# Pepper's excavation report, Pueblo Bonito (1920)

> 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…

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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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**Scan** George H. Pepper; notes by N. C. Nelson · commons.wikimedia.org · 1920 · Public domain (published 1920)Primary source: [Pueblo Bonito](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D9KTDN463GW/pueblo-bonito)1 step from the original

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## Where it was made

[Pueblo Bonito](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0D9KTBPM631M/pueblo-bonito) · Great house

## Sources 1

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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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American Museum of Natural History (Anthropological Papers, vol. 27)

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excavations 1896 to 1900; published 1920

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