# Cylinder jars from Room 28, Pueblo Bonito

> Tall, narrow painted jars almost unique to Pueblo Bonito; fewer than 200 are known from the Southwest. The NPS gives 111 from one room, the Room 28…

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**ART** 0D9KVCDG1NYW·Artifact · object

# Cylinder jars from Room 28, Pueblo Bonito

Document466 pagesPublic domainExcavated by the Hyde Exploring Expedition, 1896: 112 cylinder jars among 174 whole vessels in Room 28

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Tall, narrow painted jars almost unique to Pueblo Bonito; fewer than 200 are known from the Southwest. The NPS gives 111 from one room, the Room 28 monograph 112. Room 28 was re-excavated by the University of New Mexico in 2013 and its use as the jars' store ended in the early 1100s. The AMNH's online catalogue images and their terms were not checked in this session.

George H. Pepper, 1896. Public domain

## Copies 2

**Photo** George H. Pepper · lbry-web-007.amnh.org · 1900-10 · not stated (rights at the repository)1 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://lbry-web-007.amnh.org/digital/index.php/items/show/25080)

**Document** George H. Pepper · commons.wikimedia.org · 1920 · Public domain (published 1920)Primary source: [Pueblo Bonito](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D9KTDN463GW/pueblo-bonito)2 steps from the original

[Where it's published](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pueblo_Bonito_(IA_pueblobonito27pepp).pdf)[Download](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/d/db642fa03135fd2046c5bf308950f83e0fcdfd3a3bf9d6fa9e1e520a7525213b)

## Where it is kept

[American Museum of Natural History, New York](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0D9KTDWY3W57/american-museum-of-natural-history-new-york) · Museum

## Sources 3

- [Evidence of cacao use in the Prehispanic American Southwest](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D9KT53P03ZH/evidence-of-cacao-use-in-the-prehispanic-american-southwest)_SRC_
- [Pre-Columbian Chocolate Discovered at Chaco](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D9KT5BG265G/pre-columbian-chocolate-discovered-at-chaco)_SRC_
- [The House of the Cylinder Jars (book review and lecture notice)](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D9KT5KA0Q68/the-house-of-the-cylinder-jars-book-review-and-lecture)_SRC_

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Cylinder jars from Room 28, Pueblo Bonito [Artifact ART0D9KVCDG1NYW]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ART0D9KVCDG1NYW
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**ART** 0D9KVCDG1NYW

Kind

Object

Held by

American Museum of Natural History, New York (almost all)

Dated

excavated by the Hyde Exploring Expedition, 1896: 112 cylinder jars among 174 whole vessels in Room 28; cacao residues on cylinder-jar sherds dated about AD 1000 to 1125

Licence

Public domain (published 1920)

Place

[American Museum of Natural History, New York](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0D9KTDWY3W57/american-museum-of-natural-history-new-york)

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[Great houses of Chaco Canyon](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/chaco-canyon)

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