Dolores Archaeological Program Technical Reports, DAP-031: Excavations at Moonlight House (Site 5Mt2205), a Pueblo I Seasonal Use Site

Author(s): James H. Kleidon

Year: 1982

Summary

Moonlight House (Site 5MT2205), located in extreme southwestern Colorado, is a two-room structure dating to the Pueblo I Period (A.D. 750-900) of the Anasazi Tradition. The site was excavated in 1979 by the Dolores Archaeological Program as an example of a nonhabitational, special-use site. Upon excavation of Moonlight House, it was determined that the site served primarily as a storage facility and food-processing center.

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-031: Excavations at Moonlight House (Site 5Mt2205), a Pueblo I Seasonal Use Site. James H. Kleidon. Dolores Archaeological Program Technical Reports. Salt Lake City, Utah: U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Upper Colorado Region. 1982 ( tDAR id: 134494) ; doi:10.6067/XCV85H7JW8

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Keywords

Culture
Anasazi • Dolores • McPhee Phase • Permian Subphase • Pueblo • Pueblo I

Material
Ceramic • Chipped Stone • Fauna • Macrobotanical

Site Name
5MT2205 • Moonlight House

Site Type
Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Domestic Structures • House • Seasonal Use Site

Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation • Site Evaluation / Testing

General
Archaeobotanical Study • Archeobotanical Study • Architectural Analysis • Architecture • Bluff Black-on-red • Botanical Analysis • Chapin Gray • Cultural Chronology • Early Pueblo Gray • Early Pueblo Red • Early Pueblo White • Economy • House • Lithic Analysis • Mancos Gray • Mesa Verde Gray • Mesa Verde Red • Mesa Verde White • Mitigation • Moccasin Gray • Paleodemography • Piedra Black-on-white • Pueblo I Seasonal Use Site • Significance / Management • Social Organization • Special Use Site • Storage Facility 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: 850 to 900

Spatial Coverage

min long: -108.609; min lat: 37.467 ; max long: -108.488; max lat: 37.592 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contributor(s): Bruce F. Benz; Meredith H. Matthews; William A. Lucius; Thomas H. Ruby; Carl J. Phagan

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

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

NADB document id number(s): 2203202; 5312009; 602019; 920878

NADB citation id number(s): 000000092441; 000000119458; 000000167306; 000000179875

Notes

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

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: 77512, 20079, 29588) for this report were marked as "duplicate".

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