Accumulating Identities in “Trash”: Examining Depositional Patterns within Ancestral Pueblo Villages
CU Museum of Natural History Broadway, Boulder, CO, United StatesWhile often overlooked as “trash,” the materials that accumulate in archaeological sites can signify intentional decisions demarcating relationships within a community and ties to architectural settings. In particular, the ways in which architectural spaces were prepared, altered, and decommissioned or closed through the placement of materials (objects and sediment) can reveal important cultural traditions and […]