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Bifacial tool/projectile point

Culture/People:
probably Ancestral Pueblo (Anasazi) (archaeological) (attributed)  Search this
Seller:
John Lorenzo Hubbell (J.L. Hubbell), Non-Indian, 1853-1930  Search this
Previous owner:
John Lorenzo Hubbell (J.L. Hubbell), Non-Indian, 1853-1930  Search this
MAI agent:
George Hubbard Pepper (GHP), Non-Indian, 1873-1924  Search this
Object Name:
Bifacial tool/projectile point
Media/Materials:
Chalcedony
Techniques:
Flaked/chipped
Object Type:
Tools and Equipment (General)
Place:
Ganado region; Ganado, Navajo Reservation; Apache County; Arizona; USA
Date created:
AD 1400-1800
Catalog Number:
2370
Barcode:
002370.000
See related items:
Ancestral Pueblo (Anasazi) (archaeological)
Tools and Equipment (General)
Data Source:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6b46918e7-4b89-4a28-ac97-00beea5159c1
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:NMAI_2561
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Mortar with textile designs

Culture/People:
probably Ancestral Pueblo (Anasazi): Chaco (archaeological) (attributed)  Search this
Expedition:
Hyde Exploring Expedition (1896-1899)  Search this
Expedition leader:
George Hubbard Pepper (GHP), Non-Indian, 1873-1924  Search this
Richard Wetherill, Non-Indian, 1858-1910  Search this
Expedition sponsor:
B. Talbot B. Hyde (Benjamin Talbot Babbitt Hyde/B. T. Babbitt Hyde/B.T.B. Hyde), Non-Indian, 1872-1933  Search this
Frederick E. Hyde, Jr. (Frederick Erastus Hyde Jr.), Non-Indian, 1874-1944  Search this
Previous owner:
B. Talbot B. Hyde (Benjamin Talbot Babbitt Hyde/B. T. Babbitt Hyde/B.T.B. Hyde), Non-Indian, 1872-1933  Search this
Seller:
B. Talbot B. Hyde (Benjamin Talbot Babbitt Hyde/B. T. Babbitt Hyde/B.T.B. Hyde), Non-Indian, 1872-1933  Search this
Presenter/funding source:
Thea Heye (Thea Kowne/Mrs. Dorothea Page/Mrs. George Gustav Heye), Non-Indian, 1888-1935  Search this
Object Name:
Mortar with textile designs
Media/Materials:
Sandstone, paint
Techniques:
Ground, pecked, painted
Dimensions:
20.5 x 13.5 cm
Object Type:
Ceremonial/Ritual items
Place:
Room 80; Pueblo Bonito ruins, Chaco Canyon National Historical Park; San Juan County; New Mexico; USA
Date created:
AD 900-1100 (Pueblo II period)
Catalog Number:
5/1364
Barcode:
051364.000
See related items:
Ancestral Pueblo (Anasazi): Chaco (archaeological)
Ceremonial/Ritual items
On View:
NMAI, New York, NY: Infinity of Nations, Southwest
Data Source:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6fd6834a8-e916-4109-991c-4ee2c1be574b
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:NMAI_55052
Online Media:

Red Mesa Black-on-White bowl illustrating birds carrying hunting nets

Culture/People:
probably Ancestral Pueblo (Anasazi): Chaco (archaeological) (attributed)  Search this
Expedition:
Hyde Exploring Expedition (1896-1899)  Search this
Expedition leader:
George Hubbard Pepper (GHP), Non-Indian, 1873-1924  Search this
Richard Wetherill, Non-Indian, 1858-1910  Search this
Expedition sponsor:
B. Talbot B. Hyde (Benjamin Talbot Babbitt Hyde/B. T. Babbitt Hyde/B.T.B. Hyde), Non-Indian, 1872-1933  Search this
Frederick E. Hyde, Jr. (Frederick Erastus Hyde Jr.), Non-Indian, 1874-1944  Search this
Previous owner:
B. Talbot B. Hyde (Benjamin Talbot Babbitt Hyde/B. T. Babbitt Hyde/B.T.B. Hyde), Non-Indian, 1872-1933  Search this
Seller:
B. Talbot B. Hyde (Benjamin Talbot Babbitt Hyde/B. T. Babbitt Hyde/B.T.B. Hyde), Non-Indian, 1872-1933  Search this
Presenter/funding source:
Thea Heye (Thea Kowne/Mrs. Dorothea Page/Mrs. George Gustav Heye), Non-Indian, 1888-1935  Search this
Object Name:
Red Mesa Black-on-White bowl illustrating birds carrying hunting nets
Media/Materials:
Pottery, paint
Techniques:
Coiled/hand built, painted
Dimensions:
11 x 23.7 cm
Object Type:
Containers and Vessels
Place:
Chaco Canyon, Chaco Canyon National Historical Park; San Juan County; New Mexico; USA
Date created:
AD 800–1140 (Pueblo I to Pueblo II period)
Catalog Number:
5/3048
Barcode:
053048.000
See related items:
Ancestral Pueblo (Anasazi): Chaco (archaeological)
Containers and Vessels
Data Source:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws62e5090f5-b210-4a09-b77f-7a7c49576746
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:NMAI_57352
Online Media:

