Dedicatory offerings of small colourful objects are often found in pre-Hispanic architectural contexts in the Ancestral Pueblo region of the American Southwest. These deposits are particularly numerous in the roof support pillars of circular ritual structures (kivas) at the site of Pueblo Bonito, Chaco Canyon, which served as the ceremonial hub of the Chacoan regional system between the tenth and twelfth centuries ce. Based on the importance of directionality and colour in traditional Pueblo worldviews, archaeologists speculate that the contents of these radial offerings may likewise reference significant Chacoan cosmographic elements. In this paper, I explore this idea by examining the distribution of colours and materials in kiva pilaster repositories in relation to directional quadrants, prominent landscape features, and raw material sources. I discuss the results in the context of Pueblo cosmology and assemblage theory, arguing that particular colours were polyvalent and relational, deriving their meanings from their positions within interacting and heterogenous assemblages.

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查科峡谷祖先普韦布洛径向祭品的颜色和方向象征

在美国西南部 Ancestral Pueblo 地区的前西班牙裔建筑环境中，经常可以找到色彩缤纷的小物件。这些沉积物在查科峡谷普韦布洛鲣鱼遗址的圆形仪式结构 (kivas) 的屋顶支撑柱中特别多，在 10 世纪和 12 世纪之间，这里是查科区域系统的仪式中心ce. 基于传统普韦布洛世界观中方向性和颜色的重要性，考古学家推测这些放射状产品的内容可能同样参考了重要的查科宇宙学元素。在本文中，我通过检查与方向象限、突出的景观特征和原材料来源相关的 kiva 壁柱存储库中颜色和材料的分布来探索这个想法。我在普韦布洛宇宙学和组合理论的背景下讨论了结果，认为特定的颜色是多价的和相关的，从它们在相互作用和异质组合中的位置得出它们的含义。