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- Akins' El Tovar Painting
Description: Framed print of a popular Louis Akin painting of the El Tovar hotel and Hopi House on the South Rim. At one time, the painting was widely reproduced by Fred Harvey and the AT&SF Railroad companies for tourism promotion. Date: 1906 Collection: Grand Canyon National Park (No. 22770). - Pit House
This pit house on the South Rim of the Grand Canyon was home to perhaps four to nine people sometime in the early eleventh to mid-twelfth century (A.D. 1050-1130). Residents of the house appear to have been of the Cohonina archaeological culture, based on ceramic artifacts, with ties to the Kayenta of northeastern Arizona, with whom they traded for decorated pottery, and perhaps the Hohokam to the south, through whom they may have acquired shell and obsidian. The pit house contained a deep floor, a large hearth, and a thick roof, suggesting it was able to keep its residents warm even in the often harsh winter months experienced on the South Rim. The hearth certainly could have generated a large amount of heat for warmth and for cooking relatively large amounts of food. Prior to abandonment of the site, the hearth was filled, the floor covered with sediment and small stones, and the pit house burned, likely by its residents, who took most of their belongings with them when leaving for a new location. Reference: Downum, Christian E. (2011) Archaeological Excavations at Site B:16:105, Grand Canyon National Park. Archaeological Report 1247. Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff. - Hearth
This is the excavated hearth (fire pit) within the pit house. The builders of the pit house dug the hearth deeply into decaying limestone bedrock, and within this hearth archaeologists found a stone bead, a bone awl, and a charred juniper seed. The hearth was intentionally filled prior to the destruction of the house, with charcoal, ash, and rock packed in around a large piece of wood placed nearly vertically within it. Additional ash and charcoal was mounded over the filled hearth, with several large limestone rocks then placed over the mound, and over this lay a layer of yellowish, clayey fill and small limestone rocks that had apparently been used to cover the floor. Scientific study of the hearth fill indicates sagebrush and a woody member of the rose family (perhaps cliffrose)were burned in the hearth, as were juniper and pine. A few fragments of bone were also present, likely representing food remains tossed into the fire after a meal, one of which was a mammal—perhaps bison or sheep—roasted over the fire. Prickly pear and yucca may also have been cooked here, as was corn (Zea mays) and perhaps juniper, goosefoot, purslane, ricegrass, and wild licorice, as well as walnuts, acorn, and hazelnut. - Structure
A smaller, rectangular structure was associated with the pit house. This consisted of a small, shallow building built of poles and brush and outlined with masonry. Inside, a large hearth occupied much of the interior, leading to the conclusion that this structure was used primarily for cooking. Analysis of samples taken from within the structure indicate that juniper, pine, oak, and a woody member of the rose family (perhaps cliffrose) were used as fuel, and that maize, prickly pear, and members of the Cheno-Am group(goosefoot and amaranth) were likely cooked as food, as were yucca, mesquite, blueberries, and possibly sheep and bison, as well. - Paiute Basket
View 3D Model Description: Paiute basket with horse hair handles. Coiled with interlocking stitches. Dimensions: Unknown. Collection: Grand Canyon National Park (Catalog No. GRCA 17263). - Paiute Basket, Alternate View
View 3D Model Description: Paiute basket with horse hair handles. Coiled with interlocking stitches. Dimensions: Unknown. Collection: Grand Canyon National Park (Catalog No. GRCA 17263). - Paiute Basket, Alternate View
View 3D Model Description: Paiute basket with horse hair handles. Coiled with interlocking stitches. Dimensions: Unknown. Collection: Grand Canyon National Park (Catalog No. GRCA 17263). - Wedding Basket
Description: Black, tan, and bronze wedding basket. Coiled with interlocking stitches. Dimensions: Unknown. Collection: Grand Canyon National Park (Catalog No. 17065). - Wedding Basket, Bottom
Description: Black, tan, and bronze wedding basket. Coiled with interlocking stitches. Dimensions: Unknown. Collection: Grand Canyon National Park (Catalog No. 17065). - Hopi Woven Tray
Description: Hopi woven tray. Wicker twinging basketry; from Moenkopi on Third Mesa. Dimensions: Unknown. Collection: Grand Canyon National Park (Catalog No. GRCA 16269). - Havasupai Basket
Description: Havasupai basket. Coiled, with black Martynia> (cat's claw) fiber decoration. Dimensions: Unknown. Collection: Grand Canyon National Park (Catalog No. GRCA 16318). - Havasupai Basket, Bottom
Description: Havasupai basket. Coiled, with black Martynia> (cat's claw) fiber decoration. Dimensions: Unknown. Collection: Grand Canyon National Park (Catalog No. GRCA 16318). - Havasupai Basket, Side
Description: Havasupai basket. Coiled, with black Martynia> (cat's claw) fiber decoration. Dimensions: Unknown. Collection: Grand Canyon National Park (Catalog No. GRCA 16318). - Hopi Woven Tray, Bottom
Description: Hopi woven tray. Wicker twinging basketry; from Moenkopi on Third Mesa. Dimensions: Unknown. Collection: Grand Canyon National Park (Catalog No. GRCA 16269).