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National Anthropological Archives
MS 7438 E.A. Mearns Catalog of Collections
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS7438
- Creators:
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Mearns, Edgar Alexander, 1856-1916Mindeleff, Cosmos, 1863-Daniels, Stewart
- Dates:
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ca. 1890
- Languages:
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Undetermined.
- Physical Description:
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1 Volume64 Pages
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
The bound volume is a catalog of archeological and ethnological collections made on Clear Creek, Beaver Creek, Verde River, Fossil Creek, Oak Creek, and Salt River in Arizona. Included are Mearns's numbers, names, dimensions, and other descriptivive material, locations, and dates of findings (between 1884-1887). There is also a summary list of stone tools sent to the American Museum of Natural History. A few references to photographs (a note indicates what had been sent to the museum) are incomplete.
Scope and Contents
There are also a few related notes, pages from a diary, ground plans of ruins on the Middle Verde, an inventory of items taken from Montezuma's Castle, a letter from Cosmos Mindeleff concerning plans for Mearns to plot locations of ruins on a USGS quadrant map, notes concerning ruins on the San Juan River by Stewart Daniels, notes on the Acequia Ruin in Arizona, and a note on Mearns's photograps and his photography.
Administration
Custodial History
Sent to the archives by Joseph Brown, of the Processing Lab, December 1986.
Using the Collection
Citation
Manuscript 7438, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
More Information
Local Numbers
Local Numbers
NAA MS 7438
Keywords
| Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona -- Archeology | Geographic | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| American Museum of Natural History -- Photographs | Corporate Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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