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Pepper's excavation report, Pueblo Bonito (1920)

Document466 pagesPublic domainExcavations 1896 to 1900; published 1920
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The Hyde Exploring Expedition's record of the rooms it dug, written by its field director: the plans, photographs and finds of Room 28 (the cylinder jars) and Room 33 (the burial crypt) as they came out of the ground. Much of the later work on both rooms starts from it.

George H. Pepper; notes by N. C. Nelson, 1896. Public domain

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AlbuquerqueSt. GeorgeSanta FeFlagstaffFarmingtonGallupDurango1Pueblo Bonito200 kmAlbuquerquePuebloSt. GeorgeSanta Fe1200 km
Pueblo Bonito · Great house

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Pepper's excavation report, Pueblo Bonito (1920) [Artifact ART0D9KW2W87QW9]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ART0D9KW2W87QW9
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