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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

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations

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ROSTER OF THE 1936 CHACO GENERAL FIELD SESSION

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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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I.

Location and Setting:

Geology, Landforms, and Drainage:

Weather, Climate, and Water Supply:

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Natural Resources

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II.

Excavation Methods

General Features of Superstructure (Pueblo II)

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II.

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.

Evidence From Shards in the Superstructure

I.

Substructure or Pueblo I

General Features of Substructure (Pueblo I)

Shard Evidence From Substructure

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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.

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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Meleagris gallopavo—(Wild Turkey?) 8.7%

Aguila chrysaetos—(Golden Eagle) .1%

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VEGETABLE REMAINS

Identified Vegetable Material Other Than Food

THE PLACE OF TSEH SO IN THE CHACO CULTURE PATTERN

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I.

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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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III.

Description and Technique

Extent of Dump Investigation

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Results and Conclusions

III.

Refuse of Basket Maker III.

I.

Refuse Mound of Pueblo I.

II.

Refuse Mound of Pueblo II.

WORKING BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR THE APPENDICES

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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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Lynx baileyi—(Plateau Bob Cat) .1%

Outside of a nearly complete skeleton of a lynx found on the
floor of the substructure, only one other bone was found, this being
a humerus from Room 4. That this animal was known to, and
used by, the ancient inhabitants seems certain. However, it would
scarcely have been a major food item, if it were eaten at all, and
the difficulty of catching these cats would also have limited their
presence at Tseh So.