MEASUREMENTS OF FOUR CORN COBS FROM THE BLUFF GREAT HOUSE, 42SA22674, SOUTHEAST UTAH

Summary

Four charred corn cobs recovered from Unit 75 at the Bluff Great House, site

42SA22674, in southeast Utah were submitted for measurements prior to analysis of the cob

phytoliths. This site is a Chacoan Great House occupied during the Pueblo II (Chaco era) and

Pueblo III (post-Chaco) periods. It has several Chacoan settlement characteristics, including a

multi-storied Great House surrounded by an earthen berm/trash midden, a Great Kiva, and a

prehistoric road through the center of the site. In addition, three kivas within the Great House

exhibited pilasters that are typical of the northern San Juan-style. Ceramic analysis also

suggests that much of the trash found in the Great House rooms and trash used in construction

of the berm is post-Chacoan.

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• PaleoResearch Institute

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