Burials in the Aztec Ruin and the Aztec Ruin Annex

Author(s): Earl H. Morris

Year: 1924

Summary

This 1924 monograph by Earl Morris includes a detailed summary of burials excavated at Aztec West Ruin during his work at the site between 1916 and 1922. The second part of the report includes Morris' description of rooms and kivas comprising the Aztec West Annex, located adjacent to Aztec West great house.

Cite this Record

Burials in the Aztec Ruin and the Aztec Ruin Annex. Earl H. Morris. Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History ,Volume XXVI, Parts III and IV. New York City, NY: American Museum of Natural History. 1924 ( tDAR id: 373410) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8X63K1N

Keywords

Culture
Ancestral Puebloan

Material
Ceramic • Chipped Stone • Fauna • Ground Stone • Human Remains • Mineral • Shell • Wood

Site Name
Aztec Ruins, West Ruin

Site Type
Chacoan Outlier • Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Settlements • Town / City

Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation • Methodology, Theory, or Synthesis

General
Earl Morris • Excavation Data Report • Excavation Descriptions

Geographic Keywords
Animas Valley • Four Corners Region • Middle San Juan • San Juan Basin • Totah

Temporal Keywords
Late Chacoan - Post Chacoan Period

Temporal Coverage

Calendar Date: 1110 to 1140 (Late Chacoan)

Calendar Date: 1140 to 1280 (Post-Chacoan)

Spatial Coverage

min long: -108.041; min lat: 36.81 ; max long: -107.96; max lat: 36.861 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Gary Brown; American Museum of Natural History, New York City, NY

Contributor(s): Lori Reed; Aztec Ruins National Monument, Aztec, NM

Repository(s): American Museum of Natural History, New York City, NY

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