Let the lands described within be reserved for the protection of the Casa Grande ruin as recommended by the Secretary of the Interior.
Benj. Harrison.
The limits of this reservation are laid down on the plat of the survey of said township in the General Land Office, and the reservation is now under the control of the Secretary of the Interior.
In the course of the excavations a number of specimens of archeologic interest were unearthed. These were all preserved and on the conclusion of the work were forwarded to the National Museum in Washington, in compliance with the terms of the contract. Following is a list showing the collection number and also the Museum number.
Specimen number 627 B. E. was not obtained from the ruin itself, but was found in that vicinity by Mr Whittemore and presented by him:
| National Museum number | Bureau of Ethnology number | Article | Number of specimens | Remarks |
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| 155088 | 595 | Fragments of large earthenware vessel. | Lot. | Plain red on both sides. |
| 155089 | 596 | Large bowl. | 1 | Red outside; black, polished inside; restored. |
| 155090 | 597 | Large vase. | 1 | Decorated outside; restored. |
| 155091 | 598 | Pottery fragments. | 14 | Decorated. |
| 155092 | 599 | Pottery vase (toy). | 1 | Small, dark brown. |
| 155093 | 600 | Pottery bowl (toy). | 1 | Small, black. |
| 155094 | 601 | Pottery disk or spindle. | 4 | |
| 155095 | 602 | Pottery toy (mountain goat). | 1 | Dark brown. |
| | 603 | Adobe. | 2 | Lumps; 1 showing impression of cloth, the other of a
human foot. |
| | 604 | Small shells. | Lot. | |
| | 605 | do | Lot. | |
| | 606 | Small shells(lonus?) | Lot. | |
| | 607 | Small shells (cut and perforated). | Lot. | For use as pendants. |
| | 608 | Small shells, beads, and pendants. | Lot. | 1 string and 2 fragments. |
| | 609 | Bone awls. | 3 | |
| | 610 | Bone fragments. | 6 | Partly charred. |
| | 611 | Chalk, obsidian chips, and brown adobe. | Lot. | |
| | 612 | Charred wood, 2 nuts, and a corncob. | 4 | |
| | 613 | Charred textiles, cloth. | 2 | |
| | 614 | Wooden joist fragments. | 3 | 3, 6, and 9 inches long; 4 inches diameter. |
| | 615 | Reed. | 1 | 12 inches long. |
| | 616 | Stone axes. | 7 | And 3 broken, grooved. |
| | 617 | Pounding stone and fragment. | 2 | Of sandstone, with ring-shaped handle. |
| | 618 | Stone pestles | 2 | One 12½ inches long, 1¾ inches diamenter; one 9½
inches long, 1¾ inches diameter;also a fragment. |
| | 619 | Stone mullers. | 4 | |
| | 620 | Stone hammers. | 6 | 1 pitted. |
| | 621 | Stone mullers, flat. | 6 | 5 broken. |
|
| 622 | Stone mortar, flat. | 1 | 6½ by 12 inches; 2 inches thick. |
| | 623 | do | 1 | 13 by 22 inches; 6 inches thick. |
| | 624 | Stone, polished. | 1 | 22 inches long, 6½ in- ches diameter; restored. |
| | 625 | Stone hoes or chopping knives. | 2 | |
| | 626 | Limestone ornament. | 1 | Carved; fragmentary. |
| | 627 | Small stone vessel. | 1 | Serpent carved on the outside. |
| 628 | Stone arrowhead. | 2 | 1 of obsidian, very small, and 1 of flint;
also a broken specimen. |