Great Kiva (Other Keyword)
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Digital images of pottery and perishable items recovered from Earl Morris' excavations of Aztec West Ruin between 1916 and 1922. Although Morris' excavations at Aztec were extensive, his analysis and descriptions of the artifact assemblage were cursory. In 2003, Laurie Webster and Lori Stephens Reed began systematic analysis, documentation, and digital imaging of pottery and perishables from Morris' Aztec West Ruin collections housed at the American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY and...
Ceramic: Wingate Black-on-red, bowl, AZRU1-904 (2011)
Wingate Black-on-red, bowl, Accession AZRU-00001 Catalog #904. Morris FS 4238. Analyzed by Lori Reed 2011. Temper not examined; not visible. Vessel is 100% complete with about 50% reconstruction with unknown plaster material. Measurements: 18.5 cm orifice diameter, 10.3 cm height. Image AZRU1-904 A: side view showing shape of bowl. Image AZRU1-904 B: side view showing shape of bowl. Image AZRU1-904 C: interior view showing painted design. Image AZRU1-904 D: interior view showing painted design....
The Changing Scale of Integrative Pueblo Communities in the Northern San Juan Region: Basketmaker III through Pueblo III. (2015)
Most studies of ancestral Pueblo communities in the northern San Juan region of southwestern Colorado use clusters of roughly contemporary habitations, often associated with public architecture, to define the spatial extent of residential communities. The term "community" has also been used to define important social groupings at both larger and smaller spatial scales depending on the focus of study and the type of social connection suggested. This study uses the locations of great kivas, one of...
Take A Knap Inside: Evidence for Lithic Activities and Behaviors in Various Pit Structure Types at a Basketmaker III Settlement in Southwest Colorado (2017)
Basketmaker III (A.D. 500-725) was a period of technological and social change for Ancestral Pueblo peoples of the northern Southwest. Along with population expansion, territorial colonization, and the development of original social institutions, Basketmaker III populations invested in a new technological complex that included fired pottery and dry-land agriculture. Lithic reduction activities are an understudied component of this social and technological complex. Our research captures a range...