Dolores Archaeological Program Technical Reports, DAP-006: Dos Casas Hamlet (Site 5MT2193), In-House Report

Author(s): Joel M. Brisbin; Alice Emerson; Sarah Schlanger

Year: 1979

Summary

Dos Casas Hamlet (5MT2193) is a small Anasazi site-located approximately 8 km northwest of the small town of Dolores, Montezuma County, Colorado. During the summer of 1978. the University of Colorado excavated the site as part of first-year operations associated with the Dolores Cultural Resources Mitigation Program. These investigations resulted in the discovery and recording of two prehistoric pithouses and an associated arc of surface rooms and outdoor use areas to the north. The pithouses are aligned north-south with the ventilator tunnel of the northern structure dug through the northern wall of the southern house. This indicates that two occupations or elements were present, perhaps both using the same group of surface facilities. Dendrochronological analysis suggests that the northern pithouse was constructed in the year AD 769 or shortly thereafter, therefore indicating that the site was probably inhabited during the early Pueblo I period (AD 750 - AD 900). According to the spatial and temporal control systems employed by project personnel, the site is located in the Sagehen Flats Locality, Escalante Sector, Yellowjacket District, and was occupied during the Sagehen Phase (AD 650 - AD 850). The site is classified as a small hamlet or semi permanent to pennanent habitation, and is inferred to have been the abode of a family unit (perhaps six-nine individuals) praticing small-scale agriculture in the local area. This family is postulated to have been one social unit of the West Sagehen Neighborhood, a local dispersed Anasazi community inhabiting the area in the eighth century AD.

Cite this Record

Dolores Archaeological Program Technical Reports, DAP-006: Dos Casas Hamlet (Site 5MT2193), In-House Report. Joel M. Brisbin, Alice Emerson, Sarah Schlanger. Dolores Archaeological Program Technical Reports. Salt Lake City, Utah: U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Upper Colorado Region. 1979 ( tDAR id: 394717) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8JW8HH8

URL: http://www.blm.gov/style/medialib/blm/co/field_offices/ahc/dap_documents.Par....


Keywords

Culture
Anasazi • Dolores

Material
Ceramic • Chipped Stone • Dating Sample • Fauna • Macrobotanical

Site Name
5MT2193 • Dos Casas Hamlet

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

Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation • Site Evaluation / Testing

General
Abajo Red-on-orange • Chapin Black-on-white • Chapin Gray • Cultural Remains • Dendrochronology • Depositional History • Lino Gray • Magnetometer • Mancos Black-on-white • Moccasin Gray • Paleodemography • Piedra Black-on-white • Stratigraphic Profile • Tusayan Gray

Geographic Keywords
Colorado (State / Territory) • Dolores • Montezuma (County) • North America (Continent) • Sagehen Flats • Southwest Colorado • United States of America (Country)

Temporal Keywords
Pueblo I

Temporal Coverage

Calendar Date: 750 to 900

Spatial Coverage

min long: -108.603; min lat: 37.465 ; max long: -108.487; max lat: 37.591 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

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

Notes

General Note: As of March 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

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