Pendant

Culture/People:
probably Ancestral Pueblo (Anasazi) (archaeological) (attributed)  Search this
Previous owner:
Fred Harvey Company (Fred Harvey Indian Department), 1876-1966  Search this
Seller:
Fred Harvey Company (Fred Harvey Indian Department), 1876-1966  Search this
Presenter/funding source:
Harmon W. Hendricks (Harmon Washington Hendricks), Non-Indian, 1846-1928  Search this
Object Name:
Pendant
Media/Materials:
Spondylus shell/shells, turquoise, jet/lignite
Techniques:
Cut, mosaic inlay, perforated, glued
Dimensions:
17.9 x 18.2 x 2.5 cm
Object Type:
Adornment/Jewelry
Place:
Pueblo Bonito ruins, Chaco Canyon National Historical Park; San Juan County; New Mexico; USA
Date created:
AD 900-1200 (Pueblo II to III period)
Catalog Number:
7/1615
Barcode:
071615.000
See related items:
Ancestral Pueblo (Anasazi) (archaeological)
Adornment/Jewelry
On View:
NMAI, New York, NY: Infinity of Nations, Southwest
Data Source:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws676cc8498-4c00-4cda-a463-b6d97373b887
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:NMAI_77165
Online Media:

Cynthia Irwin-Williams papers

Creator:
Irwin-Williams, Cynthia  Search this
Irwin, Henry T.  Search this
Names:
Eastern New Mexico University (Portales, N.M.)  Search this
San Juan Valley Archaeological Project  Search this
Society for American Archaeology  Search this
University of Nevada. Desert Research Institute  Search this
Extent:
111.67 Linear feet (192 document boxes, 4 oversize boxes, 18 shoeboxes, 4 small index card boxes, 5 negative boxes, 4 map folders, 30 rolled items, and 6 1/2 restricted boxes)
3 Floppy discs
9 Cassette tapes
1 Sound tape reel (3")
Culture:
Southwest (archaeological)  Search this
Oshara Archaic Tradition (archaeological culture)  Search this
Pueblo (Anasazi) (archaeological)  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Floppy discs
Cassette tapes
Sound tape reels
Place:
Valsequillo (Puebla, Mexico)
Hell Gap Site (Wyo.)
Salmon Site (N.M.)
Rio Puerco River (New Mexico) -- Archeology
Date:
1936-1990
Summary:
Cynthia Irwin-Williams was a pioneer for women in the field of archaeology. Her main interest was the Paleo-Indian culture of North America (specifically the Southwest), but she also did extensive work in Ancestral Pueblo (Anasazi) culture. This collection includes materials related to Irwin-Williams' research; her work at Eastern New Mexico University and The Desert Research Institute; her coursework at Radcliffe and Harvard; and her work for the Society of American Archaeology, the American Anthropological Association, the American Quaternary Association, Africa Tomorrow, and other organizations.
Scope and Contents:
The Cynthia Irwin-Williams papers contain fieldnotes, photographs, maps, notes, computer analyses, drafts of articles, articles and papers, grant proposals, index cards, personal and professional correspondence, administrative materials, lecture and research notes, student papers and theses, certificates and awards, biographical and autobiographical materials, and sound recordings. These materials relate to her research (primarily archaeological), associations of which she was a member (including the Society of American Archaeology, the American Anthropological Association, the American Quaternary Association, and Africa Tomorrow), conferences at which she participated, and coursework from Radcliffe and Harvard. The collection also includes some materials which belonged to her brother, Henry Irwin, who predeceased her. These materials are composed of his diplomas and some annotated articles and papers.

Irwin-Williams was a prolific letter writer and many folders include multiple drafts of her correspondence. Of particular interest is the correspondence between Irwin-Williams and her mother, Eleanor "Kay" Irwin. The two were very close and corresponded almost daily during the two years when Irwin-Williams was in Massachusetts and her mother was in Colorado. Of special note in the collection are materials which relate to the difficulties faced by women in the field of archaeology, such as the autobiographical section of her CV.

The collection does not include much material on her work at Magic Mountain, as these papers are housed at the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology. Many of the materials related to her work at Salmon Ruins are housed at the San Juan County Research Center and Library. The only expedition for which this collection holds complete fieldnotes for Irwin-Williams and her team is Valsequillo.
Sensitivity statement:
Please note that the contents of the collection and the language and terminology used reflect the context and culture of the time of its creation. As an historical document, its contents may be at odds with contemporary views and terminology and considered offensive today. The information within this collection does not reflect the views of the Smithsonian Institution or National Anthropological Archives but is available in its original form to facilitate research.

