Tseh So, a small house ruin, Chaco canyon, New Mexico : ::

Plates

PLATE I

a. General View of Tseh So from the Cliffs to the South of the Ruin. Pueblo Bonito Lies in the Left
Background.

b. View of Central Portion of the Pueblo Showing Pueblo II and Pueblo I Layers Beneath.

c. The Section of a Viga from Room 15 Which Yielded a Date of 922+.

PLATE II

a. The Ruin and the Refuse Mound at the Beginning of Operations. The Line of
Students in the Foreground Marks the Northern Edge of the Stratigraphy Test.
Those in the Background Are Tracing out Wall Lines on the Pueblo.

b. The Students of the Field School Listening to a Lecture on Burial Removal.

PLATE III

a. A Set of Bins on the Floor of Room 19.

b. The First Stage in the Excavation Process. The tops of the walls are beginning to show below the surface.
The fireplace in the foreground indicates the last period of occupancy, when the Pueblo II structure
was already a mound.

c. A Corner of Room 20 Showing a Large Utility Pot in Place.

PLATE IV

a. The Stratigraphy Column in the Corner of Room 17.

b. The Stratigraphy Column in the Corner of Room 7. Some of the sand layers may
may be distinguished at its base.

PLATE V

a. The Stratigraphy Column in Room 4 Which Contained a Section of the Original
Roof.

b. The Same Piece of Roof After the Removal of the Upper Portion of the Column.
The cross members of the roof are plainly visible.

PLATE VI

a. The Masonry of Room 3, Pueblo II.

b. Masonry in Room 1, Pueblo II.

c. Masonry in Room 4, Pueblo II.

PLATE VII

a. Masonry in Room 10, Pueblo II.

b. Masonry in Room 3, Pueblo I and Pueblo II.

c. Masonry in the Substructure to the West. The Pueblo I wall is shown extending beneath the Pueblo
II wall of Room 22.

PLATE VIII

a. Kiva 1 Looking Towards the South. The semi-circular fire screen has just
appeared. Layers of aeolian and water laid sand yet conceal the ventilator and the
shelf of the southern extension behind.

b. Kiva 1 After the Removal of all Debris. The figure in the background is standing
in the southern extension of Kiva 3. By this it may be seen that the kivas
are similarly oriented.

PLATE IX

a. Kiva 2 Looking Towards the Northwest. The
small niche in the north side of the bench
appears to the right.

b. Kiva 2 Looking Towards the South. The semi-circular fire screen shown in the
foreground. Three niches appear on top of the bench to the right.

PLATE X

a. The Incised Designs in the Plaster Coating of Kiva 3. The central figure is tentatively
identified as a house design. It may possibly be an altar.

b. Two Additional Figures From the Plaster Coating on the Walls of Kiva 3.
That to the left is an interlocked maze such as intrigues the Hopis of today.
That to the right a possible vegetable symbol.

PLATE XI

a. Burial 7. An immature near the surface of Room 13. The burial is accompanied by a bowl of McElmo
Black on White.

b. Badly Disturbed Burial 6, also from Room 13. This burial is also accompanied by a bowl of McElmo
Black on White.

c. Burial 4, also an Immature, from Room 22. Note the grass matting which extends from beneath the
burial.

PLATE XII

a. Burial 10, Adult from Room 5. Burial oriented south.

b. Burial 5 from Room 22. Burial oriented south. Pottery accompanying; Wingate
Black on Red, Tusayan Polychrome, Gallup Black on White, and Escavada Black
on White. A large Exuberant Corrugated shard covers the head. Two lumps of
malachite and a large bone awl lie near the right knee.

PLATE XIII

a. Burial 9, Adult, Oriented East. Pottery Accompaniments: McElmo bowl,
Escavada pitcher.

b. Burial 4, in Bc51. Disturbed flexed burial originally oriented east. Large
McElmo bowl has been removed from original position over the skull.

PLATE XIV

a. A Pottery Cache in Level 3, Room 22, in the Northeast Corner.

b. A Well-worn Tusayan Polychrome Bowl from Burial 5 in Room 22.

c. View of Level 3, Room 22, with Cache of Pottery Vessels in Southeast Corner.

PLATE XV

a. Small McElmo Bowl from Cache in Room 22.

b. Red Mesa Pitcher from Burial 9 in Room 5.

c. Small Corrugated Pot in Situ from Level 1, Room 22.

d. Upper Portion of Large Corrugated Pot with Double Lugs and Incised Decoration.

PLATE XVI

a. Gallup Black on White Jug Which Accompanied Burial 5.

b. McElmo Black on White Bowl with Burial 4.

c. Large Corrugated Pot Embedded in the Floor of Room 20.

d. Large Corrugated Vessel from Sub-floor Level of Room 3.

PLATE XVII

a. McElmo Black on White Bowl Which Accompanied Burial 10.

b. McElmo Black on White Bowl Which Accompanied Burial 9.

c. McElmo Black on White Bowl of Large Size Which Was Inverted Over the Head
of Burial 4 of Bc51.

d. Gallup Black on White Bowl from a Cache in Level 4 in Room 5.

PLATE XVIII

a. Bone and Walnut Necklace Which Adorned Burial 4.

b. Awls and Scrapers of Bone Illustrating Common Types from the Ruin.

c. Series of Awls Illustrating Types Recovered from Tseh So.

PLATE XIX

a. Problematical Sandstone Disks. Some of these show traces of pigment on both faces.

b. A Finely Worked Sandstone Sandal Last.

c. Sandstone Mortar with Traces of Red Pigment on the Surface.

d. A Painted Palette of Fine-grained Sandstone. The dark splotching on its surface
is yellow pigment.

PLATE XX

a. Large Axe of Gneiss Showing Use on Both Ends.

b. Polished Hoe of Rhyolite with Double Notches. The bit is sharp and finely
polished from use.

c. Large Grooved Axe of Basalt.

d. Double Grooved Axe of Basalt. The blade is narrow and curved and polished
on one side only as though the piece had been used in an adze-like manner.

e. Various Types of Small Axes Popular at Tseh So.