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A Stone Carving in Bas-Relief from the Upper Gila Area

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 January 2017

P. H. Nesbitt*
Affiliation:
Logan Museum, Beloit College, Beloit, Wisconsin

Extract

The stone carving in bas-relief pictured herewith (Plate 19) was found during the summer of 1936 by the writer while in the course of conducting archaeological explorations at Starkweather ruin in the Reserve district of the Upper Gila area, New Mexico. Newspapers learning of this rather unusual find sensationally spread the story throughout the country that Aztec and Toltec art objects had been found in New Mexico. It is really amusing to note how they jumped at conclusions, for there is nothing in the find that would indicate any relation to the Aztec or Toltec. The writer hopes that all such inaccurate information will be corrected through the following description of the find and the conditions under which it was made.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 1937

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References

186 Haury, Emil W.: The Mogollon Culture of Southwestern New Mexico. Medallion papers no. XX. April 1936. Gila Pueblo, Globe, Arizona. (Note: Since this article was written, two tree-ring dates, both 927 A.D., have been determined for the Starkweather Pitroom stage. Identification of dates by Gila Pueblo.)