Prehistoric grinding metates

Descriptive

CreatorE. B. (Edwin Booth) Sayles, 1892-1987SubjectMetatesExcavations (Archaeology)Archaeology and educationUniversity of Arizona. Archaeological Field SchoolPoint of Pines Site (Ariz.)DescriptionPrehistoric grinding metates, a type of mortar, lined up in a room of the late pueblo in room 13, with hearth (lower right) at Point of Pines Pueblo (AZ W:10:51).Date Original1946Date Range1940s (1940-1949)TypeStill ImageOriginal FormatNegatives (photographic)Contributing InstitutionArizona State MuseumCollectionEarly Southwest Archaeology at Point of PinesSubcollectionArizona State Museum, Photograph Collection, Point of PinesRights StatementFrom the Photograph Collection of the Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona. Copyright and publication rights for all photographs are retained by the Arizona Board of Regents. For reproduction and/or permission rights, contact (520) 621-2445 or http://www.statemuseum.arizona.edu/collections/photography.

Geographic

City or TownPoint of PinesSan Carlos Apache Indian ReservationGeographic FeaturePoint of PinesTribal HomelandSan Carlos Apache TribeCountyGraham CountyStateArizonaCountryUnited States

Administrative

Acquisition NotePrints and negatives of the Point of Pines Archaeological Field School reside in the Arizona State Museum, participant of the University of Arizona's Anthropology Department excavations.Call Number1672_scan1Identifier1672_scan1.jpgDate Digitized2008-10-24Digital FormatJPEG

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Prehistoric grinding metates

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