Ornaments from Room 28, Pueblo Bonito

Summary

In the late 1890s, the Hyde Exploring Expedition collected over 650 finished ornaments from Room 28 in Pueblo Bonito. UNM’s recent re-excavation of the room, including material derived from backdirt from adjacent rooms as well as intact floor and subfloor deposits, produced thousands of additional ornaments and pieces of lapidary debris. This paper presents the results of the analysis of this combined assemblage and discusses its significance in relation to ornaments found in other portions of the structure. Importantly, this study finds that Room 28 contains high frequencies of specific types of ornaments most associated with specialized depositional contexts. More specifically, the Room 28 assemblage is characterized by the co-occurrence of ornament forms and materials that otherwise distinguish high-status burials (particularly Room 33) and kiva offerings.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for American Archaeology 83rd Annual Meeting, Washington, DC (2018)

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Record Identifiers

Abstract Id(s): 20379