Please note that this collection contains images of human remains.
Arrangement:
This collection is arranged in 8 series: 1) Research, 1936-1990, undated; 2) Writings, 1940-circa 1990, undated; 3) Associations and conferences, 1962-1989, undated; 4) Professional, 1960-1990, undated; 5) Coursework, 1954-1961, undated; 6) Correspondence, 1940-1941, 1959-1989, undated; 7) Photographs and Artwork, 1939, 1964-1990, undated; and 8) Sound recordings, 1980, undated
Biographical Note:
Cynthia Irwin-Williams was a pioneer for women in the field of archaeology. Her main interest was the Paleo-Indian culture of North America (specifically the Southwest), but she also did extensive work in Ancestral Pueblo (Anasazi) culture. She was born in Denver, Colorado, in 1936 and suffered from severe asthma for the first ten years of her life (Williams, 4). She and her brother, Henry Irwin, spent several summers during their childhood living with the Hopi in northeastern Arizona, which helped her to develop an interest in archaeology. She began taking part in amateur archaeological investigations through the Colorado Archaeological Society when she was in 5th grade and continued to do so through high school (Williams, 6). She organized an archaeology club while in high school and persuaded H. Marie Wormington, Herbert Dick, and Ruth Underhill to assist (Williams, 7). Irwin-Williams and her brother also volunteered for Dr. Wormington at the Denver Museum of Natural History throughout high school, eventually assisting Wormington at a dig in western Colorado (Williams, 7). Dr. Wormington became a friend and role model for Irwin-Williams, advising her on her education and career. Irwin-Williams also had a close relationship with her mother, Eleanor "Kay" Irwin, who frequently travelled and worked digs with her daughter, and her brother, Henry Irwin, with whom she worked many archaeological sites and published numerous papers.

Irwin-Williams earned her BA (1957) and MA (1958) in Anthropology from Radcliffe College and was one of the first three women, in any field, to earn her PhD (1963) from Harvard University (previously, women could only receive PhD degrees from Radcliffe). She had difficulty gaining a place in a fieldschool during her graduate work due to her gender, despite having experience under the guidance of H. Marie Wormington in high school and college, but eventually gained a place as a volunteer graduate student on the dig of one of her professors at L'Abri Pataud in France in 1958 (likely under Dr. Hallam Movius). She was disappointed that, unlike the male students, she was expected to perform secretarial work and menial tasks (Williams, 10). As a result of this experience, she chose to run her own excavations and stated that it taught her "how not to run a project" (Williams, 10). This experience also caused her to change her field of study to the New World and her advisor to J. O. Brew (Williams, 11).

While Irwin-Williams and her brother were in college and graduate school, they and their mother, under the supervision of H. Marie Wormington, spent summers excavating the LoDaisKa site in Colorado, providing their own equipment (Williams, 9). The first major excavation which she headed was at Valsequillo, where she worked from 1962 to 1966. Valsequillo, in Puebla, Mexico, is a stone age site dated to approximately 25,000 years ago (the dating of the site has been controversial). Her largest excavation was at Salmon Ruin; this site was almost destroyed when the land was purchased by a developer in 1967 who intended to "divide the ruin into 10-foot squares and sell 'digging rights'" (Irwin-Williams, 19). After a local non-profit, the San Juan County Museum Association, saved the site, they asked Irwin-Williams to run the excavations in 1969 (Irwin-Williams, 20).

The excavations she led were known for being inclusive, as her crews included men and women, people of multiple races and ethnicities, and people with disabilities (Williams, 16). She was also known for her ability to work well with volunteers and amateurs (Williams, 19). Another talent of hers was finding grant funding from unusal sources, which she attributed to the limited employment and fieldwork opportunities faced by female archaeologists in the 1960s (Profile of an Anthropologist, 7).

In addition to her fieldwork, Irwin-Williams taught anthropology, first at Hunter College (1963-1964), while holding a fellowship at the American Museum of Natural History and commuting from Princeton where her husband worked, and then at Eastern New Mexico University (1964-1982), at which time "she commute[d] nearly five hundred miles each weekend between her home in Albuquerque, where she live[d] four days a week with her husband, and her apartment in Portales, where she [taught] three days a week." (Williams, 1). She then became Executive Director of the Social Sciences Center, Desert Research Institute, University of Nevada. Under her supervision, the Social Sciences Center (later renamed the Quaternary Science Center) expanded substantially, eventually employing more than five times the staff it had when she began (Teague, 90). Irwin-Williams also held numerous professional offices including President of the Society for American Archaeology (1977-1979). She was known for her interdisciplinary work and had an interest in the environmental impact of human society and water harvesting techniques. These interests led her to become a member of the executive committee of Africa Tomorrow Inc., a nonprofit devoted to the Sahel region of Africa, and to lobby Congress to pass a bill to create a pilot project focused on water harvesting (Teague, 90).

