The House of the Cylinder Jars
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The House of the Cylinder Jars

Room 28 in Pueblo Bonito, Chaco Canyon

  1. 320 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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Available until 31 Dec |Learn more

The House of the Cylinder Jars

Room 28 in Pueblo Bonito, Chaco Canyon

About this book

The House of the Cylinder Jars details the archaeological excavations led by Patricia L. Crown at Pueblo Bonito's famed Room 28 in Chaco Canyon in 2013. Originally excavated in 1896 by the Hyde Exploring Expedition, Room 28 gained notoriety for its incredible assemblage of 174 whole ceramic vessels. Crown and her team reopened Room 28 after she and Jeffrey Hurst discovered residues of chocolate in cylinder jar fragments from Pueblo Bonito in 2009. Their research revealed the first evidence of chocolate north of the US-Mexico border and possibly linked Chacoan rituals surrounding cacao use to Mesoamerica. The House of the Cylinder Jars documents the re-excavation of Room 28, and places it within the context of other rooms at Pueblo Bonito, and describes the ritual termination by fire of the materials stored in the room. The contributors also offer a modern interpretation of the construction and depositional histories of surrounding spaces at Pueblo Bonito in Chaco Canyon.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Table of Contents
  6. List of Illustrations
  7. List of Tables
  8. Acknowledgments
  9. Chapter 1. Room 28 in Pueblo Bonito: Background, Research Questions, and Methods by Patricia L. Crown
  10. Chapter 2. The Architecture and Sequence of Use of Room 28 by Patricia L. Crown
  11. Chapter 3. Ceramics from Room 28 by Patricia L. Crown
  12. Chapter 4. Chipped and Ground Stone from Room 28 by Jacqueline M. Kocer
  13. Chapter 5. Ornaments, Mineral Specimens, and Shell Specimens from Room 28 by Hannah V. Mattson and Jacqueline M. Kocer
  14. Chapter 6. Textiles from Room 28 at Pueblo Bonito by Laurie D. Webster
  15. Chapter 7. Fauna from Room 28 by Caitlin S. Ainsworth, Stephanie E. Franklin, and Emily Lena Jones
  16. Chapter 8. Eggshells and Gastroliths from Room 28: Turkey Husbandry at Pueblo Bonito by Cyler Conrad
  17. Chapter 9. Archaeobotanical Evidence from Room 28, Pueblo Bonito by Karen R. Adams
  18. Chapter 10. Pollen Results from Room 28, Pueblo Bonito by Susan J. Smith
  19. Chapter 11. Historical Artifacts from Room 28 by Katherine L. Brewer
  20. Chapter 12. Conclusions: Understanding Room 28 in Pueblo Bonito by Patricia L. Crown
  21. Appendix A. Room 28 Whole Vessels
  22. Appendix B. Archaeobotanical Remains by Karen R. Adams
  23. Appendix C. Human Remains by Caitlin S. Ainsworth and Emily Lena Jones
  24. References Cited
  25. List of Contributors
  26. Index