pithouse

It is part of a settlement complex in a small valley that included another cliff-dwelling unfortunately destroyed and pithouse dwellings on the valley floor.

Sinagua 2006

It is part of a settlement complex in a small valley that included another cliff-dwelling unfortunately destroyed and pithouse dwellings on the valley floor.

Archive 2006-09-01 2006

Nineteen of the figurines were found within a single burned and abandoned pithouse.

Going to the Dogs 2001

The ritual deposits, each containing between one and six dogs, were discovered in pithouse foundations or just outside their west walls, possibly in doorways.

Beware of Dogs Facing West 2000

I. tradition; exteriors may slant inward after the manner of pithouse walls and may be studdied with stone chips, presumably to lessen erosion by wind and water.

The Architecture of Pueblo Bonito : 1964

Toward the close of the 1936 excavations a pithouse was partially uncovered in trenches 16, 17, and 18 of sections 1, 2, and 3 (see Map 1).

Preliminary Report on the 1937 Excavations, Bc 50-51, Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, with Some Distributional Analyses 1939

"Every pithouse revealed in excavation a mealing stone lying on the floor."

Preliminary Report on the 1937 Excavations, Bc 50-51, Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, with Some Distributional Analyses 1939

A sherd sample of 27 from the floor of the pithouse proper showed these percentages: Lino, 52; Red Mesa, 25; Exuberant, 18;

Preliminary Report on the 1937 Excavations, Bc 50-51, Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, with Some Distributional Analyses 1939

The Fugitive Red jar neck shown in Plate 8D was also found on the floor of this pithouse.

Preliminary Report on the 1937 Excavations, Bc 50-51, Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, with Some Distributional Analyses 1939

Shabik'eshchee, fell into the river and exposed a nicely bisected pithouse.

Tseh So, a Small House Ruin, Chaco Canyon, New Mexico : 1937