Champagne Spring (Greenlee) Ruins 5DL2333 (Site Name Keyword)

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Ritualized Animal Burials at Champagne Spring - Part II: Analysis and interpretation of burial fauna in Structure 37, Champagne Spring - 5DL2333 (2017)

DOCUMENT Full-Text Robin Lyle.

Excavations in Structure 37, an early Pueblo II period kiva at Champagne Spring Ruins in Dolores County Colorado, encountered the ritualized burials of numerous turkeys, canids and an American Crow. These buried animals represented part of the final closure of the structure. The description, analysis and interpretation of these remains are discussed in detail.

Ritualized Animal Burials at Champagne Spring - Part I: Analysis and interpretation of burial fauna in Structure 34 Champagne Spring - 5DL2333 (2017)

DOCUMENT Full-Text Robin Lyle.

Excavations in Structure 34, an early Pueblo II period kiva at Champagne Spring Ruins in Dolores County Colorado, encountered the ritualized burials of numerous turkeys, canids, a cottontail rabbit and a rattlesnake. These buried animals represented part of the final closure of the structure. The description, analysis and interpretation of these remains are discussed in detail.