Pottery Mound Pueblo (LA416) (Site Name Keyword)

DOCUMENT Full-Text Tiffany Clark. Arizona State Unversity.

Copy of the faunal coding sheet that was used to analyze the Chaves Hummingbird Faunal Assemblage generated as part of Suzanne Eckert's dissertation work at Pottery Mound (LA416) and Chaves Hummingbird Pueblo (LA578).

PROJECT Uploaded by: Tiffany Clark

This project consists of archaeological excavations conducted by Southern Methodist University, Arizona State University, and University of Colorado at Chaves-Hummingbird Pueblo (LA578), a large Pueblo IV settlement located in the Rio Puerco Valley of central New Mexico. As part of this project, archaeological materials were also analyzed from Pottery Mound Pueblo (LA416).

DOCUMENT Full-Text Suzanne Eckert. Texas A&M University, College Station. Tiffany Clark.

The Pueblo IV period (AD 1300–1450/1500) in the American Southwest witnessed the development of a number of new ritual systems in both the Western and Eastern Pueblo areas. Although associated with a diverse array of material culture, one of the most prominent aspects of these religious ideologies was the adoption of a complex of icons focusing on fertility, weather control, and community well being. Key among these motifs were birds, which appear to have played a central role in the...