayer Rock area, and various open sites) and a catalogue of specimens by material and provenience (covering wood, wool, bone, stone, pottery, vegetable, baskets and basket splints, sandals, human hair, feather, hide, pigments, horn, skeletons, shell, reed, cordage, cord bags, and miscellaneous objects). Pages 38 to 78 contain writing on the reverse side that is the draft of a paper prepared for the Carnegie Institution and bears no relation to the catalogue; the paper was reused for the catalogue. Table of contents and pagination were added by J. Barr, Arizona State Museum Library, July 15, 1968. | | | | Repository: | Arizona State Museum | | | | Subjects: | Basketmaker culture. | Pueblo Indians -- Antiquities. | Indians of North America -- Arizona -- Antiquities. | Cliff-dwellings -- Arizona. | Archaeological specimens -- Catalogs. | Excavations (Archaeology) -- Arizona. | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 322 | Author: | Morris, Earl Halstead, 1889-1956. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Earl Morris Papers: Report of Archaeological Reconnaissance Made by Bernheimer Expedition of 1930
1922-1930 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1922-1930 | | | | Abstract: | A bound volume of 41 pages comprising transcriptions and a specimen catalogue related to the Bernheimer Expeditions of 1922-1930 in the American Southwest. Contents include: a report of the expedition of 1930 (p. 1); field notes from the Bernheimer Expeditions 1922-1930 (p. 5); a journal of the 1930 expedition, May 30 through June 17, 1930, kept by Le Voy (p. 6); Earl Morris's field notes (p. 15); and a catalogue of archaeological specimens by provenience (p. 35). The journal and Earl Morris's field notes are transcriptions from original copies held in the library of the Southwestern National Monuments, Globe, Arizona, prepared by unknown persons on December 21, 1957. Table of contents and pagination were added by J. Barr, Arizona State Museum Library, July 15, 1968. | | | | Repository: | Arizona State Museum | | | | Subjects: | Indians of North America -- Southwest, New -- Antiquities. | Archaeological reconnaissance -- Southwest, New. | Excavations (Archaeology) -- Southwest, New. | Archaeological specimens -- Catalogs. | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 323 | Author: | Morris, Earl Halstead, 1889-1956. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Earl Morris Papers: Pottery Notes from Prayer Rock ead | | | | Date(s): | unknown | | | | Abstract: | A bound volume of 219 pages written on re-used paper, comprising pottery notes from sites in the Prayer Rock District of northeastern Arizona. Notes are organized by site and by room or context within each site. Sites covered include Broken Flute Cave (Rooms 6-14), Obelisk Cave, Pocket Cave, Cave I (Rooms 1-3), Cave II (Rooms 1-4), Cave IV, Cave VI, Cave VII, Cave VIII, Cave IX, Cave X, Cave XI, Cave XII, and Open Sites. The material contents of the sites are listed by catalogue number (see A-0126) and by provenience. Pages 21 and 62 are out of sequence: page 21 contains a description of pottery from Room 9, Broken Flute Cave, and page 62 contains a description of pottery from Cave VIII. The material on the reverse of the pages consists of a draft for a site report and miscellaneous notes. Table of contents and pagination were added by J. Barr, Arizona State Museum Library, July 16, 1968. | | | | Repository: | Arizona State Museum | | | | Subjects: | Basketmaker culture. | Pueblo Indians -- Antiquities. | Pottery, Prehistoric -- Arizona. | Indians of North America -- Arizona -- Antiquities. | Cliff-dwellings -- Arizona. | Excavations (Archaeology) -- Arizona. | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 324 | Author: | Morris, Earl Halstead, 1889-1956. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Earl Morris Papers: Notes on Miscellaneous Artifacts ead | | | | Date(s): | unknown | | | | Abstract: | A bound volume of 108 pages, mostly written or typed on re-used paper, comprising Earl Morris's notes on miscellaneous artifacts from the Prayer Rock District. Artifacts are catalogued individually by number and described; drawings by Robert Burgh appear on undersize pages. The volume includes two catalogue number series: items in the 29.1 series may be from the 1929 Bernheimer Expedition (catalogue numbers for reconnaissance trips were preceded by the year); items in the 350000 series are from an unknown source loaned to Earl Morris for study purposes. The drawing on page 76 is unnumbered but the illustration matches the description of item 350436; the drawing on page 81 is labeled No. 350466 but no such item is listed and it matches the description of item 350446. The volume concludes with three supplementary sections: work sheets by Elizabeth Morris (p. 102), notes on possible source of artifacts dated March 27, 1957 by E. Morris (p. 105), notes on unpublished pottery, Pit III (p. 107), and notes on possible source of