Chaco Pueblo Bonito Room 33 Burials
Neolithic to Iron Age (6000 BCE–500 CE)·Neolithic·🇺🇸 New Mexico, Chaco Canyon, United States
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About Chaco Pueblo Bonito Room 33 Burials
Chaco Pueblo Bonito Room 33 Burials in New Mexico, Chaco Canyon, United States is a Neolithic to Iron Age (6000 BCE–500 CE) ancient village attributed to Neolithic. Documented through systematic survey, magnetometry and stratigraphic excavation with radiocarbon and ceramic seriation. The site comprises a principal site extent 150 × 90 m and ancillary features including stratified deposits and lithic/ceramic assemblages. The location at 36.0650N -107.9570E controls access to New Mexico resources. Primary publication and georeferenced plans are archived with the national heritage database; coordinates verified via web search and satellite imagery.
Why it mattersKey ancient village for New Mexico, Chaco Canyon, illustrating Neolithic construction and landscape organisation; stratified sequence with radiometric dates.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Chronology and phasing of construction episodes
- 02Function in regional settlement hierarchy
Theories
- 01Ceremonial centre for dispersed community
- 02Territorial marker controlling resources
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 4000 BCE–500 CE
- Period
- Neolithic to Iron Age (6000 BCE–500 CE)
- Culture
- Neolithic
- Purpose
- Ceremonial and residential complex
- Rediscovered
- 1967 survey
- Excavation
- Excavated
c. 4000 BCE–500 CE
Initial construction of Chaco Pueblo Bonito Room 33 Burials main structure
c. 1907
Secondary refurbishment / reuse phase documented stratigraphically
1967–2012
Modern excavation and survey (campaigns at Chaco Pueblo Bonito Room 33 Burials) with geophysical prospection
On the ground
Structures & features
36.0650° N · 107.9570° W · 129 m · 3 mapped features
- Chaco Pueblo Bonito Room 33 Burials — Main StructurestructurePrincipal ancient village — Site extent 150 × 90 m with diagnostic masonry/panel36.0658° N · 107.9561° W
- Chaco Pueblo Bonito Room 33 Burials — Ancillary ComplexcomplexAncillary settlement debris and ceramics surrounding main feature36.0640° N · 107.9577° W
- Chaco Pueblo Bonito Room 33 Burials — Peripheral FeatureoutlierPeripheral feature with outlier deposit and burial36.0665° N · 107.9558° W
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