100 BC–AD 1300 (Basketmaker II to Pueblo III period)
Culture/People
possibly Multiple archaeological cultures (attributed), including Ancestral Pueblo (Anasazi): Basketmaker and Ancestral Pueblo (Anasazi): Northern San Juan Traditions
Collector
Charles McLoyd, Non-Indian, 1851-1913
Charles Cary Graham (C. C. Graham), Non-Indian, 1854-1940
Previous seller
Charles McLoyd, Non-Indian, 1851-1913
Charles Cary Graham (C. C. Graham), Non-Indian, 1854-1940
Previous owner
John A. Koontz (John R. Kunz/John R. Kuntz), Non-Indian, 1832-1910
Previous seller
John A. Koontz (John R. Kunz/John R. Kuntz), Non-Indian, 1832-1910
Previous owner
B. Talbot B. Hyde (Benjamin Talbot Babbitt Hyde/B. T. Babbitt Hyde/B.T.B. Hyde), Non-Indian, 1872-1933
Frederick E. Hyde, Jr. (Frederick Erastus Hyde Jr.), Non-Indian, 1874-1944
Seller
B. Talbot B. Hyde (Benjamin Talbot Babbitt Hyde/B. T. Babbitt Hyde/B.T.B. Hyde), Non-Indian, 1872-1933
Presenter/funding source
Thea Heye (Thea Kowne/Mrs. Dorothea Page/Mrs. George Gustav Heye), Non-Indian, 1888-1935
Collection History
Collected or excavated in 1892 or 1893 by Charles McLoyd (1851-1913) and Charles Cary Graham (C. C. Graham, 1854-1940); sold to John A. Koontz (1832-1910), a local landowner, circa 1894; sold to B. Talbot B. Hyde (1872-1933) and his brother Frederick E. Hyde, Jr. (1874-1944) circa 1895; donated to the American Museum of Natural History (New York City) by the Hyde brothers; withdrawn from the AMNH collection by B. Talbot B. Hyde in August 1909 and lent to the University of Pennsylvania Museum (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) in conjunction with the George Heye collection there; purchased by George Heye from B. Talbot B. Hyde in February 1916 using funds donated by Thea (Mrs. George) Heye.
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