Fireboard fragment (Image withheld, pending review)
- Date created
- 2000 BC–AD 1700 (Late Archaic to Late Pre-Contact period)
- Culture/People
- possibly Multiple archaeological cultures (attributed), including Western Archaic and Late Pre-Contact Traditions
- Expedition
- Mrs. Thea Heye Texas Expedition (1928 -1929)
- Expedition leader
- Mark Raymond Harrington (M. R. Harrington/MRH), Non-Indian, 1882-1971
- Expedition sponsor
- Thea Heye (Thea Kowne/Mrs. Dorothea Page/Mrs. George Gustav Heye), Non-Indian, 1888-1935
- Collection History
- Excavated in 1928 during the Mrs. Thea Heye Texas Expedition, led by Mark Raymond Harrington (1882-1971, MAI staff member) and sponsored by Thea (Mrs. George) Heye.
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- Place
- Near surface; Bee Cave Canyon (Eagle Canyon) Rockshelter; Brewster County; Texas; USA
- See related items
- Multiple archaeological cultures
- Tools and Equipment (General)
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 15/9619
- Barcode
- 159619.001
- Object Type
- Tools and Equipment (General)
- Object Name
- Fireboard fragment (Image withheld, pending review)
- Media/Materials
- Wood
- Techniques
- Carved
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- NMAI_171293