Late Pueblo II elevated kiva AZRU-G01-01

Summary

Aztec West, Sector 3, Kiva F (photographed by Gary Brown prior to backfilling). Kiva was built on second story above filled-in first-story enclosure housing. No publication exists on the kivas excavated by AMNH (but see unpublished Morris kiva notes). Image AZRU-G01-01: Overview of architectural housing looking west from top of second story in Room 49 (roof ledge on interior wall of Room 49 indicates break between first and second stories). Image AZRU-G01-02: View of kiva interior looking SW from interstitial space to north. Image AZRU-G01-03: Architectural detail of north interior wall. Image AZRU-G01-04: Close-up of sockets in NW wall interior. Image AZRU-G01-05: Overview of kiva interior looking SE. Image AZRU-G01-06: Interior view looking SE toward recess.

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Temporal Coverage

Calendar Date: 1110 to 1140 (Late Chacoan)

Calendar Date: 1140 to 1280 (Post-Chacoan)

Spatial Coverage

Individual & Institutional Roles

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

Principal Investigator(s): Gary Brown

Repository(s): Aztec Ruins National Monument, Aztec, NM

Notes

General Note: High resolution images are archived and available to researchers through the National Park Service, Aztec Ruins National Monument.

General Note: Publication or use of the image is restricted; permission may be obtained through consultation with National Park Service, Aztec Ruins National Monument.

Source Collections

NPS Archives housed at Aztec Ruins National Monument, Aztec, and Hibben Center, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque.

Related Comparative Collections

Additional photographic and documentary archives housed at American Museum of Natural History, New York and Museum of Natural History, University of Colorado, Boulder.

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