Irwin-Williams also had a keen interest in issues which affected women. After going into recovery for alcoholism, she became an accredited counselor and served as a part-time substance abuse counselor from 1982 through 1989. She also brought this interest to her research, studying the genetic and environmental causes of alcoholism as well as the effects of alcoholism on families, conducting a study funded by the Stout Foundation entitled "Breaking the Chain: Defining Effective Education for Adult Children of Alcoholics." Her interest in studying health conditions which affected women did not end with alcoholism. A sufferer of migraines, she researched their causes and treatments in a study entitled "Biochemistry, Population Parameters, and Treatment of Migraine Headache."

During the final few years of her life, she suffered from a respiratory illness which interfered with her work, causing her to step down from her position as director of the Quaternary Science Center at the Desert Research Institute in 1988 and to take a sabbatical in 1989. She died in 1990 at the age of 54.

Sources cited

Curriculum Vitae of Cynthia Irwin-Williams, Cynthia Irwin Williams papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution.

Irwin-Williams, "How Salmon Ruin Was Saved." Early Man (Autumn 1981): 18-23.

"Profile of an Anthropologist: Research Archeologist Begins Career Looking for Supplementary Income." Anthropology Newsletter (May 1981): 7.

Teague, Lynn. "Cynthia Irwin-Williams." Kiva 56, no. 1 (1990): 87-91.

Williams, Barbara. "Cynthia Irwin-Williams." In Breakthrough: Women in Archaeology. New York: Walker and Company, 1981.

Wormington, H. M. and George Agogino. "Cynthia Irwin-Williams: 1936-1990." American Antiquity 59, no. 4 (1994): 667-671.

1936 April 14 -- Born in Denver, Colorado

1957 -- BA from Radcliffe College in Anthropology, Magna Cum Laude

1958 -- MA from Radcliffe College in Anthropology Excavations in France

1958-1960 -- Excavations at LoDaisKa Site, Colorado

1959-1960 -- Director, Central Mexico Project, Harvard University Co-Director, Magic Mountain Project, Peabody Museum Excavations at Magic Mountain, Colorado

1960-1961 -- Co-Director, UP Mammoth Kill Site, Rawlins, Wyoming

1961-1966 -- Co-Director, Hell Gap Paleo-Indian Project in Wyoming, Peabody Museum

1962-1966 -- Excavations at Valsequillo in Puebla, Mexico Excavations at Hell Gap, Wyoming

1962-1968 -- Co-Director of Research on the Archaeology, Geology, and Paleontology of the Valsequillo Region, Pueblo, Mexico

1963 -- PhD from Harvard University in Anthropology

1963-1964 -- Lecturer in Anthropology, Hunter College Ogden Mills Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship, American Museum of Natural History

1964-1967 -- Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Eastern New Mexico University

1964-1973 -- Director, Eastern New Mexico University Project on Anasazi Origins

1966 -- Director, Valsequillo Project (Harvard University, Eastern New Mexico University, University of Puebla)

1967-1972 -- Associate Professor of Anthropology, Eastern New Mexico University

1969-1970 -- Member of the Executive Council, American Quaternary Association

1969-1972 -- Director, Eastern New Mexico University Program of Early Agriculture in the Tularosa Valley, New Mexico

1969-1974 -- Member of the Committee on the Status of Women in Anthropology, American Anthropological Association

1970-1979 -- Excavations at Salmon Ruins

1970-1980 -- Director, Eastern New Mexico University - San Juan Museum Association - San Juan Valley Archaeological Program; Salmon Ruin Project

1970-1981 -- Director, Eastern New Mexico University Program on Pueblo Settlement in the Puerco River Valley, New Mexico

1972-1977 -- Professor of Anthropology, Eastern New Mexico University

1973-1975 -- Member of the Executive Committee, Society for American Archaeology Member of the Committee on the Status of Women in American Archaeology, Society for American Archaeology

1973-1976 -- Member of the American Anthropological Association Nominations Committee Member of the Committee on Native American Relations, Society for American Archaeology

1974-1976 -- Director, Agency for Conservation Archaeology, Eastern New Mexico University Director, Division of Conservation Archaeology, San Juan County Museum

1974-1978 -- Member of the Executive Council, American Quaternary Association

1977-1979 -- President, Society for American Archaeology Member of the Coordinating Council of American Archaeological Societies Member of the Research Panel, Anthropology Program, National Science Foundation

1977-1982 -- Distinguished Professor of Anthropology, Eastern New Mexico University

1978-1980 -- Member of the Research Panel, Integrated Basic Research Program, National Science Foundation

1978-1990 -- Member of the Board of Advisors, Center for Field Research

1979-1981 -- Member of the Museum Development Panel, National Endowment for the Humanities

1979-1985 -- Chairman of the Committee on Federal Archaeology, Society for American Archaeology

1980-1982 -- Member of the Media Panel, National Endowment for the Humanities

1981-1983 -- Member of the Research Panel, Archaeometry Program, National Science Foundation

1982-1988 -- Executive Director, Social Sciences Center / Quaternary Sciences Center, Desert Research Institute

1982-1989 -- Adjunct Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Nevada, Reno Principal Investigator, Desert Research Institute Archaic Oshara Project

1983-1985 -- Chairman, Society for American Archaeology / Bureau of Land Management / National Coal Association and Surface Mining Committee Conference on Archaeology

1983-1986 -- Member of the Executive Committee, Nevada Council on Professional Archaeology

1984 -- Member of the Nominations Committee, Society of Professional Archaeologists

1984-1986 -- Coordinator and Organizer of Regional Conferences on Cultural Resource Management, Society for American Archaeology

1985-1990 -- Principal Investigator, Desert Research Institute-Bureau of Land Management, Project on Climactic Stress and Human Population on the Middle Puerco River, New Mexico Co-Director, Investigations on Prehistoric Water Harvesting Devices near Fallon, Nevada, and their contemporary applications Member of the Executive Board, Africa Tomorrow Inc.

