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During 1959, the University of Utah conducted two excavation programs in the Glen Canyon area: 1) at the Coombs site, at Boulder, Utah (Lister, 1959, 1960). and 2) at a number of sites in the Glen Canyon reservoir area proper. This report presents the results of the latter program. The work was part of the Upper Colorado River Basin Archeological Salvage Project, sponsored by the National Park Service. The history of this project has been summarized in another paper in this series (Jennings...
Aztec West Ruin: Perishable Artifacts and Pottery from Excavations by the American Museum of Natural History
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: Flagstaff Black-on-white, bowl, AZRU-00001/824 (2006)
Flagstaff Black-on-white, bowl, Accession AZRU-00001, Catalog #824, Morris FS 4276. Analyzed by Lori Reed 2006. Temper is fine quartz sand, suggesting manufacture in the Kayenta region. Bowl is 100% complete. Measurements: 21.4 cm orifice diameter, 9.5 cm height. Image AZRU1-824 A: Oblique view of exterior showing bowl shape and rim ticking. Image AZRU1-824 B: interior view of bowl showing design. Recovered from Earl Morris excavation of Kiva Q, Aztec West Ruin. Morris (1924:257) mentions Kiva...
Ceramic: Flagstaff Black-on-white, canteen, AZRU-00008/4973 (2006)
Flagstaff Black-on-white, canteen (fragmentary), Accession AZRU-00008, Catalog #4973, Morris FS ??. Analyzed by Lori Reed 2006. Fine sand and sherd temper suggests the canteen was manufactured in the Kayenta region. Fragments represent only about 75% of vessel. No rim available for orifice measurements. Image AZRU8-4973 A: exterior view of canteen fragment showing design on vessel body and handle. Recovered from Earl Morris excavation of Room 43, Aztec West Ruin. Morris indicated that “two...
Glen Canyon Archeological Survey, Part III (1959)
Prior to 1957 little was known of the archeology of the area in and near the Glen Canyon of the Colorado River in southeastern Utah and northern Arizona. Difficulties of logistics and access limited a thorough survey and study in the area. Archeological sites were recorded, however, as early as 1869. John W. Powell (1875) noted the ruins at both White and Red canyons during his pioneering explorations of the river. In 1932 Julian H. Steward, then at the University of Utah, recorded 25 sites...