Dolores Archaeological Program Technical Reports, DAP-032: Excavations at Casa Roca (Site 5Mt2203), a Pueblo I / Pueblo II Field House

Author(s): Joel M. Brisbin

Year: 1982

Summary

Casa Roca, Site 5MT2203, is a small, seasonal use, single-component site located in southwestern Colorado. The site was excavated in 1979 by the Dolores Archaeological Program (D.A.P.) as part of a representative sample of sites, by site type and temporal period, from the borrow areas of the Dolores Project, a Bureau of Reclamation water storage project. Casa Roca is assigned to the McPhee Phase (A.D. 850-970) as defined by the D.A.P. temporal system. This corresponds to the late Pueblo I and early Pueblo II periods of the Pecos classification. The major architectural feature at the site is a masonry surface room with a stone-lined floor. It is inferred that this site was a field house which was occupied seasonally. In addition to the surface structure, seven exterior subsurface features were located, including five basin-shaped heating pits, and a large slab-lined fireplace.

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-032: Excavations at Casa Roca (Site 5Mt2203), a Pueblo I / Pueblo II Field House. Joel M. Brisbin. Dolores Archaeological Program Technical Reports. Salt Lake City, Utah: U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Upper Colorado Region. 1982 ( tDAR id: 134495) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8RF5XNP

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Keywords

Culture
Anasazi • Dolores • McPhee Phase • Pueblo • Pueblo I - II Fieldhouse

Material
Ceramic • Chipped Stone • Fauna • Macrobotanical • Pollen

Site Name
5MT2203 • Casa Roca

Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation • Site Evaluation / Testing

General
Abajo Red-on-orange • Archaeobotanical Study • Archaeomagnetic Dates • Archaeometrics • Archaeozoological Study • Archeobotanical Study • Archeomagnetic Dates • Archeometrics • Archeozoological Study • Architecture • Blue Shale Corrugated • Chapin Gray • Chuska • Corrugated Body Sherds • Cortez Black-on-white • Cultural Chronology • Deadmans Black-on-red • Dolores Brown • Early Pueblo Gray • Early Pueblo Red • Early Pueblo White • Economy • Late Pueblo Gray • Late Pueblo White • Lithic Analysis • Magnetometer • Mancos Corrugated • Mancos Gray • Mesa Verde Gray • Mitigation • Paleodemography • Remote Sensing • Significance / Management • 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: 850 to 970

Spatial Coverage

min long: -108.604; min lat: 37.465 ; max long: -108.481; max lat: 37.593 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contributor(s): Bruce F. Benz; Meredith H. Matthews; J. Holly Hathaway; Jeffrey L. Eighmy; William A. Lucius; Thomas H. Hruby; Carl J. Phagan; Steven D. Emslie

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): 2202357; 2202358; 5312002; 602020; 5312010; 920288

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

NADB citation id number(s): 000000166462; 000000179876; 000000166461; 000000092442; 000000118618; 000000179868

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: 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: 56883, 56884, 90094, 20078, 20230) 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.

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