AZTEC RUINS
Excavation of a Portion of the East Ruins, Aztec Ruins National Monument, New Mexico
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CONTENTS
Cover
Preface
Introduction
The East Ruin, Excavations
Architecture
Dating
Artifacts
Food Remains
Faunal Remains
Theories
Summary
References Cited
Index (omitted from the online edition)

Published 1964
by the Southwestern Monuments Association
Globe, Arizona

Reprinted 1975
by Southwest Parks and Monuments Association

Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 64-22380



ILLUSTRATIONS

Figure

1. The San Juan Region
2. Archeological sites in Aztec Ruins National Monument
3. East Ruin, West House Mound 1
4. Plan and section of kiva superimposed over Room 1
5. Excavated Rooms 8-14, and Room 24

Plate

1. General view of the West House Mound from the south
2. The partial kiva remaining above Room 1
3. Reinforcing under kiva walls, Room 1
4. Portions of roofing, upper Room 9
5. Upper Room 11, fill
6. Unstratified fill, upper Room 14
7. Room 24, floor and ceiling remains
8. Fill, lower Room 8
9. Fill, lower Room 9
10. Lower Room 11, recent break and fill line
11. Masonry detail, Room 13
12. Masonry types, Room 20
13. Ceiling detail
14. Ceiling detail
15. Ceiling detail
16. Ceiling detail
17. Room 1, ceiling
18. Doorway detail, pole sills and lintels
19. Doorway details
20. Doorway details
21. Hatchway
22. Room 24, firepit
23. North side, location of prayer sticks and balcony
24. General view, northwest
25. Projectile points
26. Axes
27. Stone artifacts
28. Wood artifacts
29. Fiber artifacts
30. Pahos
31. Haft and vegetal remains
32. Fragmentary bracelet
33. Artifacts of antler
34. Horn cores
35. Fiber and cordage
36. Yucca cordage and strips
37. Mesa Verde Black-on-white sherds
38. Mesa Verde Black-on-white sherds
39. Northwest corner of the East Ruin

TABLES

Table

I. Sherd counts — upper rooms
II. Sherd counts — lower rooms
III. Tree-ring dates for East Ruin



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