Dolores Archaeological Program Technical Reports, DAP-026: Excavations at Apricot Hamlet (Site 5Mt2858), a Basket Maker II / Pueblo I Habitation Site

Author(s): John L. Montgomery

Year: 1982

Summary

Apricot Hamlet, Site 5MT2858, is a multiple occupation Basketmaker Ill/Pueblo I habitation site. Located in Montezuma County, in southwestern Colorado, Apricot Hamlet was excavated in 1979 as a part of the Dolores Archaeological Program (D.A.P.). The site was excavated to acquire informat ion on cultural patterning of the dispersed community which existed on the highlands west of the Dolores River valley during the Sagehen Phase (A.D. 600-850) of the Anasazi Tradition. Excavations revealed a pithouse, with main chamber and antechamber, several peripheral features, and a second, unfinished, pitstructure. The antechamber contained a hearth and deflector mold, indicating that it was used, at some point, for domestic activities. Based on ceramic evidence, archaeomagnetic dating samples, and the presence of a midden deposit in the pithouse, the site is believed to have been occupied bet ween A.D. 635 and 680, abandoned, and then reoccupied briefly between A.D. 750 and 800, during which time the second pitstructure was begun.

This report was written in 1980. Parts of the technical appendixes included here have been revised since that time, based on subsequent analysis. As a result, reference has been made to documents published after the report was written.

Originally the information in this record was migrated into tDAR from the National Archaeological Database Reports Module (NADB-R) and updated. In 2015, as part of its effort to improve tDAR content, the Center for Digital Antiquity uploaded a copy of the document and further improved the record metadata.

Cite this Record

Dolores Archaeological Program Technical Reports, DAP-026: Excavations at Apricot Hamlet (Site 5Mt2858), a Basket Maker II / Pueblo I Habitation Site. John L. Montgomery. Dolores Archaeological Program Technical Reports. Salt Lake City, Utah: U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Upper Colorado Region. 1982 ( tDAR id: 134320) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8SB48DK

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Keywords

Culture
Anasazi • Basketmaker III • Dolores • Pueblo I

Material
Ceramic • Chipped Stone • Fauna • Human Remains • Macrobotanical

Site Name
5MT2858 • Apricot Hamlet

Site Type
Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Pit House / Earth Lodge

Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation • Site Evaluation / Testing

General
Abajo Red-on-orange • Archaeobotanical Study • Archaeomagnetic Dates • Archaeozoological Study • Archeobotanical Study • Archeomagnetic Dates • Archeozoological Study • Architecture • Bioarchaeological Study • Bioarcheological Study • Bluff Black-on-red • Ceramic Study • Chapin Black-on-white • Chapin Gray • Cortez Black-on-white • Cultural Chronology • Deadmans Black-on-red • Dolores Corrugated • Dolores Red • Early Pueblo Gray • Early Pueblo Red • Early Pueblo White • Habitation • Late Pueblo Gray • Late Pueblo Red • Lithic • Magnetometer • Mancos Corrugated • Mancos Gray • McElmo Black-On-White • Mesa Verde Black-On-White • Mesa Verde Corrugated • Mitigation • Moccasin Gray • Paleodemography • Piedra Black-on-white • Remote Sensing • Sagehen Phase Site • Significance / Management • Site Settlement • Social Organization Show More

Geographic Keywords
08083 (Fips Code) • Colorado (State / Territory) • Dolores River • Montezuma (County) • North America (Continent) • Southwest Colorado • United States of America (Country)

Temporal Coverage

Calendar Date: 635 to 810 (Site Habitation Dates)

Spatial Coverage

min long: -108.601; min lat: 37.468 ; max long: -108.498; max lat: 37.598 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Linda J. Scott

Contributor(s): James G. Hampson; Robert Huggins; John Weymouth; Bruce F. Benz; Steven D. Emslie; Louisa Beyer Flander; J. Holly Hathaway; Jeffrey L. Eighmy; Eric B. Blinman; Thomas H. Hruby

Principal Investigator(s): David A. Breternitz

Sponsor(s): USDI Bureau of Reclamation, Upper Colorado Regional Office

Prepared By(s): University of Colorado, Dolores Archaeological Program

Submitted To(s): USDI Bureau of Reclamation, Upper Colorado Regional Office

Record Identifiers

NADB document id number(s): 2203439; 602014; 5312004

Bureau of Reclamation Contract No.(s): 8-07-40-S0562

NADB citation id number(s): 000000179870; 000000092436; 000000167542

Notes

General Note: As of January 2015, this and additional reports are hosted on the US Bureau of Land Management, Dolores Archaeological Program website; http://www.blm.gov/co/st/en/fo/ahc/dolores_archaeological/dap_technical_reports.html

General Note: Originally this record was automatically added to tDAR from NADB. In 2015, a copy of the document was added and the record metadata was updated. Additional entries (tDAR id: 77472, 20074) for this report were marked as "duplicate".

General Note: Those listed as contributors in the individual & institutional roles section are the authors of the accompanying appendices for this report.

General Note: This report was written in 1980. Parts of the technical appendixes included here have been revised since that time, based on subsequent analysis. As a result, reference has been made to documents published after the report was written.

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