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Lower Gila region 27 



Casa Grande ^j 



Upper Gila region 28 



Bear Creek on Blue River 28 



Rio Grande region 30 



Pajarito Plateau, N. Mex 30 



Lower Rio Grande Region 31 



Site near Las Cruces, N. Mex 31 



West of Sacramento Mountains 32 



West of Carlsbad, N. ]\Tex zz 



Ancient Pueblo ZZ 



Sikyatki 34 



Hopi (Moki) 34 



Santa Ana 35 



Sia 35 



Zuiii 36 



A'lisccllaneous zi 



Types of basketry 38 



Basket Maker type coiling 38 



Cliff Dweller type coiling 38 



Three-rod-triangular type coilini- ( fig. 11) 39 



One-rod-foundation coiling 40 



Unusual coiled specimens 40 



Sifter coiling 41 



Twill-plaiting 42 



Wickerwork 42 



Twined basketry 42 



Baskets showing combinations of techniques 43 



Conclusions 44 



Literature cited 45 



Techniques illustrated 47 



INTRODUCTION 



The following notes on prehistoric basketry of the Southwest are 

 not an exhaustive treatment. They include references to the material 

 with which I have come in contact and are a first attempt at classi- 

 fication. 



The material is more or less uneven. It includes well-documented 

 specimens from sites which have been thoroughly excavated, sporadic 

 specimens which have been obtained from sites of undoubted im- 

 portance but not as yet thoroughly worked out, and some general and 

 miscellaneous collections of important specimens, some of which can- 

 not be definitely ascribed to a particular site or archeological period. 

 In the latter category would fall the Wetherill and the McLloyd and 

 Graham collections and the collection in the San Diego Museum which 

 can be referred only to generalized geographical locations. I have 



