| | 245 | Author: | Cummings, Byron, 1860-1954. | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | Byron Cummings Papers: Correspondence
1926-1947 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1926-1947 | | | | Abstract: | A bound volume of 98 pages comprising 67 items of correspondence and related documents from the papers of Byron Cummings, spanning 1926 to 1947. Materials document Cummings's late career activities including the publication of his Kinishba book and a proposed handbook on Southwestern archaeology, the operation of Kinishba Museum and efforts to secure a salaried curator, the Arizona Hohokam Museum Association, collection donations, and professional correspondence with scholars and institutions. Correspondents include Senator Carl Hayden, F. W. Hodge of the Southwest Museum, Lula and John Wetherill, Jesse Nussbaum of the National Park Service, and R. E. Solosth. Table of contents and pagination were added by J. Barr, Arizona State Museum Library, July 10, 1968. | | | | Repository: | Arizona State Museum | | | | Subjects: | Archaeology -- Southwest, New -- History. | Archaeologists -- Arizona -- Correspondence. | Museums -- Arizona -- Administration. | Scholarly publishing -- United States -- History -- 20th century. | | | | Matches:
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| 248 | Author: | Morris, Earl Halstead, 1889-1956 | Add to Favorites | | | 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. | | | | Matches:
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| 250 | Author: | Morris, Earl Halstead, 1889-1956. | Add to Favorites | | | 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. | | | | Matches:
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| 251 | Author: | Morris, Earl Halstead, 1889-1956. | Add to Favorites | | | 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. | | | | Matches:
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| 252 | Author: | Farmer, Malcolm F. | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | Field and Laboratory Reports: Archaeological Work Done in the Old Navaho Country, Summer of 1938
1938-1939 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1938-1939 | | | | Abstract: | A bound volume of 440 pages comprising the field and laboratory reports of archaeological work conducted by Malcolm F. Farmer in the Old Navaho (Navajo) country during the summer of 1938. The report is organized in five sections covering a preliminary field report, ethnographic notes, a catalogue of sites surveyed, excavation notes with site catalogues and tree-ring data for three excavated sites (Largo #1, Upper Blanco #1, and Upper Largo #1), and a pottery analysis covering plain, decorated, and intrusive wares. The catalogue of sites (Section III) was completed in May 1939. The following pages are oversized: 48, 274, 283, 286, 287. | | | | Repository: | Arizona State Museum | | | | Subjects: | Archaeological surveying -- New Mexico -- Largo Canyon. | Excavations (Archaeology) -- New Mexico -- Largo Canyon. | Gallina culture. | Navajo Indians -- Antiquities. | Pottery, Prehistoric -- New Mexico -- Analysis. | Indians of North America -- New Mexico -- Antiquities. | Tree-ring dating. | | | | Matches:
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| 257 | Author: | Morris, Earl Halstead, 1889-1956. | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | Earl Morris Papers: Prayer Rock District, Field Notes, Summer Season 1931
1931 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1931 | | | | Abstract: | A bound volume of 163 pages, all single sheets, comprising field notes from Earl Morris's summer 1931 excavations in the Prayer Rock District of northeastern Arizona. The volume documents three areas: Broken Flute Cave, Prayer Rock Cove, and Black Horse Canyon. Broken Flute Cave notes cover rooms 1-16, burials, and cists 33-65, including a cross section through the Great Kiva Circle. Prayer Rock Cove notes cover Caves I-VI and Ram's Horn Cave, with rooms, masonry structures, floors, and cists documented for each. Black Horse Canyon notes cover Caves VII and VIII. 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. | Excavations (Archaeology) -- Arizona. | | | | Matches:
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| 258 | Author: | Morris, Earl Halstead, 1889-1956. | Add to Favorites | | | 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. | | | | Matches:
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| 259 | Author: | Morris, Earl Halstead, 1889-1956 | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | Earl Morris Papers: Photographs of Broken Flute Cave
circa 1931 ead | | | | Date(s): | circa 1931 | | | | Abstract: | Archives folder A-130 contains a photograph catalogue and photographs taken by archaeologist Earl H. Morris documenting the excavation of Broken Flute Cave, a Basketmaker III site located in the Prayer Rock District of northeastern Arizona. The catalogue lists 142 numbered photographs depicting rooms, cists, burials, kiva features, wall construction, and stratigraphic deposits, as well as a supplementary list of miniature prints from the Red Rock Photo Catalog. Negatives are on file at Arizona State Museum; additional photographs are in archives folder A-131. | | | | Repository: | Arizona State Museum | | | | Subjects: | Excavations (Archaeology)--Arizona. | Basketmaker culture--Arizona. | Cliff-dwellings--Arizona. | Indians of North America--Arizona--Antiquities. | Broken Flute Cave. | Basketmaker III. | Kivas. | Archaeological photography. | | | | Matches:
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| 260 | Author: | Morris, Earl Halstead, 1889-1956 | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | Earl Morris Papers: Dog Hair Sashes from Obelisk Cave
1930-1968
(bulk 1946) ead | | | | Date(s): | 1930-1968 | | | | Abstract: | Archives folder A-132 contains a bound volume of 48 pages documenting six Basketmaker dog hair sashes (catalog Nos. 846A–846F) recovered together in one bundle during the 1930 excavation of Obelisk Cave. The volume includes correspondence between Earl Morris and Alexander Wetmore, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution (July 1946), regarding identification of dog fur used in the sashes; a shipping invoice from the Smithsonian; handwritten notes on data requirements; a chart showing details of sashes 846A–F; descriptions of plaiting techniques; a guide to measurements; sections on braids, lashing, and thread-length calculations; and detailed analyses of each individual sash specimen. Pages 20 and 21 are joined to form an oversize fold-out drawing of sash 846A. Table of contents and pagination were added by J. Farr, Arizona State Museum Library, July 17, 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. | Obelisk Cave. | Sashes. | Basketmaker III. | Plaiting. | Dog hair textiles. | Braids (Plaiting) | | | | Matches:
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