Color and Directional Symbolism at Pueblo Bonito, Chaco Canyon

presented by Dr. Hannah Mattson, Southwestern Archaeologist and Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of New Mexico
Dedicatory offerings of small colorful objects are often found in pre-Hispanic architectural contexts in the Ancestral Pueblo region of the American Southwest. These deposits are particularly numerous in kivas at the site of Pueblo Bonito, Chaco Canyon, which served as the ceremonial hub of the Chacoan regional system between the 10th and 12th centuries CE.
Based on the importance of directionality and color in traditional Pueblo worldviews, archaeologists have long-speculated that the contents of these radial offerings may likewise reference significant Chacoan cosmographic elements. In this talk, Dr. Mattson discusses the results of a recent study where she explored this idea by examining the distribution of colors and materials in kiva pilaster repositories in relation to directional quadrants, prominent landscape features, and raw material sources.
Recorded: May 12, 2022
Runtime: 1 hr 6 min

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From what I have read from past research material Pueblo Bonita was home to an exclusive population of high status individuals as opposed to outlier pueblos in the entire Chaco Canyon system: did the original sites of earliest deposits in the four sectional kiva areas of each kiva represent a fairly-proportioned quality/quantity as to the distribution and quality of the initial foundational deposits?

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