Alfred V. Kidder s excavations at Pecos Pueblo in New Mexico
between 1914 and 1929 set a new standard for archaeological
fieldwork and interpretation. Among his other innovations, Kidder
recognized that skeletal remains were a valuable source of
information, and today the Pecos sample is used in comparative
studies of fossil hominins and recent populations alike.
In the 1990s, while documenting this historic collection in
accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act before the remains were returned to the Pueblo of
Jemez and reinterred at Pecos Pueblo, Michele Morgan and colleagues
undertook a painstaking review of the field data to create a vastly
improved database. The Peabody Museum, where the remains had been
housed since the 1920s, also invited a team of experts to
collaboratively study some of the materials.
In "Pecos Pueblo Revisited," these scholars review some of the
most significant findings from Pecos Pueblo in the context of
current Southwestern archaeological and osteological perspectives
and provide new interpretations of the behavior and biology of the
inhabitants of the pueblo. The volume also presents improved data
sets in extensive appendices that make the primary data available
for future analysis. The volume answers many existing questions
about the population of Pecos and other Rio Grande sites and will
stimulate future analysis of this important collection.
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