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This Wiyo Black-on-gray pottery sherd was found at 14MH1, a village in Marshall County occupied periodically from the Archaic to the Middle Ceramic Periods. It was donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 1987. Wiyo pottery, also called Biscuit A or Abiquiu Black-on-gray is a type of Northern Rio Grande whiteware pottery. The donation included a copy of a letter for Asa Hill from Charles Amsden to Emil Haury, all noted Archeologists, describing the pottery sherd.
Date: 1375-1450 CE
Item Number: 312650
Call Number: 14MH1 1987.E.793 & .794
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 312650
Collections - Archeology
Date - 1930s - 1937
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts
People - American Indians
People - American Indians - Prehistoric Cultures
Places - Counties - Marshall
Thematic Time Period - Early Peoples, 10000 BCE - 1820 CE
Thematic Time Period - Early Peoples, 10000 BCE - 1820 CE - Middle Ceramic, 1000 - 1500 CE
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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