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  • Object[727]
  • no[727]
  • no[727]
  • american[727]
  • adze[1]
  • amulet[5]
  • animal remains[1]
  • apron[1]
  • archaeological material[43]
  • arm band[7]
  • arrow[2]
  • arrowhead[1]
  • atlatl handle fragment[2]
  • bag[1]
  • base[1]
  • basket[2]
  • baton box[1]
  • bead[136]
  • beads[57]
  • bean[1]
  • bell[1]
  • box lid[1]
  • bracelet[19]
  • bracelets[2]
  • breast ornament[1]
  • brick[1]
  • button[1]
  • carving[2]
  • castanets[2]
  • celt[7]
  • ceremonial headdress[1]
  • charm[1]
  • chisel[2]
  • cidutkam[3]
  • clam shell[1]
  • concretion[1]
  • copper fragment[1]
  • cord[1]
  • disc[6]
  • disc bead[1]
  • discs[2]
  • dish[1]
  • drum rattle[1]
  • ear ornament[9]
  • ear plug[1]
  • ear spool[7]
  • earring[8]
  • effigy[1]
  • false head[3]
  • fetish[28]
  • figurine[3]
  • fishhook blank[11]
  • game bag[1]
  • game sticks[1]
  • headdress[6]
  • implement[4]
  • instrument[1]
  • jadeite[1]
  • knife[18]
  • knives[1]
  • labret[2]
  • ladle[1]
  • mask[2]
  • medallion[1]
  • mummy head[1]
  • mummy mask[1]
  • necklace[99]
  • necklace fragment[4]
  • nose pin[1]
  • object fragment[2]
  • objects[1]
  • ornament[44]
  • ornament fragment[1]
  • ornaments[1]
  • paint cup[1]
  • pendant[53]
  • pendants[8]
  • plate[7]
  • pouch[1]
  • powder[1]
  • rattle[2]
  • rattle bag[1]
  • raw material[1]
  • ring[3]
  • sculpture[1]
  • setting[2]
  • shell[40]
  • shell fragment[8]
  • shell money[2]
  • shells[11]
  • shinny ball[1]
  • snail shell[1]
  • snuff box[1]
  • snuff container[1]
  • snuff holder[1]
  • snuff tube[2]
  • spatula[1]
  • spindle whorl[4]
  • spindle whorls[1]
  • spoon[6]
  • stone fragment[2]
  • string of beads[2]
  • wrapping[4]
  • wristlet[2]
  • alaska[18]
  • aldergrove[2]
  • antofagasta province[2]
  • asquetlan[24]
  • baracoa[5]
  • barbados[3]
  • belize[8]
  • beneath the temple[5]
  • benque viejo[5]
  • bolivia[12]
  • brazil[61]
  • british columbia[6]
  • buzzard's island[2]
  • cabildo gramadales[6]
  • california (state)[20]
  • canada[10]
  • canas[3]
  • canjel[2]
  • caracol (central america)[3]
  • caudivilla[5]
  • caye district[3]
  • cerro de las mesas[66]
  • charleston county[2]
  • chile[2]
  • chimbote[10]
  • chipal[12]
  • chiu-chiu village area[2]
  • cholula[2]
  • christ church parish[2]
  • chuquicamata copper mines area[2]
  • coastal islands[6]
  • colombia[15]
  • cook inlet[3]
  • corrego grande[26]
  • costa rica[2]
  • cottonwood creek (alaska)[2]
  • cuba[6]
  • cuzi[2]
  • department of quiche[12]
  • descavaldos[2]
  • east st. louis[4]
  • east tennessee[2]
  • gravefield i[15]
  • gravefield i, oldest part[23]
  • gravefield i, open[2]
  • gravefield ii[2]
  • guajira peninsula[6]
  • guanacaste[2]
  • guanajuato[2]
  • guatemala[14]
  • guiana[11]
  • guyana[9]
  • hawkins island[6]
  • honduras[4]
  • huaca paraiso[7]
  • illinois[10]
  • jalisco[27]
  • loiza[3]
  • lower santa valley[5]
  • luquillo[4]
  • marques[6]
  • marquette county[15]
  • matto grosso[34]
  • mexico (central america)[143]
  • nazca district[35]
  • north america[5]
  • northwest of the town[81]
  • oaxaca (mexican state)[5]
  • pachacamac[159]
  • palugvik village[6]
  • panama[4]
  • paraguay[12]
  • pennsylvania[43]
  • peru[252]
  • philadelphia[43]
  • philadelphia county[43]
  • pisco province[11]
  • ponce[3]
  • prince william sound[6]
  • puerto rico[13]
  • puntilla[10]
  • quintay[3]
  • san nicolas island[9]
  • sao lorenco river[26]
  • sitio conte[4]
  • southern california[9]
  • st. clair county[4]
  • sun temple[9]
  • tiahuanaco[11]
  • trujillo[3]
  • uleri[6]
  • ulua valley[3]
  • united states of america[103]
  • upper xingu river[3]
  • vancouver island[4]
  • venezuela[18]