1986 -- Chairman, Society for American Archaeology Summary Symposium on Cultural Resources Management

1986-1990 -- Co-Principal Investigator, Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research Program, Desert Research Institute Social Sciences Center

1987 -- Member of the Long-Range Planning Committee, Society for American Archaeology

1987-1990 -- Principal Investigator, Desert Research Institute Project on PaleoIndian Occupation of Northern Nevada Co-Principal Investigator, Nevada State Museum Sunshine Wells Paleo-Indian Project

1989-1990 -- Sabbatical from professorship at the Department of Anthropology, University of Nevada, Reno

1990 June 5 -- Died in Reno, Nevada
List of commonly used abbreviations:
This list includes abbreviations commonly used by Irwin-Williams. Many of them have been altered in folder titles to the extended version, but not all have.

AAA - American Anthropological Society

AMQUA - American Quaternary Association

AOPI - Anasazi Origins Project

AOPII - Archaic Oshara Project

BIA - Bureau of Indian Affairs

BLM - Bureau of Land Management

CIW - Cynthia Irwin-Williams

DRI - Desert Research Institute

ENMU - Eastern New Mexico University

EPSCoR - Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research, National Science Foundation

HTI - Henry T. Irwin

HUD - Department of Housing and Urban Development

INAH - Instituto Nacional de Antropología y Historia

INQUA - International Quaternary Association

JWP - Journal of World Prehistory

LECAPSR - The Llano Estacado Center for Advanced Professional Studies and Research, Eastern New Mexico University

NEH - National Endowment for the Humanities

NSF - National Science Foundation

PMOA - Programmatic Memorandum of Agreement

PRP - Puerco River Project

QSC - Quaternary Science Center

SAA - Society for American Archaeology

SAR - School of American Research

SJVAP - San Juan Valley Archaeological Project

SOPA - Society of Professional Archaeologists

SSC - Social Sciences Center

SWAA - Southwestern Anthropological Association

UNR - University of Nevada Reno
Related Materials:
The San Juan County Research Center and Library at Salmon Ruins holds the Salmon Ruins collection, papers and information on the archaeological development of Salmon ruins by Cynthia Irwin-Williams.

The American Museum of Natural History, Division of Anthropology Archives holds the Cynthia Irwin-Williams papers, which relate to the manuscript "Pre-ceramic and Early Ceramic Development in Central Mexico."

The Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard University holds the Magic Mountain Expedition Records.

The University of Wyoming, Anthropology Department holds the UP Mammoth Kill site field notes.

Hannah Marie Wormington papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution.

Dennis J. Stanford and Margaret A. [Pegi] Jodry papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution.
Provenance:
Received from George Agogino, Michael Bradle, and C. Vance Haynes Jr.
Restrictions:
Materials containing personally identifiable information (predominately grant applications), student grades, references, grant reviews, and employee evaluations have been restricted for eighty years from their date of creation. Materials containing health information for Irwin-Williams have been restricted for fifty years from her date of death.

Audiovisual materials and computer disks are restricted. Please contact the repository for information on the availability of access copies.

Access to the Cynthia Irwin-Williams papers requires an appointment.
Rights:
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Topic:
Archaeology  Search this
Lithics -- American Indian  Search this
Paleo-Indians  Search this
Citation:
Cynthia Irwin-Williams papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.1999-09
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Cynthia Irwin-Williams papers
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3c58ee81e-3e9d-45fa-8f54-ff04c774cbea
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-1999-09

Corn ear/ears

Culture/People:
probably Ancestral Pueblo (Anasazi): Basketmaker Tradition (archaeological culture) (attributed)  Search this
Expedition leader:
Jesse L. Nusbaum (Jesse Logan Nusbaum/Jess Nusbaum), Non-Indian, 1887-1975  Search this
Expedition:
T. Coleman du Pont Utah and Arizona Expedition (1920)  Search this
Expedition sponsor:
T. Coleman du Pont (Thomas Coleman du Pont), Non-Indian, 1863-1930  Search this
Object Name:
Corn ear/ears
Media/Materials:
Corn cob, corn kernel/kernels
Techniques:
Dried
Object Type:
Food and Foodstuffs
Place:
Near Kanab; Cave du Pont, Cave Lakes Canyon; Kanab; Kane County; Utah; USA
Date created:
300 BC–AD 400 (Basketmaker II period)
Catalog Number:
10/3971
Barcode:
103971.000
See related items:
Ancestral Pueblo (Anasazi): Basketmaker Tradition (archaeological culture)
Food and Foodstuffs
Data Source:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6f23c8cbd-00b8-421c-a529-c68a789c4b9c
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:NMAI_112398
Online Media:

