Michelle I. Turner, Ceramics of Aztec North and the Terrace Community, Aztec Ruins National Monument (MA Thesis)

Site Type Keywords
Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex

Culture Keywords
Ancestral Puebloan

Investigation Types
Collections Research

Material Types
Ceramic

Temporal Keywords
Pueblo II - III

Geographic Keywords
New Mexico (State / Territory) • United States of America (Country) • San Juan County (County) • North America (Continent) • Chaco Canyon • Aztec Ruins National Monument, New Mexico • USA (Country)

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  • Ceramics of Aztec North and the Terrace Community, Aztec Ruins National Monument (2015)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Michelle I. Turner.

    This study reports on a ceramic analysis of nearly 1500 surface-collected potsherds from five unexcavated sites on the river terrace at Aztec Ruins National Monument, including the Aztec North great house. I conducted a detailed attribute analysis and mean ceramic dating. The mean ceramic date for Aztec North is AD 1104±39, while other terrace sites have later mean dates. Based on these dates, it appears that Aztec North was constructed before or contemporaneously with Aztec West, and it...