Table 1, Architectural Block Summaries, Archaeology of Sand Canyon Pueblo

A Descriptive and Interpretive Summary of Excavations, by Architectural Block
by Kristin A. Kuckelman, Bruce A. Bradley, Melissa J. Churchill, and James H. Kleidon

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Table 1. Scattered Human Bones Found in Abandonment Contexts in Architectural Block 1000, Sand Canyon Pueblo

Location

Context

Skeletal Element(s) Identified

Fill above Courtyard 1000 and Room 1005

in wall collapse

one rib fragment, one calcaneus epiphysis, two metacarpals, one ulna fragment, two phalanges, two metatarsals, and one phalanx epiphysis

Courtyard 1000

in refuse on surface

one sternum fragment, five femur fragments, one femoral condyle, one vertebra, three phalanges, 24 unidentifiable shaft fragments, and other identifiable bone fragments

Room 1002

in upper fill

many small bone fragments, ilium fragments, and a vertebra

in roof fall

scapula fragments

Room 1003

in wall fall

rib fragment

Kiva 1004

above structure fill

fibula fragment

in roof fall

phalanx, ilium, ribs

on floor of vent tunnel

pelvis, ilium fragment, and six bones from right and left feet (not from HROs 19 or 22)

Bench 3, surface

rib fragment

floor

tibia (not from HROs 19 or 22)

Tower 1008

floor

rib fragments and one phalanx

The Archaeology of Sand Canyon Pueblo

The Archaeology of Sand Canyon Pueblo

Intensive Excavations at a Late-Thirteenth-Century Village in Southwestern Colorado

Table 1. Scattered Human Bones Found in Abandonment Contexts in Architectural Block 1000, Sand Canyon Pueblo