MS 3427 Drawings of pottery from Heshotauthla, New Mexico

Artist:
Magill, Margaret W.  Search this
Sawyer, Wells, 1863-1960  Search this
Extent:
70 Drawings (visual works) (watercolor, 13 x 9.75 inches)
Container:
Box 3427
Culture:
Pueblo (Anasazi) (archaeological)  Search this
A:shiwi (Zuni)  Search this
Hopi Pueblo  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Graphic Materials
Drawings (visual works)
Works of art
Watercolors
Drawings
Place:
North America
New Mexico
Date:
1888
Scope and Contents:
The collection consists of seventy (70) drawings. The bulk of the collection is comprised of sixty-nine (69) drawings by Margaret Magill depicting artifacts found at the Heshotauthla site in New Mexico during the Hemenway Expedition. The drawings were used illustrate "Ancient Zuni Pottery" by Jesse Walter Fewkes.

One (1) of the drawings is by Wells M. Sawyer and depicts an altar at Oraibi. A version of this subject by a different artist appears in "The Katcina altars in Hopi worship" also by Fewkes (1927). Fewkes states the illustration was taken from Voth, H. R. (Henry R.), 1855-1931. The Oraibi Powamu Ceremony. Chicago, 1901. This drawing appears to be unrelated to the work of the Hemenway Expedition and it is unclear how it became associated with this collection.

Please note that the contents of the collection and the language and terminology used reflect the context and culture of the time of its creation. As an historical document, its contents may be at odds with contemporary views and terminology and considered offensive today. The information within this collection does not reflect the views of the Smithsonian Institution or National Anthropological Archives, but is available in its original form to facilitate research.
Historical Note:
The Hemenway Southwestern Archaeological Expedition (1886-1894) was the first major scientific archaeological expedition in the Southwest and is notable for the discovery of the prehistoric Hohokam culture. Financed by Mary Tileston Hemenway, a wealthy widow and philanthropist, it was initially led by Frank Hamilton Cushing. Cushing was replaced by Jesse Walter Fewkes in 1889.
Biographical Note:
Margart Whitehead Magill Hodge (1863-1935) served as the artist for the Hemenway Expedition. She was the sister-in-law of Frank Hamilton Cushing and married Frederick Webb Hodge in 1891.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 3427
Variant Title:
68 wash illustrations of pottery, implements, etc. from Heshota Uthla, New Mexico
Publication Note:
Drawings by Margaret W. Magill were published in:

Fewkes, Jesse Walter. "Ancient Zuni Pottery." In Putnam Anniversary Volume; Anthropological Essays Presented to Frederic Ward Putnam in Honor of His Seventieth Birthday April 16 1909, edited by Franz Boas, 43-82. New York: G.E. Stechert, 1909.
Related Materials:
The Braun Research Library Collection, Autry National Center, Los Angeles holds the Margaret W. Magill Artwork and Papers, 1883-1884 (BMS.516).

The Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library and Peabody Museum Archives Repository, Harvard University hold records of the Hemenway Expedition, including correspondence and artwork by Magill.
Restrictions:
The collection is open for research.

Access to the collection requires an appointment.
Rights:
Contact the repository for terms of use.
Topic:
Archaeology  Search this
Pottery  Search this
Genre/Form:
Works of art
Watercolors
Drawings
Citation:
MS 3427 Drawings of pottery from Heshotauthla, New Mexico, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS3427
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3403d87f6-4154-40a1-9e11-77f773004ce6
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms3427
Online Media:

Geometric Petroglyphs, from Loose Building Stone Tracing

Creator:
McKern, W. C. (Will Carleton), 1892-  Search this
Collection Creator:
McKern, W. C. (Will Carleton), 1892-  Search this
Extent:
1 Item (leaf , 008 in x 015 in)
Culture:
Pueblo (Anasazi) (archaeological)  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1922
Local Numbers:
NAA INV 08624500

NAA MS 1833
Local Note:
Figure 1 for BAE Ms 1832
Ink tracing
Place:
Colorado Mesa Verde/Far View House
Provenance:
McKern, W. C.
Topic:
Works of art  Search this
Collection Citation:
Manuscript 1833, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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MS 1833 Western Colorado Petroglyphs
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3d671ac2c-9c64-4105-9610-76348e08e170
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-ms1833-ref1
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Petroglyph Depicting Male Human Figure?, from Natural Surface Tracing

Creator:
McKern, W. C. (Will Carleton), 1892-  Search this
Collection Creator:
McKern, W. C. (Will Carleton), 1892-  Search this
Extent:
1 Item (leaf , 015 in x 013 in)
Culture:
Pueblo (Anasazi) (archaeological)  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1922
Local Numbers:
NAA INV 08625400

