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

(preliminary report)
Brand, Donald D.
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UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO BULLETINS OF THE BIOLOGICAL SERIES, OF INTEREST TO ANTHROPOLOGISTS
  
Ethnobiological Studies of the American Southwest
  
[frontispiece]
  
[title page]
  
Table of Contents
  
List of Illustrations
  
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
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PREFACE
  
ROSTER OF THE 1936 CHACO GENERAL FIELD SESSION
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INTRODUCTION
  
Scheme of the Report
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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

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THE REPORT
  
Location and Setting:
  
Geology, Landforms, and Drainage:
  
Weather, Climate, and Water Supply:
  
Biota:
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Natural Resources
  
Vegetable:
  
Mineral:
  
Shells:
  
Animal:
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Part II
  
Excavation Methods
  
General Features of Superstructure (Pueblo II)
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Superstructure Pueblo II
 1. 
Kiva 1 (See Plate VIII and Fig. 2a)
 2. 
Kiva 2 (See Plate IX)
 3. 
Kiva 3 (See Fig. 2b)
 4. 
Kiva 4
  
Evidence From Shards in the Superstructure
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Substructure or Pueblo I
  
General Features of Substructure (Pueblo I)
  
Shard Evidence From Substructure
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Part III
  
SUMMARY OF POTTERY FROM TSEH SO
  
SUCCESSION OF CHACO CANYON MASONRY TYPES
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STONE AND OTHER ARTIFACTS
  
Artifacts Other Than Fabrics and Basketry
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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
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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%
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Bird Remains
  
Meleagris gallopavo—(Wild Turkey?) 8.7%
  
Aguila chrysaetos—(Golden Eagle) .1%
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VEGETABLE REMAINS
  
Foods
  
Identified Vegetable Material Other Than Food
  
SUBSISTENCE
  
THE PLACE OF TSEH SO IN THE CHACO CULTURE PATTERN

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY
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Appendix I
  
Conclusions
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Appendix 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
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Appendix III
  
Description and Technique
  
Extent of Dump Investigation
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Results and Conclusions
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Refuse of Basket Maker III.
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Refuse Mound of Pueblo I.
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Refuse Mound of Pueblo II.
  
Summary
  
WORKING BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR THE APPENDICES
  
Plates
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PUBLICATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ANTHROPOLOGY
  
ANTHROPOLOGICAL SERIES
  
SURVEY SERIES, UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO AND SCHOOL OF AMERICAN RESEARCH
  
MONOGRAPH SERIES, UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO AND SCHOOL OF AMERICAN RESEARCH
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Peromyscus maniculatus rufinus—(Tawny Deer Mouse) .2%

This typical little rodent was also identified from Tseh So, especially
from several skulls. Undoubtedly other species of the
small rodents were present, but identification was difficult without
the skulls. It is also hardly to be supposed that the white-footed
mouse was a food item used by the aborigines of Chaco. Its presence
in the ruin is undoubtedly due to entirely natural causes.

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