Metate/Flat mortar (Image withheld, pending review)
date: label: Date created
content: 2000 BC–AD 1700 (Late Archaic to Late Pre-Contact period)
name: label: Culture/People
content: possibly Multiple archaeological cultures (attributed), including Western Archaic and Late Pre-Contact Traditions
label: Expedition
content: Mrs. Thea Heye Texas Expedition (1928 -1929)
label: Expedition leader
content: Edwin Francis Coffin (E. F. Coffin), Non-Indian, 1883-1946
label: Expedition sponsor
content: Thea Heye (Thea Kowne/Mrs. Dorothea Page/Mrs. George Gustav Heye), Non-Indian, 1888-1935
notes: label: Collection History
content: Excavated in 1929 during the Mrs. Thea Heye Texas Expedition, led by Edwin F. Coffin (1883-1946, MAI staff member) and sponsored by Thea (Mrs. George) Heye.
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place: label: Place
content: Bee Cave Canyon (Eagle Canyon) Rockshelter; Brewster County; Texas; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Multiple archaeological cultures
label: See related items
content: Food Gathering and Preparation
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 16/8561
label: Barcode
content: 168561.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Food Gathering and Preparation
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Metate/Flat mortar (Image withheld, pending review)
label: Media/Materials
content: Stone
label: Techniques
content: Painted