  • veracruz (mexico)[66]
  • walnut street prison[43]
  • west indies[25]
  • wisconsin[16]
  • cape starichkof[1]
  • iyatayet[1]
  • sitio conte[4]
  • archaic[2]
  • colonial period[2]
  • contemporary[3]
  • early 19th century[43]
  • early 20th century[1]
  • incasic period[1]
  • late 18th century[43]
  • lewis korn[1]
  • americana[43]
  • apalaii[3]
  • arawak[13]
  • arhuaco[1]
  • ataroi[1]
  • aura[2]
  • bakairi[2]
  • bororo[1]
  • cashinahua[1]
  • chorotegan[2]
  • cocle[4]
  • cuevas[2]
  • denbigh flint complex[1]
  • eastern bororo[26]
  • eskimo[6]
  • guaycuru[12]
  • haida[1]
  • igneri[4]
  • inca[2]
  • indian[1]
  • inuit[1]
  • jamamadi[1]
  • jivaro[1]
  • kaigani[1]
  • kuikutl[1]
  • kwakiutl[6]
  • lenca[3]
  • macusi[6]
  • makah[1]
  • maya[5]
  • mexican[7]
  • mixtec[3]
  • mound (culture)[1]
  • mundurucu[7]
  • parukutu[7]
  • prehistoric eskimo[6]
  • proto-nasca[1]
  • pume[1]
  • scraper-maker culture[2]
  • taino[8]
  • tairona[1]
  • tanaina[1]
  • tarascan[1]
  • teotihuacan (mexico)[1]
  • tepecano[26]
  • tepecanos[2]
  • tlingit[4]
  • waiwai[10]
  • yaruro[1]
  • yaulapiti[1]
  • zapotec[2]
  • amazonia[43]
  • andean[265]
  • arctic culture area[17]
  • california culture area[29]
  • caribbean[25]
  • central american[175]
  • circum-caribbean[27]
  • east brazil[29]
  • gran chaco[12]
  • north american culture area[7]
  • northeast culture area[73]
  • northwest coast culture area[13]
  • south american culture area[3]
  • southeast culture area[6]
  • "near truxille"[1]
  • 1 ' 3" deep in midden.[1]
  • 1.5 km. west of port estrella, sand dune near cacimba (reservoir); surface[2]
  • 2 kms. east of port estrella; surface[1]
  • 2 l 6' 3", ii[1]
  • 3 km. north of castillettes in sand dune. surface, site a[1]
  • 3 mi. from pueblo nuevo, surface find from extensive camp-site at la luz[2]
  • 3 x 5'[1]
  • 5' from urn burial 35-32-49, surface[1]
  • ancient grave.[1]
  • archaeological site on the river, outside the village, east of the mines[2]
  • at the entrance to the seaward opening valley of marques (watered by the river of chillon).[1]
  • beach[3]
  • big wall[5]
  • bottom of deposit in cut bank below house pit[1]
  • bought on the spot[2]
  • cache - lower level below altar 7, near temple of wooden lintel, group a[1]
  • castilletes[1]
  • castillettes[2]
  • castillettes, shell heap #2[1]
  • cemetery 1, unit f[1]
  • cemetery 1, unit g[1]
  • e1e 6-12"[1]
  • found in a deep excavation above the pachacamac temple.[1]
  • found in a deep excavation above the temple pachacamac.[1]
  • found near a mummy[1]
  • found near the head of a mummy[2]
  • found near the head of a mummy.[1]
  • found on surface.[2]
  • found on the surface[1]
  • found partly in pampa and partly in building.[1]
  • from a mummy[22]
  • from a mummy bale[1]
  • from a mummy.[1]
  • from a very deep grave[2]
  • from ancient grave.[1]
  • from the loosened soil.[1]
  • from tomb[2]
  • h, 6" - 1', vi[1]
  • huaca de san jose, 1-1/2 miles form lambayeque.[1]
  • huaca in the southern corner of the valley[1]
  • huaca in the southern corner of the valley of marques[2]
  • in cut 12 - 18" from top of bank[1]
  • kitchen midden[1]
  • miscellaneous places[1]
  • mound[2]
  • mound 111[1]
  • mounds 111 and 1v[1]
  • nazareth[1]
  • nazareth (or awin?)[1]
  • nazareth, 200 yards south of mission[1]
  • nazareth, south of mission[1]
  • near uribia; surface[1]
  • obtained at mamacona, bought on the spot[1]
  • obtained at san pedro? mamacona?[1]
  • oldest parts of gravefield ii. from a mummy[1]
  • on the left of the road from chuquitanta to marques, near to the stream chillon.[6]
  • on the surface.[1]
  • possibly from a mummy[1]
  • r in the town[1]
  • road sw of paraguaipoa.[1]
  • scattered surface find, 200 yards south of cacimba (reservoir)[1]
