Dolores River Valley (Geographic Keyword)
26-35 (35 Records)
The Dolores Archaeological Program historic studies crew conducted fieldwork on a river valley area assigned as the first-year impact zone. The historic studies crew field research centered on inventory for evidence of activity from the historical period. The historical evidence was either recorded as an isolated find or a site. The historic studies crew designated an isolated find as incomplete or inconclusive human activity evidence and a site was defined as stand-alone human activity evidence...
Historical Archaeology of the Dolores River Project: Year 1- a Summary of the Project Inception, Research Design, and Results (1980)
In 1978, the University of Colorado hired Centuries Research, Inc. as a subcontractor to conduct historical research before the construction of the Bureau of Reclamation Water Project. There are four main goals of this report: 1) to present a brief history of the historical archaeology program within the Dolores overarching study plan, 2) the research design and the methodology behind its inception, 3) a summary of the history of the project area, and 4) how future work should be conducted by...
Linked Provenience-Feature Class (2000)
The linked provenience category is an organized way to describe how a feature was excavated, and where artifacts were found within that feature. The categories are numerically based in order to systematically define excavation strategy and the execution of that strategy. Each vertical and horizontal strategy is denoted with a corresponding number---for example horizontal excavation strategies are broken down into whole study unit, locus, segment, half, strip, quadrant, etc. (Wilshusen et al....
Macrobotanical Remains (1985)
The DAP research design was structured to systematically address broad domains of inquiry that encompass economy and adaptation, paleodemography, social organization, extra-regional relationships, and cultural process. The variables used in the botanical datasets represent the various lines of evidence needed to mitigate “bioturbation, preservation, and sampling biases” and establish the “case for cultural association of botanical remains preserved in the archaeological record” (Petersen, Clay...
Maps (1985)
A small percentage of the maps reproduced from field data can be found in the series of published DAP reports, but a much larger collection of original material can be accessed via the Anasazi Heritage Center, Colorado. The maps dataset allows users to easily know what maps are available for any provenience. Maps were sequentially numbered within each site and later classified as one of 47 taxa, according to the type of information the map was meant to convey. Documenting the contents of a site...
Non-flaked Lithic Tools: Temporal-Spatial Dataset (1985)
The Reductive Technologies Group (RTG) was responsible for supporting the broad research goals of the DAP through the implementation of mid-level research design governing the collection and analysis of data from “artifacts which were manufactured by reductive, or subtractive techniques” (Phagan 1986a:79). The RTG was headed by Roger A. Moore between 1978 and 1979 and by Carl J. Phagan from 1979 to 1985, with the assistance of T. Homer Hruby between 1980 and 1984; supporting work was provided by...
Oral History as a Tool of Historical Archaeology: Application on the Dolores Archaeological Project (1983)
Information obtained through ethnographic interviews involving oral history can supplement data collected through archaeological surveys and excavation as well as archival documentation. Duranceau demonstrates how oral history can be used as a tool in historical archaeology to obtain information that is generally not available through other resources. This chapter focuses on the practical approach utilized by the Historic Sites Study of the Dolores Archaeological Project and how this technique...
Photographs (1985)
Photographs are one of the few remaining ways to examine the now inundated archaeological sites in the DAP. Photographic images add context to specific aspects of Anasazi life in the DAP area; in a sense, DAP photography "provides the investigator with ways to understand the spatial integration of households and communities" (Wilshusen et al. 1999:115). Only a fraction of all photographs taken during the project can be found in the published series of DAP reports. Individuals wishing to access...
Rare Rocks (1985)
Items in the DAP nonflaked lithic tool assemblage and miscellaneous material files that represent “unusual materials of geologic origin” have been collected within a single rare rocks dataset (Keane and Clay 1987:507). More specifically, the dataset contains both naturally occurring and culturally modified items comprised of geological resources that are found in the Dolores Valley, or have been transported over long distances (Keane and Clay 1987). Items fashioned from rare material types are...
Samples (1985)
Wilshusen et al. (1999) indicate that this dataset should be viewed as a comprehensive inventory of DAP samples by type and number. Samples were collected for a variety of reasons including chronometric dating, environmental and geological studies, and special documentation. Obtaining the results of their analysis requires users to consult other DAP datasets. Variables in the samples dataset have already been described by Wilshusen et al. (1999); see especially the section entitled "Samples" by...