Collection place: Yavapai County, Arizona / Donor: Lawrence E. Dawson - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Arrow fragment, accession number 2-30081, described as Reed fragments, possibly arrow shafts

Hearst Museum object titled Basket fragment, accession number 2-30046, described as basket fragment.

Hearst Museum object titled Bean pod, accession number 2-30077, described as Bean pod

Hearst Museum object titled Beans, accession number 2-30076, described as Bean seeds

Hearst Museum object titled Biface, accession number 2-30098, described as chert biface

Hearst Museum object titled Blades, accession number 2-30106, described as chert blades

Hearst Museum object titled Botanical remains, accession number 2-30079, described as Cotton ball and seeds

Hearst Museum object titled Choppers, accession number 2-30107, described as choppers, chert.

Hearst Museum object titled Cooking stone, accession number 2-69175, described as Rock which has been melted; porous in quite a few places, greyish-black in color; melted on sand on great deal of body surface. Used in mescal roasting pits by the Yavapai Indians. In early spring the just emerging mescal flower shoots were gathered and placed in the roasting pits where these rocks were heated in a big bonfire. Due to the extreme heat, some rocks melted like this one.

Hearst Museum object titled Cooking stone, accession number 2-69174, described as Rock which has been melted; porous in a few places, red and greyish-black in color; some sand which was melted on one side. Used in mescal roasting pits by the Yavapai Indians. In early spring the just emerging mescal flower shoots were gathered and placed in the roasting pits where these rocks were heated in a big bonfire. Due to the extreme heat, some rocks melted.

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