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: Hearst Museum object titled Axe fragment, accession number K-1508, described as a-j) Sherd: Cruz de Piedra redware.
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: Hearst Museum object titled Ball, stone, accession number K-1525, described as Sherd: a,b,d-l) unclassified red on brown, buff; c,n) Autlan red on brown potstand; m,o,p) unclassified on brown ("other potstands").
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: Hearst Museum object titled Bead, potsherd, accession number K-2563, described as a) Green stone bead; b) Sherds; Tuxcacuesco polished utility ware.
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: Hearst Museum object titled Beads, accession number 3-3378, described as Sherds
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: Hearst Museum object titled Body sherd, accession number 3-24026, described as Body sherd; fine buff; exterior engraving
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Potsherd
29,519
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Potsherds
9,088
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Potsherd, glazed
583
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Earthenware sherd
326
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Potsherd, earthenware
205
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Potsherd with writing (ostracon)
144
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Potsherd, glazed, blue
143
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Sherd sample
63
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Potsherd, glazed, blue floral
60
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41,434
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41,424
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862
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Indigenous North American styles and periods
463
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463
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The Americas
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North America
22,418
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United States
15,020
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South America
9,559
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California
8,236
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7,398
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Peru
6,206
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Southwestern United States
5,984
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4,656
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4,616
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Edward Putnam Lanning
3,968
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Edward W. Gifford
3,310
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Sylvia M. Broadbent
3,008
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Michael J. Harner
2,706
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Isabel T. Kelly
2,427
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Harry Starr Riddell Jr.
2,338
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Jorgen O. Nomland
2,133
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Clement W. Meighan
1,550
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James Allan Bennyhoff
1,517
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Olline Riddell
1,229
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University Appropriation
6,916
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Edward Putnam Lanning
4,029
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University of California Archaeological Survey
3,575
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Isabel T. Kelly
2,778
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Sylvia M. Broadbent
2,766
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Gladys Ayer Nomland
2,643
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Jorgen O. Nomland
2,643
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Michael J. Harner
2,608
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Harry Starr Riddell Jr.
2,359
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Olline Riddell
2,293
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New World (the Americas and Oceania)
1,520
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Oceanian cultures
1,486
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South America
1,056
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Old World (Africa, Asia and Europe)
1,040
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Melanesian cultures
742
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Fijian
740
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Fijian cultures
740
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Micronesian
737
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Micronesian cultures
737
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Yap
737
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Louise R. Goodman
1
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Richard Shutler Jr.
1
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Ceramic (material)
5,583
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Soapstone (metamorphic rock)
184
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118
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Clay
59
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Obsidian
51
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32
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21
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18
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14
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2
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2
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1
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Castor canadensis
1
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Zea mays
1
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Dionysus/Bacchus (Greek and Roman deity)
1
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Acc.2375
3,967
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Acc.1089
2,304
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Acc.UCAS-336
2,293
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Acc.863
1,994
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Acc.694
1,551
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Acc.1015
1,458
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Acc.1133
1,450
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Acc.855
1,354
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Acc.1150
1,224
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Acc.831
1,128
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1.5 Household
11
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5.5 Stimulants, Narcotics, and Accessories
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5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
3
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8.3 For Manufacturing
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1.0 Use not specified (Utensils, Implements, and Conveyances)
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5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
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7.1 Writing and Records (including religious texts)
2
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1.1 Hunting and Fishing
1
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1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
1
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8.2 Medicine and Hygiene
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Loans
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S1963-1964 #94: Anthropology (UC Berkeley) (June 5, 1964–June 12, 1965)
1,276
objects
S1965-1966 #55: Arizona State Museum/Bernard L. Fontana (January 20, 1966–August 23, 1971)
293
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S1990-1991 #14: Suzanne Griset (October 12, 1990–May 23, 1997)
165
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S1976-1977 #56: Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Colin L. Busby (March 2, 1977–May 26, 1978)
123
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S2000-2001 #7: Smithsonian Center for Materials Research and Education/Ronald L. Bishop (June 18, 2001–January 6, 2023)
108
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S2005-2006 #9: Department of Anthropology (UC Santa Cruz)/Sarah Ginn (April 24, 2006–August 27, 2009)
103
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S1994-1995 #5: Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/E. Brumfiel (December 15, 1994–June 21, 1995)
80
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S1982-1983 #29: Anthropology Department (U of Mississippi)/Edward Sisson (February 22, 1983–October 7, 1986)
65
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S1969-1970 #14: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology (August 6, 1969–August 6, 1969)
61
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S1967-1968 #94: State University of New York/Stuart D. Scott (February 23, 1968–August 24, 1977)
60
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