l6 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. 8/ 



ALLAN CANYON (SAN JUAN COUNTY, SOUTHEASTERN UTAh) 



From this locality are four almost complete coiled fragments of 

 uneven quality. All are of Basket Maker type technique (fig. 2). 



A large oval burden basket found over a burial is probably Basket 

 Maker II (measurements: 5| coils. 9 stitches per inch).' A large 

 round tray of coarse open texture is made on a rod-surrounded-by- 

 fiber foundation (fig. 3). (Measurements: 5 coils, 7 stitches per 

 inch.) A round shallow bowl has almost vertical walls (measure- 

 ments: 4^ coils. 13 stitches per inch).' A very closely woven almost 

 cylindrical fragment is probably Cliff Dweller' (measurements: 

 4| coils, 15 stitches per inch). 



BUTLER CANYON (SAN JUAN COUNTY, SOUTHEA.STERN UTAh) 



There are two baskets from this locality, one a coiled basket 

 and the other a small twill-plaited yucca-ring basket. The coiled 

 basket is a small bowl of the usual Basket Maker type weave in all 

 particulars (fig. 2). Measurements: 6 coils, 10 stitches per inch. 

 The design is in red and black.* The twill-plaited yucca-ring basket 

 is in over-2-under-2 weave and has a concentric diamond pattern 

 (fig-4)." 



Mesa Verde Sites 

 MESA VERDE TROPER 



A specimen found by Fewkes in Mesa Verde National Park, 

 a coiled basketry bottom, now in the United States National Museum, 

 is labeled from Oak Tree House. Fewkes also figures from Spruce 

 Tree House * a coiled basketry bottom, and from Cliff Palace a coiled 

 basket hopper and an unfinished coiled plaque.' 



Nordenskiold figures three coiled specimens from Step House : a 

 cylindrical basket found in a grave, a bowl, and a circular lid found 

 hidden in a refuse heap ; and four twill-plaited yucca-ring baskets, 

 three from Spruce Tree House and one from Ruin gJ' 



In the \\'etherill collections there are seven specimens marked as 



'F.M.N.H. Xo. 165286 (found over burial, lield no. 258). 

 "F.M.N.H. No. 165300. 

 = F.M.N.H. No. 165291. 

 ' F.M.N.H. No. 165304. 

 ■F.M.N.H. No. 165301. 



"A. E. Douglass dates Spruce Tree House 1273 \. D. approximately. 

 'Fewkes, 1909, fig. 14, p. 42; 191 1, pi. 29 and fig. 2, p. 73. 

 " Nordenskiold, pi. 44. 3. 5, 4 ; 44. i, 2; 45, 2, i. 



