Offered here is a very scarce and beautiful Chaco (C. 1050 - 1150AD) double lug olla measures just under 12" wide and 10" tall. The type is generally found in the northwestern portions of New Mexico and extending into the eastern portions of Arizona near what is now Sanders and St. Johns Arizona. This is obviously a cave pot exhibiting min... Click for details
Nice medium-sized pottery olla from the Mogollon culture of pre-historic Native America. Dating between 1050-1250 A.D. and created using hand-formed coils of clay, then decorated using a technique of imprinting little pinches in the clay before it was fired to give it this corrugated appearance. 6-1/2"H x 8"D, in good condition with breaks and minimal losses (less than 1%) as shown. ... Click for details
A large stone axe head from the Hohokam culture of Arizona, dating to 800 A.D. Made from green diorite with grooved ridge that runs completely around the head with sharpened end to one side and rounded end to the other. 6-1/8"L x 3-1/4"H, in excellent condition. Found on private land and comes with legal disclosure document.
A relatively heavy prehistoric Indian tool made from black basalt, this 6 3/8” long, triple-edged axe form or hoe (TEH.155) was found in the Lindrith area of New Mexico in the mid-20th century by the late Chester Howard, founder of the Colorado Mineral Society. Attributed to the Mimbres horizon dating c.1000-1300AD, it is in excellent condition and has a superb patina. The shart-bitted tool comes with a display card, a map of New Mexico highlighting the area of Lindrith, a biographical sketch ab... Click for details
The twelve individually priced prehistoric stone tools illustrated in this group (MAP 150, TEH 135, 136, 140, 143, 144, 150, 151, 154 and 157-159) are all but one (MAP150) from the estate of the late Chester Howard, founder of the Colorado Mineral Society. The group includes one or more of each of the following types: axe, club, celt, hammerstone, and mano. Rock types include: basalt, greenstone, and vesicular basalt. Condition ranges from 5-10 and prices range from $65-$150. The provenance of t... Click for details
The interesting and diverse items in this group of twelve individually priced prehistoric stone tools (TEH 132, 134, 138, 139, 142, 145-149, 152 and 156) are all from the estate of the late Chester Howard, early Colorado collector and founder of the Colorado Mineral Society. The group includes one or more of each of the following types: celt, mano, hammer, stone pigment vessel, axe and maul. Rock types include: greenstone, vesicular basalt, hollow concretion, basalt and hematite. Condition range... Click for details
From the extensive Cas Jamroz collection, over 500 arrowheads and artifacts were found at sites in the vicinity of Temple, Texas during the period 1967 through the late 1970s. As each artifact was found, Cas marked it with a small numbered tag (visible in the photos but not always legible at the scale shown) and maintained a detailed catalog in which he listed the artifacts and included his identification of point type, age, size, and grade. Note that Cas once had glued all of his artifacts to l... Click for details
This is a wonderful and virtually perfect Wingate C. 1050AD bowl which measures a large 11.25 inches wide and 5.5 inches deep. It has a deep black and highly refined and executed design for Wingate ceramics, a deep almost blood red slip, the surface of which is highly polished. The exterior has some minor spalding due to some moisture which did not effect any of the interior. There is a insignificant tiny 3/8 by 1/1... Click for details
Homolovi pottery comes from only two sites near Winslow Arizona and is one of the important types that bridged the gap from Anasazi to Hopi pottery. The area was popular for cotton farming, as evidenced by the weaving looms, spindle whorls and massive amounts of cottonseed that have been found at the ruins. The nearby Little Colorado Riv... Click for details
This wonderful bowl is a very scarce type found in the areas surrounding Flagstaff Arizona. The name is taken from a small canyon to the east of Flagstaff which is now a National Monument, Walnut Canyon. The bowl measures 9 inches across and a very deep 6 inches; it is 100% original with no restoration or addition of paints. There is an ... Click for details
