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A Large Hewn Plank from Mesa Verde, Colorado1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 June 2018

Robert F. Nichols
Robert F. Nichols*
Affiliation:
Wetherill Mesa Archeological Project, Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado
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Abstract

A large pine plank was removed from a cliff dwelling at Mesa Verde in 1889. This plank, which had been shaped by charring and stone tools, measured 3.4 m. long, 0.49 m. wide, and 0.08 m. thick. Although its original provenience is not known, the plank probably came from the great kiva in Fire Temple, where it may have served as a vault cover or as a lintel over a double doorway in the east wall.

Type
2 Anthropology
Information
Memoirs of the Society for American Archaeology , Volume 19: Contributions of the Wetherill Mesa Archeological Project , October 1965 , pp. 51 - 56
Copyright
Copyright © Society for American Archaeology 1965 

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Footnotes

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This is Contribution No. 22 of the Wetherill Mesa Archeological Project.

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