NAA MS 1833
Local Note:
Figure 149 for BAE Ms 1832
Ink tracing
Place:
Colorado Mesa Verde/"Picture Cave"/Spruce Tree Camp (.5 Miles North Of)
Provenance:
McKern, W. C.
Topic:
Works of art  Search this
Collection Citation:
Manuscript 1833, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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MS 1833 Western Colorado Petroglyphs
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3f796dfa5-5f47-4eb1-917a-b705c0cd3831
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-ms1833-ref10
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Petroglyph Depicting Human Figure?, from Natural Surface Tracing

Creator:
McKern, W. C. (Will Carleton), 1892-  Search this
Collection Creator:
McKern, W. C. (Will Carleton), 1892-  Search this
Extent:
1 Item (leaf , 008 in x 013 in)
Culture:
Pueblo (Anasazi) (archaeological)  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1922
Local Numbers:
NAA INV 08625500

NAA MS 1833
Local Note:
Figure 151 for BAE Ms 1832
Ink tracing
Place:
Colorado Mesa Verde/"Picture Cave"/Spruce Tree Camp (.5 Miles North Of)
Provenance:
McKern, W. C.
Topic:
Works of art  Search this
Collection Citation:
Manuscript 1833, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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MS 1833 Western Colorado Petroglyphs
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3f1fd3e76-739f-40d2-83cf-da9ef4782dd8
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-ms1833-ref11
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Petroglyph, from Natural Surface Tracing

Creator:
McKern, W. C. (Will Carleton), 1892-  Search this
Collection Creator:
McKern, W. C. (Will Carleton), 1892-  Search this
Extent:
1 Item (leaf , 015 in x 011 in)
Culture:
Pueblo (Anasazi) (archaeological)  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1922
Local Numbers:
NAA INV 08625600

NAA MS 1833
Local Note:
Figure 167 for BAE Ms 1832
Ink tracing
Place:
Colorado Mesa Verde/Balcony House
Provenance:
McKern, W. C.
Topic:
Works of art  Search this
Collection Citation:
Manuscript 1833, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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MS 1833 Western Colorado Petroglyphs
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw34754a499-dae9-4a1c-875a-a787c726adfb
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-ms1833-ref12
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Straight Line Petroglyph, from Natural Surface Tracing

Creator:
McKern, W. C. (Will Carleton), 1892-  Search this
Collection Creator:
McKern, W. C. (Will Carleton), 1892-  Search this
Extent:
1 Item (leaf , 019 in x 008 in)
Culture:
Pueblo (Anasazi) (archaeological)  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1922
Local Numbers:
NAA INV 08624600

NAA MS 1833
Local Note:
Figure 41 for BAE Ms 1832
Ink tracing
Place:
Colorado Mesa Verde/Petroglyph House
Provenance:
McKern, W. C.
Topic:
Works of art  Search this
Collection Citation:
Manuscript 1833, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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MS 1833 Western Colorado Petroglyphs
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw312287548-fe80-4e94-9bf5-a943df75a4bc
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-ms1833-ref2
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Petroglyph of Zigzag? Line and Two Acute Angles, from Loose Building Stone Tracing

Creator:
McKern, W. C. (Will Carleton), 1892-  Search this
Collection Creator:
McKern, W. C. (Will Carleton), 1892-  Search this
Extent:
1 Item (leaf , 013 in x 008 in)
Culture:
Pueblo (Anasazi) (archaeological)  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1922
Local Numbers:
NAA INV 08624700

NAA MS 1833
Local Note:
Figure 81 for BAE Ms 1832
Ink tracing
Place:
Colorado Mesa Verde/Far View House
Provenance:
McKern, W. C.
Topic:
Works of art  Search this
Collection Citation:
Manuscript 1833, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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MS 1833 Western Colorado Petroglyphs
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw36935dfe5-3044-4aac-b3fd-a83716c24bf0
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-ms1833-ref3
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Petroglyphs of Lines and Acute Angles in "Zigzag" Pattern, On Parapet Wall Tracing

Creator:
McKern, W. C. (Will Carleton), 1892-  Search this
Collection Creator:
McKern, W. C. (Will Carleton), 1892-  Search this
Extent:
1 Item (leaf , 019 in x 009 in)
Culture:
Pueblo (Anasazi) (archaeological)  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1922
Local Numbers:
NAA INV 08624800

NAA MS 1833
Local Note:
Figure 85 for BAE Ms 1832
Ink tracing
Place:
Colorado Mesa Verde/Balcony House
Provenance:
McKern, W. C.
Topic:
Works of art  Search this
Collection Citation:
Manuscript 1833, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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MS 1833 Western Colorado Petroglyphs
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3d6c0a294-78b0-409d-98c9-9abe1735778a
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-ms1833-ref4
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Geometric Petroglyph, from East Outside Wall of Building Tracing

