Illustrated Catalogue of the Collections Obtained from the Indians of New Mexico And Arizona in 1879 / Second Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1880-81, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1883, pages 307-428

by James Stevenson

COLLECTIONS FROM OLD PECOS.

ARTICLES OF STONE.

2758. (39756). Flint scraper. Rudely shaped, of hard cherty rock, flat on the inner face, convex on the back.

2759. (39757). An irregular square flat piece of sand-stone, on one side of which is a small circular cup-shaped depression.

2760. (39758a). A small mortar composed of fine-grained sand-stone, half broken away; being of quite soft stone, it was probably used for pulverizing food of some kind.

2761. (39758b). Quartz mortar made from, a round water-worn boulder. The cavity is symmetrical; diameter five inches.

2762. (39759). Half of a cherty water-worn boulder from which flakes for flints have been chipped.

2763. (39760). Small round cherty boulders, frequently used in chipping for flints, but in this instance they seem to have been used as hammers.

2764. (39761). Hammer made from a section of a broken rubbing or grinding stone of calcareous rock.

2765. (39762). Maul from broken rubbing stone or grinder, grooved at each end; rhyolite.

2766. (39763). Rudely shaped sinker (or what is called a sinker), rounded at each end and grooved in center; schistose rock.

2767. (39764). Rudely shaped chisel or celt of metamorphic schist.

2768. (39759). Rough chipping stone; agate.

2769. (39760). Three irregular round balls of flint-stone, flaked by hammering.

ARTICLES OF CLAY.

2770. (41771). Fragments of pottery from the old and new court, exhibiting Spanish glaze.

2771. (41772). Pottery fragments, decorated in colors. Old and new court.

2772. (41773). Ancient fragments, glazed.

2773. (41774). Fragments of pottery from the old court, showing glaze with white ground.

2774. (41775). Miscellaneous fragments of pottery from various parts of the ruins.

2775. (41794). Fragments of pottery, showing white coating, from new court.

2776. (41796). Pottery fragments, showing Spanish glaze inside; new court.

2777. (41797). Fragments with edges chipped.

2778. (41798). Rim pieces of black pottery were from the old court.

2779. (41799). Fragments of red pottery from new court.

2780. (41800). Fragments of plain pottery from both old and new courts.

2781. (42344). Specimens of adobe mortar from the walls of the Pecos ruins.

2782. (42345). Specimen of same.

2783. (42373). Chimney pots from Casa Blanca, Old Pecos.

2784. (42374). Very large cooking pot in fragments from Casa Blanca, Old Pecos.

ARTICLES OF WOOD.

2785. (41276). Beam of wood from the old court.