Kiva / Great Kiva (Site Type Keyword)

Circular or rectangular ceremonial structure. May be subterranean or part of a surface room block.

4,601-4,625 (4,917 Records)

The Dolores Archaeological Program

PROJECT Robert A. Bye. Christine K. Robinson. David A. Breternitz. Allen E. Kane. Steven E. James. Timothy A. Kohler. William D. Lipe. Bureau of Reclamation.

From 1978 until 1985 the University of Colorado contracted with the Bureau of Reclamation (Contract No. 8-07-40-S0562) to mitigate the adverse impact of a large water impoundment project on the cultural resources in the project area. This complex and evolving long-term mitigation plan known as the Dolores Archaeological Program (DAP) has been called a “truly unique chapter in American archaeology” (Breternitz 1993:118) and was applauded by Lipe (1998:2) for its ability to “increase the power and...

Dolores Archaeological Program Technical Reports, DAP-008: Preliminary Report on Excavations at McPhee Pueblo (Site 5MT4475) (1980)

DOCUMENT Full-Text Joel M. Brisbin.

Site 5MT4475 is a multi-component Anasazi village site, that perhaps served as the nucleus and/or socio-religious center for the McPhee community. The site is located approximately 5 miles northwest of Dolores, Colorado, very near County Road X. The initial investigation discovered a horseshoe-shaped pueblo built and occupied during the McPhee Phase dating from AD 850 to AD 950. Periods of abandonment and reoccupation are manifested during this time period. Three subterranean pitstructures, one...

Dolores Archaeological Program Technical Reports, DAP-009: Preliminary Report on Excavations at Marshview Hamlet (Site 5MT2235) (1980)

DOCUMENT Full-Text Martin E. Bussard.

Site 5MT2235, a small Anasazi habitation located northwest of Dolores, Colorado, was excavated during the 1978 field season as part of the Dolores Project Cultural Mitigation Program. Field operations were conducted from 24 July through 2 November. During this period, University of Colorado crew members, along with personnel of the Water and Power Resources Service Youth Conservation Corps and Young Adult Conservation Corps programs, excavated and recorded a small pitstructure and associated...

Dolores Archaeological Program Technical Reports, DAP-084: Grass Mesa Village (Site 5MT23), Overview and Surface Collection Results: 1979 and 1980 (1983)

DOCUMENT Full-Text Timothy A. Kohler.

Grass Mesa Village (Site 5MT23) is a large Pueblo I habitation site in southwestern Colorado. During investigation by the Dolores Archaeological Program in 1979 and 1980, a systematic surface collection was completed, and a probability sampling program was initiated alongside more intensive excavations. A total of 42 surface structures and 20 pitstructures (including a possible great kiva) were wholly or partially excavated during these first two field seasons. A statistical comparison of the...

Dolores Archaeological Program: Synthetic Report (1986)

DOCUMENT Citation Only D. A. Breternitz. Christine K. Robinson. Timothy Gross.

The Dolores Project was a large water-impoundment project constructed by the Bureau of Reclamation in southwestern Colorado. From 1978 until 1985 the University of Colorado contracted with the Bureau of Reclamation (Contract No. 8-07-40-S0562) to mitigate the adverse effects of the Dolores Project on the cultural resources in the project area; Washington State University was the major subcontractor. The mitigation program was called the Dolores Archaeological Program (DAP). This volume presents...

Dolores Archaeological Program: Synthetic Report 1978-1981 (1984)

DOCUMENT Full-Text David A. Breternitz.

The "Dolores Archaeological Program: Synthetic Report 1978-1981" is the second publication in a series of reports by the Bureau of Reclamation, U.S. Department of the Interior, on the findings of the Dolores Archaeological Program including excavation activities, and the preservation and analysis of newly discovered artifacts.

The Dolores Legacy: A User's Guide to the Dolores Archaeological Program Data (1999)

DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Jesse Clark

A user's guide to the Dolores Archaeological Program data, compiled with assistance from a State Historical Fund grant from the Colorado Historical Society. This is highly recommended as a point of entry into the large and complex DAP datasets. It contains a general introduction to the DAP and its datasets, by Richard Wilshusen; an introduction to the provenience data and DAP temporal-spatial taxonomy and interpretations, by Christine Ward; brief descriptions of each of the major databases; an...

Draft: Two Dead Juniper Village: A Late Developmental to Coalition Period Occupation Located in the Western Foothills of the Manzanita Mountains, Kirtland Air Force Base, Bernalillo County New Mexico (2005)

DOCUMENT Full-Text Douglas B. Hanson. Dorothy L. Larson. Peter J. McKenna. Stefanie Tschaikowsky. Albert E. Ward.

The investigations and data described for the Two Dead Juniper Village (LA 87432/AR-03-03-05-740) in the following document span a 24 year period beginning in 1981. During this time many personnel and administrative changes were made to the archaeological team. As such, this final document represents pieces of work from many different investigators, who participated at different times during the undertaking. Unfortunately, neither Albert Ward nor any members of his team at the Center for...

Early Pueblo III great house Kiva D overviews (1998)