Multiple Animal Offerings in an Early Kiva

Part of the Champagne Spring (Greenlee) Ruins project

Author(s): Dave Dove

Year: 2012

Summary

During the 2011 investigations at Champagne Spring Ruin located near Dove Creek, Colorado, a kiva dating to the last half of the A.D. 900's was partially excavated. The report describes this formal 'kiva closing' which included the dispatch and formal burial of at least 3 dogs, 10 adult turkeys, a cottontail rabit, a beheaded rattlesnake and numerous poults.

Cite this Record

Multiple Animal Offerings in an Early Kiva. Dave Dove. Multiple Animal Offerings in an Early Kiva. 78 (No. 2): 1-17. 2012 ( tDAR id: 379378) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8Z31Z4R

Keywords

Culture
Ancestral Puebloan

Material
Basketry • Ceramic • Chipped Stone • Dating Sample • Fauna • Fire Cracked Rock • Ground Stone • Macrobotanical • Pollen • Shell • Textile • Wood

Site Name
Champagne Spring (Greenlee) Ruins 5DL2333 & 5DL2334

Investigation Types
Archaeological Overview • Architectural Survey • Data Recovery / Excavation • Geophysical Survey • Reconnaissance / Survey • Remote Sensing • Site Evaluation / Testing • Systematic Survey

General
Ceramics Analysis, architectural detail, feature description, excavation detail, geophysical mapping, geological sourcing, early Pueblo II community center

Geographic Keywords
Southwest Colorado

Temporal Keywords
Pueblo II Period

Temporal Coverage

Calendar Date: 900 to 1100

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Dave Dove

File Information

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