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  • Spindle whorl (Image withheld, pending review)

  • Bowl (Image withheld, pending review)

    Date created
    AD 900–1450 (Pueblo II to III period)
  • Solanum sisymbrifolium Lam.

    Collection Date
    15 Jun 1888
  • cf. Australca sp indet.

    Collection Date
    15 Jul 1974
  • Gastrotheca marsupiata

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    22 May 1984
  • Vicia peregrina L.

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    27 May 1948
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  • Rosa carolina L.

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    18 Jun 1941
  • Desmognathus fuscus

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    26 Jun 1967
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