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Unfired Clay Objects from Waterfall Ruin, Northeastern Arizona

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Douglas S. Byers
Affiliation:
Robert S. Peabody Foundation for Archaeology Andover, Mass.
Noel Morss
Affiliation:
Peabody Museum Cambridge, Mass.

Extract

Waterfall Ruin (N.A. 2676), a cave ruin in the Chinlee Valley about 12 miles south of Poncho House, has been briefly described by Guernsey (1931: 32–6) and was the subject of further excavation by Peabody Museum parties led by Oliver La Farge in 1924 and by the senior author in 1933. A number of modeled clay objects obtained in 1933 are of interest as tending to bridge the gap between the Basketmaker III clay complex and certain later manifestations. The earliest structures at the site are Ba.sketmaker III. The main occupation, characterized by continuous building and rebuilding, was in Pueblo I to early Pueblo II, the pottery being predominantly Deadman's Black-on-red and Kana-a Gray and Black-on-white, with some Black Mesa Black-on-white and all-over corrugated ware.

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Copyright
Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 1957

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