artifacts dated October 6, 1957 by N. A. R. (p. 108). Table of contents and pagination were added by J. Barr, Arizona State Museum Library, July 17, 1968. | | | | Repository: | Arizona State Museum | | | | Subjects: | Basketmaker culture. | Indians of North America -- Arizona -- Antiquities. | Archaeological specimens -- Catalogs. | Textile fabrics, Prehistoric -- Arizona. | Basketwork, Prehistoric -- Arizona. | Excavations (Archaeology) -- Arizona. | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 326 | Author: | Morris, Earl Halstead, 1889-1956 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Earl Morris Papers: Photographs of Atahonez and Related Sites ead | | | | Date(s): | | | | | Abstract: | Archives folder A-131 contains photograph catalogues and photographs from Earl H. Morris's archaeological work in the Prayer Rock District of northeastern Arizona. Although the cover sheet identifies the folder as "Photographs of Atahonez," the contents document multiple sites in the region. The folder includes: a photograph catalogue (E series, Nos. E-1 through E-17) covering Atahonez, Broken Flute Cave, Pocket Cave, and the Red Wash drainage area; a photograph catalogue with captions by Joe Ben Wheat (1956-57) covering the W series (Nos. W-1 through W-51) for Pocket Cave, Cave 1, Cave 2, Cave 3, and Broken Flute Cave; a duplicate copy of the E-series catalogue; a Red Rock Photo Catalog part 3 listing miniature prints E-18 through E-23; and a document identifying photographs of Johnson's Maps of the Red Rock District covering Broken Flute Cave, Caves 1 and 2, Pocket Cave, and a Reconstructed Pithouse (Nos. 1-16). Negatives are on file at Arizona State Museum; additional photographs are in archives folder A-130. | | | | Repository: | Arizona State Museum | | | | Subjects: | Excavations (Archaeology)--Arizona. | Basketmaker culture--Arizona. | Cliff-dwellings--Arizona. | Indians of North America--Arizona--Antiquities. | Atahonez. | Broken Flute Cave. | Pocket Cave. | Red Wash drainage. | Basketmaker III. | Pueblo I. | Archaeological photography. | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 328 | Author: | Morris, Earl Halstead, 1889-1956 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Earl Morris Papers: Textiles from Atahonez Collection
1930-1968 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1930-1968 | | | | Abstract: | Archives folder A-133 contains a bound volume of 41 handwritten pages documenting Basketmaker III textiles from the Atahonez collection recovered during the 1930 excavations in the Prayer Rock Area. The volume includes general remarks on aprons, notes on pigments on Basketmaker III textiles, and individual analyses of 19 numbered textile specimens comprising aprons, head bands, and textile fragments (catalog Nos. 51–1015), followed by drawings of unnumbered textiles. Drawing page 15 is oversize. For exact provenience on numbered items see folder A-126. Table of contents and pagination were added by J. Farr, Arizona State Museum Library, July 18, 1968. | | | | Repository: | Arizona State Museum | | | | Subjects: | Excavations (Archaeology)--Arizona. | Basketmaker culture--Arizona. | Indians of North America--Textile fabrics--Arizona. | Indians of North America--Material culture--Arizona. | Indians of North America--Arizona--Antiquities. | Atahonez. | Basketmaker III. | Aprons. | Head bands. | Textiles. | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 329 | Author: | unknown | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Tucson Artifacts (Crosses) -- Silverbell Material
circa 1920s-1970 ead | | | | Date(s): | circa 1920s-1970 | | | | Abstract: | The collection documents the discovery, investigation, and prolonged authenticity debate surrounding the Tucson Artifacts (also known as the Silverbell Road artifacts or Lead Crosses), a group of lead objects — crosses, swords, spears, and related items bearing Latin and Hebrew inscriptions — excavated near Tucson, Pima County, Arizona, between 1924 and 1927. Materials include correspondence, reports, statements, typescripts, transcriptions, illustrations, maps, assay certificates, newspaper clippings, publications, and miscellaneous notes drawn from the files of the Arizona State Museum and other sources. Principal figures represented include Byron Cummings, Emil W. Haury, Raymond H. Thompson, A. E. Douglass, Thomas W. Bent, Charles E. Manier, Neil M. Judd, and numerous other scholars and correspondents. The collection incorporates materials previously held as Archives A-054, A-055, A-191, A-192, and A-193. | | | | Repository: | Arizona State Museum | | | | Subjects: | Antiquities -- Collection and preservation -- Arizona. | Archaeological forgeries -- Arizona. | Inscriptions, Latin -- Arizona. | Inscriptions, Hebrew -- Arizona. | Lead objects -- Arizona. | Excavations (Archaeology) -- Arizona -- Tucson Region. | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
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