Late Pueblo II great house Room 53 features

Summary

Aztec West, Sector 2, Room 53 features (room photographed in 1998 by Art Ireland prior to backfilling and in 2010 by Joel Gamache for post backfilling Condition Assessment). Late PII two-story room located in the central sector of the East Wing (see Morris 1928). Image AZRU-E Wing_Room 53_2A: SW corner room overview copied from cIMG_5692; Image AZRU-E Wing_Room 53_2B: SE corner room overview copied from cIMG_5691; Image AZRU-E Wing_Room 53_2C: NE corner room overview copied from cIMG_5693; Image AZRU-E Wing_Room 53_2D: NW corner room overview copied from cIMG_5679; Image AZRU-E Wing_Room 53_2E: South jamb of west interior wall copied from cIMG_5704; Image AZRU-E Wing_Room 53_2F: Close-up of west interior wall doorway copied from cIMG_5685; Image AZRU-E Wing_Room 53_2G: North jamb of west interior wall doorway copied from cIMG_5703; Image AZRU-E Wing_Room 53_2H: South jamb of east interior wall doorway copied from cIMG_5697; Image AZRU-E Wing_Room 53_2I: Close-up of east interior wall doorway copied from cIMG_5696; Image AZRU-E Wing_Room 53_2J: North jamb of east interior wall doorway copied from cIMG_5698; Image AZRU-E Wing_Room 53_2K: Lintel rods of east interior wall doorway copied from cIMG_5699. Reference: Earl Morris, 1928, Notes on Excavations in the Aztec Ruin, Volume XXVI, Part V, Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History, New York.

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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

Contact(s): Lori Reed

Contributor(s): Joel Gamache; Aztec Ruins National Monument

Principal Investigator(s): Gary Brown

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 images is restricted; permission may be obtained through consultation with National Park Service, Aztec Ruins National Monument, Aztec, NM.

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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