  • site b (whose location is not noted)[1]
  • site ii, burial b[1]
  • site iii, lagoon, la gloria, burial d.[1]
  • site iii, lagoon, la gloria, near coconut grove[1]
  • sitka kaagwaantaan clan[1]
  • stratum i or ii, 1d, level 3[1]
  • stratum ii, 2g, -2'3"[1]
  • stratum iii or iv, i, level 6[1]
  • surface 1.5 km ne of lagoon de la puja.[1]
  • surface; 1.5 km ne of lagoon de la puja.[2]
  • tomb[1]
  • tr. 2, b 11[1]
  • wolf house[1]
  • animal[2]
  • bird[5]
  • cat[1]
  • claw[1]
  • ear plug[1]
  • face[1]
  • fish[2]
  • foot[1]
  • frog[1]
  • head[1]
  • human[1]
  • human figure[3]
  • human head[1]
  • jaguar[2]
  • lizard[1]
  • reptile[1]
  • thunderbird[1]
  • tooth[1]
  • vase[1]
  • walrus[1]
  • zoomorphic[1]
  • abalone[8]
  • animal bone[43]
  • bamboo[1]
  • bast fiber[1]
  • bead[4]
  • beads[6]
  • beak[2]
  • bean[1]
  • bone[20]
  • cameo[1]
  • caribou antler[1]
  • caribou bone[1]
  • carnelian[2]
  • ceramic[46]
  • clay[2]
  • cloth[5]
  • copper[3]
  • coral[2]
  • cork[1]
  • cotton[13]
  • fabric[1]
  • feather[20]
  • feathers[2]
  • fiber[116]
  • fish bone[1]
  • fish teeth[1]
  • fossil[1]
  • glass[80]
  • gourd[1]
  • gum[1]
  • hair[7]
  • hide[4]
  • hoof[2]
  • horn (animal part)[6]
  • ivory[3]
  • jadeite[4]
  • leaf[1]
  • leather[5]
  • malachite[1]
  • metal[43]
  • mother-of-pearl[1]
  • nut (plant)[2]
  • nut shell[1]
  • organic material[1]
  • paint[3]
  • pearl[1]
  • pheasant feather[1]
  • pigment[5]
  • pitch[3]
  • plant fiber[9]
  • quartz[1]
  • rabbit fur[1]
  • raffia[1]
  • resin (material)[7]
  • seed[15]
  • shell[727]
  • silver[2]
  • sinew[1]
  • skin[1]
  • steatite[1]
  • stone[77]
  • string[1]
  • thorn[1]
  • tooth[4]
  • turquoise[1]
  • vegetable fiber[1]
  • wax[1]
  • whale bone[1]
  • wood[48]
  • wool[2]
  • yarn[1]
  • carved[6]
  • cut[1]
  • drilled[1]
  • incised[1]
  • inlaid[13]
  • perforated[2]
  • plaited[1]
  • polished[1]
  • unworked[1]
  • worked[2]
  • woven[2]
  • george hunt jr.[2]
  • george v. james, sr.[1]
  • yes[58]
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32253B

Spindle Whorls

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55-24-45

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32036

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36251

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58-35-41

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33374

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SA3841

Charm

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97-80-1017

Adze

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60-14-113

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32-6-252

Powder

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30-54-9

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60-14-158

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NA11824

Fetish

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32068

Bracelet

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34388

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27971

Knife

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NA11864

Fetish

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97-566-57

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34767A

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97-80-1022

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SA362B

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13541

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32021B

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32048

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41-24-205

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51-48-21

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