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Pithouse
Archeologist Randy Morrison excavating Pithouse B at small
site 29SJ 1360
July 21, 1974
CHCU Negative # 2608
Photo credit: Ruin Stabilization Crew, Chaco Culture National Historical
Park
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The
pithouse was the main living room, and the objects found in it tell
us the activities that went on there: cooking, storing food and
water, making bone and stone tools, and working turquoise into beads
and pendants. In addition to the olla, the archeologist found a
wide variety of bowls,
jars, pitchers, and ladles on the floor of the pithouse. Particularly
interesting are a bowl and a ladle with the same kind of checkerboard
design as the olla. Perhaps they were made by the same person or
were part of a set of pots belonging to one of the families.
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