Scheme of the Report
This bulletin is made up of a Preface, which recounts the details of
camp operation; Introduction, with History of Research in the Chaco
Canyon; Report upon the actual excavation and results; and Appendices.
As a number of authors are represented, it seems advisable to
outline the various contributions.
Dr. Donald D. Brand (associate professor of anthropo-geography,
and head of the Department of Anthropology, University of New Mexico)
wrote the Preface; Introduction; Report, Part I, The Natural
Landscape; summary on Subsistence; and compiled the Bibliography.
Dr. Florence M. Hawley (assistant professor of archaeology, University
of New Mexico) wrote summaries and conclusions on Succession
of Chaco Masonry Types; on Pottery; and on the Place of Tseh So in
the Chaco Culture Pattern. Miss Hawley also wrote the appendix dealing
with the Refuse Dump.
Mr. Frank C. Hibben (curator of the Museum of Anthropology,
University of New Mexico) wrote Report, Part II, The Site and the
Excavations; and summaries and conclusions on Vegetable Remains, on
Stone and Other Artifacts, and on Mammal and Bird Remains.
Mr. Donovan C. Senter (graduate fellow in anthropology, University
of New Mexico) wrote the appendices on Floor Deposition and
Erosion in Chaco Canyon; and Burials from Mound 50 and Mound 51.
Mr. Wesley Bliss (graduate fellow in anthropology, University of
New Mexico) did much of the surveying and mapping which contribute
to the illustration of the report.
Most of the maps, charts, graphs, and other illustrations were
composed by Robert Lister and James Spuhler, students in the department.
Identifications of materials were made or checked by experts in
various fields. Dr. H. J. Boekelman, of the Louisiana State Museum, examined
the shell material. Dr. E. F. Castetter, of the University of
New Mexico, identified plant rests. Dr. Stuart Northrop, of the University
of New Mexico, checked the mineral identifications. Dr. Alexander
Wetmore, of the U. S. National Museum, identified the animal
remains.
