Culture and Ecology of Chaco Canyon and the San Juan Basin

Table 6.11. Projected ceramic consumption rates for four sites in Chaco Canyon. BPercent Excavated Ceramic Vessel No. Pots PerProjected Years of Pots Per Annum PerSite Rooms Midden Rooms Midden Total Use~ Annum Families Family29SJ629 100 70 922 750 1,933 130 14.9 2 7.429SJ136O 60 10 1,875 213 5,255 125 42.0 3 14.029SJ627 90 10 5,539 1,299 19,144 225 85.1 3 28.4Pueblo Alto:Red Mesa trash mound 2.2 368 16,727 40 418.2 20 20.9Gallup trash mound 2.2 3,313 150,509 60 2509.8 20 125.5Gallup rooms 10 275 2,750 60 45.8 20 2.3Gallup Kiva 13 3.1 71 2,290 60 38.2 20 1.9Kiva 16 31.8 236 742 30 24.7 201 1.2Kiva 10 8.3 555 6,687 70 95.5 201 4.8Baseline b29SJ629 1,707 130 13.1 2 6.629S11360 2,088 12$ 16.7 3 5.629SJ627 7,225 225 32.1 3 10.7Pueblo AltoGallup trash mound 3,313 50 55.2 20 2.8• Taken from H. Toll (1985).b Baseline figures use only the excavated vessel controlled sample from each site, and are thus bare minima.