# Room 33 burials, Pueblo Bonito, and their ancient genomes

> Fourteen people buried in the oldest part of the building, among them the richest burial known from the Southwest; nine share one mitochondrial lineage.…

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**ART** 0D9KW3BW7AEA·Artifact · sample

# Room 33 burials, Pueblo Bonito, and their ancient genomes

SampleNCBI public dataBurials about AD 800 to 1130; excavated 1896 to 1897

[Cite]

**Not kept here.** This copy isn't ours to show. [See it where it's published](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/PRJNA353635).

Fourteen people buried in the oldest part of the building, among them the richest burial known from the Southwest; nine share one mitochondrial lineage. They are ancestors of living Pueblo peoples, and the 2017 study was criticised for proceeding without tribal consultation, so no images are reproduced here.

Kennett et al., 1130. NCBI public data

## Copies 2

**Dataset** Kennett et al. · ncbi.nlm.nih.gov · 2017 · NCBI public dataPrimary source: [Ancient Mitogenome sequence data (BioProject PRJNA353635)](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D9KTE4R5003/ancient-mitogenome-sequence-data-bioproject-prjna353635)2 steps from the original

[Where it's published](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/PRJNA353635)

**Dataset** Kennett et al. · doi.org · 2017 · CC0 1.0Primary source: [Data from: Archaeogenomic evidence reveals prehistoric matrilineal dynasty](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D9KTDWY032W/data-from-archaeogenomic-evidence-reveals-prehistoric)2 steps from the original

[Where it's published](https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.3344d)

## Where it was made

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

## Sources 1

- [Archaeogenomic evidence reveals prehistoric matrilineal dynasty](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D9KT4C82JBK/archaeogenomic-evidence-reveals-prehistoric-matrilineal)_SRC_

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Room 33 burials, Pueblo Bonito, and their ancient genomes [Artifact ART0D9KW3BW7AEA]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ART0D9KW3BW7AEA
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Key

**ART** 0D9KW3BW7AEA

Kind

Sample

Held by

American Museum of Natural History, New York (remains); NCBI Sequence Read Archive and Dryad (sequence data)

Dated

burials about AD 800 to 1130; excavated 1896 to 1897; sequenced and published 2017

Licence

NCBI public data

Place

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

Part of

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

The record

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