Creator:
McKern, W. C. (Will Carleton), 1892-  Search this
Collection Creator:
McKern, W. C. (Will Carleton), 1892-  Search this
Extent:
1 Item (leaf , 013 in x 008 in)
Culture:
Pueblo (Anasazi) (archaeological)  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1922
Local Numbers:
NAA INV 08624900

NAA MS 1833
Local Note:
Figure 89 for BAE Ms 1832
Ink tracing
Place:
Colorado Mesa Verde/Sun Temple
Provenance:
McKern, W. C.
Topic:
Works of art  Search this
Collection Citation:
Manuscript 1833, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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MS 1833 Western Colorado Petroglyphs
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3dfe2abab-1ac0-4b14-95f3-add324c8ad66
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-ms1833-ref5
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Petroglyph Consisting of Concentric Circles, from Natural Surface Tracing

Creator:
McKern, W. C. (Will Carleton), 1892-  Search this
Collection Creator:
McKern, W. C. (Will Carleton), 1892-  Search this
Extent:
1 Item (leaf , 016 in x 019 in)
Culture:
Pueblo (Anasazi) (archaeological)  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1922
Local Numbers:
NAA INV 08625000

NAA MS 1833
Local Note:
Figure 95 for BAE Ms 1832
Ink tracing
Place:
Colorado Mesa Verde/Fewkes Canyon (Head Of)
Provenance:
McKern, W. C.
Topic:
Works of art  Search this
Collection Citation:
Manuscript 1833, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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MS 1833 Western Colorado Petroglyphs
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw32f948532-558b-4609-b71e-9bd29f0cc25d
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-ms1833-ref6
Online Media:

Petroglyph in Spiral Motif, from Loose Building Stone Tracing

Creator:
McKern, W. C. (Will Carleton), 1892-  Search this
Collection Creator:
McKern, W. C. (Will Carleton), 1892-  Search this
Extent:
1 Item (leaf , 015 in x 008 in)
Culture:
Pueblo (Anasazi) (archaeological)  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1922
Local Numbers:
NAA INV 08625100

NAA MS 1833
Local Note:
Figure 101 for BAE Ms 1832
Ink tracing
Place:
Colorado Mesa Verde/Pipe Shrine House
Provenance:
McKern, W. C.
Topic:
Works of art  Search this
Collection Citation:
Manuscript 1833, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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MS 1833 Western Colorado Petroglyphs
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw387ffd3c3-039e-49bb-aca0-b02e66d3bcfb
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-ms1833-ref7
Online Media:

Snake-Like Petroglyph, from Loose Building Stone Tracing

Creator:
McKern, W. C. (Will Carleton), 1892-  Search this
Collection Creator:
McKern, W. C. (Will Carleton), 1892-  Search this
Extent:
1 Item (leaf , 013 in x 008 in)
Culture:
Pueblo (Anasazi) (archaeological)  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1922
Local Numbers:
NAA INV 08625200

NAA MS 1833
Local Note:
Figure 122 for BAE Ms 1832
Ink tracing
Place:
Colorado Mesa Verde/Far View House
Provenance:
McKern, W. C.
Topic:
Works of art  Search this
Collection Citation:
Manuscript 1833, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
See more items in:
MS 1833 Western Colorado Petroglyphs
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw380fdb4c3-7d5c-4912-a2b3-f7a0700ff333
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-ms1833-ref8
Online Media:

Snake-Like Petroglyph, from Natural Surface Tracing

Creator:
McKern, W. C. (Will Carleton), 1892-  Search this
Collection Creator:
McKern, W. C. (Will Carleton), 1892-  Search this
Extent:
1 Item (leaf , 020 in x 011 in)
Culture:
Pueblo (Anasazi) (archaeological)  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1922
Local Numbers:
NAA INV 08625300

NAA MS 1833
Local Note:
Figure 123 for BAE Ms 1832
Ink tracing
Place:
Colorado Mesa Verde/Balcony House
Provenance:
McKern, W. C.
Topic:
Works of art  Search this
Collection Citation:
Manuscript 1833, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
See more items in:
MS 1833 Western Colorado Petroglyphs
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw319477c9b-251c-48bf-a688-068ac23f0c64
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-ms1833-ref9

Reserve Black-on-White bowl

Culture/People:
probably Ancestral Pueblo (Anasazi): Cibola (archaeological) (attributed)  Search this
Previous owner:
Henry E. Hales, Non-Indian, 1830-1913  Search this
Seller:
Henry E. Hales, Non-Indian, 1830-1913  Search this
Object Name:
Reserve Black-on-White bowl
Media/Materials:
Pottery, paint
Techniques:
Coiled/hand built, painted
Object Type:
Containers and Vessels
Place:
Tularosa Canyon; Catron County; New Mexico; USA
Date created:
AD 750–1350 (Pueblo I to Pueblo III period)
Catalog Number:
1
Barcode:
000001.000
See related items:
Ancestral Pueblo (Anasazi): Cibola (archaeological)
Containers and Vessels
Data Source:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6f38231a6-3ee3-45f8-a20c-89f014bb6c72
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:NMAI_1
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