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:
Roth, Walter E. (Walter Edmund), 1861-1933
Dates:
September 15, 1930
Languages:
Undetermined
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Physical Description:
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

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Local Numbers

Local Numbers
NAA MS 3184

Local Note

Local Note
manuscript document


Keywords

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Keyword Terms Keyword Types
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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