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National Anthropological Archives
MS 3184 A Preliminary Survey of Certain Prehistoric Potteryware from the North-Western District of British Guiana
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS3184
- Creators:
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Roth, Walter E. (Walter Edmund), 1861-1933
- Dates:
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September 15, 1930
- Languages:
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Undetermined.
- Physical Description:
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89 Pages
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
Includes many photographs and sketches. The paper generally describes the distribution of certain ceramic industries, and discusses thoroughly ceramic types and vessel styles, also figurines. Includes one hand drawn map of British Guiana, 12" x 25", showing shell mounds and middens, as well as physical features.
Administration
Custodial History
Deposited in the Bureau of American Ethnology Manuscript collection, January, 1931.
Using the Collection
Citation
Manuscript 3184, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
More Information
Local Numbers
Local Numbers
NAA MS 3184
Local Note
Local Note
manuscript document
Keywords
Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
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Pottery -- British Guiana | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Archeology -- British Guiana | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Photographs | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Drawings | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Maps | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
British Guiana | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Guyana | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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