Aztec West Ruin: Earl Morris Excavation Reports

Summary

Between 1916 and 1922, Earl H. Morris conducted excavations at the Chacoan great house of Aztec Ruins, New Mexico. With support and sponsorship by the American Museum of Natural History in New York, Morris excavated a large portion of Aztec West Ruin and reconstructed the well-known great kiva in the plaza. This tDAR project includes the American Museum of Natural History publications by Earl H. Morris documenting his findings at Aztec West Ruin.

Cite this Record

Aztec West Ruin: Earl Morris Excavation Reports. ( tDAR id: 368330) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8W37XPG

Keywords

Culture
Ancestral Puebloan

Material
Ceramic • Chipped Stone • Fauna • Ground Stone • Human Remains • Mineral • Shell • Wood

Site Name
Aztec Ruins, West Ruin

Site Type
Chacoan Outlier • Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Settlements • Town / City

Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation • Methodology, Theory, or Synthesis

General
Earl Morris • Excavation Data Report • Excavation Descriptions

Geographic Keywords
Animas Valley • Four Corners Region • Middle San Juan • San Juan Basin • Totah

Temporal Keywords
Late Chacoan - Post Chacoan Period

Temporal Coverage

Calendar Date: 1110 to 1140 (Late Chacoan)

Calendar Date: 1140 to 1280 (Post-Chacoan)

Spatial Coverage

min long: -108.041; min lat: 36.81 ; max long: -107.96; max lat: 36.861 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Gary Brown; Lori Reed; David Hurst Thomas

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