CONTENTS Preface Introduction The East Ruin, Excavations Architecture Dating Artifacts Food Remains Faunal Remains Theories Summary References Cited Index (omitted from the online edition)
ILLUSTRATIONS Figure 1. The San Juan Region2. 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 south2. 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 roomsII. Sherd counts lower rooms III. Tree-ring dates for East Ruin
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