Ceramics, Lithics, and Ornaments of Chaco Canyon: An Analysis of Artifacts from Chaco Project, 1971-1978 Volume 1 Ceramics

Editor(s): Frances Joan Mathien

Year: 1997

Summary

To improve management and interpretation of Chaco Canyon National Monument (now Chaco Culture National Historical Park) and to increase knowledge about the environment and its effects on cultural adaptations in the Chaco drainage of northwestern New Mexico (Figure l.l), a multidisciplinary research project was initiated in 1969 by the National Park Service, in cooperation with the University of New Mexico (Maruca 1982). Fieldwork began in 1971 with a sample transect survey, followed by a complete survey of the monument (Hayes et al. 1981), plus tests and excavations at numerous sites between 1973 and 1979 (McKenna and Truell 1986; Windes 1987:10-12). Additional ancillary studies were carried out by associates at other institutions. With the enlargement of the monument and change of status to a park in 1980, a survey of the new lands was undertaken; project staff also participated in other cultural resource management projects in the park (e.g., excavations at Una Vida [295J 391], Kin Nahasbas [295J 392), and 29SJ 626). All these activities provided data that could be used to address numerous research questions.

This volume has been organized into sections, with groups of papers combined, based on material types.

I) The first section consists of the analysis of ceramics, the most abundant material recovered. H. Wolcott Toll outlines the overall goals of the ceramic studies in Chapter Two. The goals are to place the material from Chaco Canyon in a regional perspective by identifying not only the ceramic sources used throughout the San Juan Basin, but also the temper sources used by potters whose vessels became part of the Chaco Project excavations. Toll presents data on temper, paste, and clay samples prior to evaluating ceramic importation from the San Juan Basin and outlying areas, in addition to providing ceramic production data at sites within the canyon.

Cite this Record

Ceramics, Lithics, and Ornaments of Chaco Canyon: An Analysis of Artifacts from Chaco Project, 1971-1978 Volume 1 Ceramics. Frances Joan Mathien. Publications in Archaeology, Chaco Canyon Studies ,18G. Sante Fe, NM: National Park Service. 1997 ( tDAR id: 378171) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8PZ59PZ

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Keywords

Culture
CHACO

Material
Ceramic

Investigation Types
Archaeological Overview • Collections Research • Data Recovery / Excavation

General
Black-on-red • Brownwares • Chaco Black-on-white • Chaco McElmo Black-on-white • Chuska Black-on-white • Chuska Carbon-on-white • Chuska Carbon-on-white with Red Mesa design • Early Red Mesa Black-on-whilte • Escavada Black-on-white • Exotic Mineral-on-white • Gallup Balck-on-white • Graywares • Lino Fugitive Red • Lino Gray • Mesa Verde Black-On-White • Mineral-on-white • Narrow Neckbanded • Neck Corrugated • Polished Basketmaker III-Pueblo I • Polished Basketmaker III-Pueblo I Carbon-on-white • Polished Tan Gray • Polychrome • Pueblo II Corrugated • Pueblo III Corrugated • Pueblo II-III Carbon-on-white • Pueblo II-III Mineral-on-white • Pueblo II-Pueblo III Corrugated • Puesga Balck-on-white • Tusayan Carbon-on-white • Unpolished Basketmaker III-Pueblo I • Unpolished Basketmaker III-Pueblo I Carbon-on-white • Wide Neckbanded Show More

Geographic Keywords
Chaco Canyon • Chaco Canyon National Monument • New Mexico (State / Territory)

Temporal Coverage

Calendar Date: 900 to 1140

Spatial Coverage

min long: -108.108; min lat: 35.802 ; max long: -107.765; max lat: 36.235 ;

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