Mortar fragment/part (Image withheld, pending review)
- Date created
- 3000 BC–1850 (Middle Holocene to Post-contact period)
- Culture/People
- possibly Multiple archaeological cultures (attributed), including Northern California: Early Period, Middle Period, and Late Period
- Excavator
- Jesse Peter, Non-Indian, 1884-1944
- Previous owner
- Jesse Peter, Non-Indian, 1884-1944
- Seller
- Jesse Peter, Non-Indian, 1884-1944
- MAI agent
- George W. Avery (G. W. Avery/George Wynne Avery), Non-Indian, 1866-1927
- Collection History
- Excavated by Jesse Peter (1884-1944, an amateur archaeologist in Northern California and the Southwest) at an unknown date; purchased by George Heye from Jesse Peter in 1914 through George Wynne Avery (1866-1927, a mining superintendent who worked in Mexico and the Southwest).
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- Place
- Shasta County; California; USA
- See related items
- Multiple archaeological cultures
- Food Gathering and Preparation
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 3/6687
- Barcode
- 036687.000
- Object Type
- Food Gathering and Preparation
- Object Name
- Mortar fragment/part (Image withheld, pending review)
- Media/Materials
- Stone
- Techniques
- Ground
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- NMAI_39346