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

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

(preliminary report)

Brand, Donald D.

UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO BULLETINS OF THE BIOLOGICAL SERIES, OF INTEREST TO ANTHROPOLOGISTS

Ethnobiological Studies of the American Southwest

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Table of Contents

List of Illustrations

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

PREFACE

ROSTER OF THE 1936 CHACO GENERAL FIELD SESSION

INTRODUCTION

Scheme of the Report

HISTORY OF RESEARCH IN THE CHACO CANYON

Spanish and Mexican Period

American Military Period

Period of Geologic and Geographic Surveys

Beginnings of Modern Research 1888-1920

Modern Period 1920—

Chronologic Outline

Studies in Geology, Geography, and Biology

Surveys, Maps, and Place Names

THE REPORT

Location and Setting:

Geology, Landforms, and Drainage:

Weather, Climate, and Water Supply:

II.

General Features of Superstructure (Pueblo II)

II.

Superstructure Pueblo II

Kiva 1 (See Plate VIII and Fig. 2a)

Kiva 2 (See Plate IX)

Kiva 3 (See Fig. 2b)

Kiva 4

Evidence From Shards in the Superstructure

Substructure or Pueblo I

General Features of Substructure (Pueblo I)

Shard Evidence From Substructure

III.

Part III

SUMMARY OF POTTERY FROM TSEH SO

SUCCESSION OF CHACO CANYON MASONRY TYPES

STONE AND OTHER ARTIFACTS

Artifacts Other Than Fabrics and Basketry

Shell Identifications (See plate XXII)

Glycymeris maculatus Broderip. Pacific Coast.

Olivella dama Gray. Pacific Coast.

Strombus gracilior Sow. Pacific Coast. or Strombus pugilis Linn. Atlantic Coast.

Unidentified.

Fabrics and Basketry

MAMMAL AND BIRD REMAINS

Sylvilagus auduboni warreni—(Colorado Cotton Tail) 29.7%

Lepus californicus texianus—(Texas Jack Rabbit) 29.3%

Cynomys gunnisoni zuniensis—(Zuñi Prairie Dog) 9.6%

Odocoileus hemionus—(Mule Deer) 8.2%

Canis familiaris—(Common Dog—Coyote) 5.8%

Antilocapra americana americana—(Antelope) 3.3%

Sylvilagus nuttalli pinetis—(Rocky Mountain Cottontail) 1.7%

Neotoma mexicana fallax—(Colorado Wood Rat) 1.6%

Ovis canadensis texiana—(Texas Bighorn Sheep) 1.1%

Thomomys perpallidus aureus—(Pocket Gopher) .6%

Taxidea taxus berlandieri—(Texas Badger) .3%

Peromyscus maniculatus rufinus—(Tawny Deer Mouse) .2%

Lynx baileyi—(Plateau Bob Cat) .1%

Bird Remains

Meleagris gallopavo—(Wild Turkey?) 8.7%

Aguila chrysaetos—(Golden Eagle) .1%

VEGETABLE REMAINS

Foods

Identified Vegetable Material Other Than Food

SUBSISTENCE

THE PLACE OF TSEH SO IN THE CHACO CULTURE PATTERN

II.

Disposal of the Dead in the Chaco

Burial Removal and Preservation of Bones

Burial Customs of Mounds 50 and 51

Conclusions on Burial Customs

Conclusions on Bone Material

III.

Appendix III

Description and Technique

Extent of Dump Investigation

Results and Conclusions

III.

Refuse of Basket Maker III.

Refuse Mound of Pueblo I.

II.

Refuse Mound of Pueblo II.

Summary

WORKING BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR THE APPENDICES

Plates

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Vol. 1. No. 1. Whole Number 246. Hawley. The Significance of the
Dated Prehistory of Chetro Ketl, Chaco Canyon, New Mexico.
July 1, 1934. $1.00.

No. 2. Whole Number 274. Fisher. The Relation of North
American Prehistory to Post-Glacial Climatic Fluctuations.
October 1, 1935. $1.00.

No. 3. Whole Number 278. Alexander and Reiter. Report on
the Excavation of Jemez Cave, New Mexico. December 15,
1935. $1.00.

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