True Facts About the Dinwiddie Site: Surprising Results from Limited Testing in a Disturbed Site

Summary

Archaeology Southwest and the University of Arizona’s 2014 Upper Gila Preservation Archaeology (UGPA) field school excavations at the Dinwiddie Site (LA106003) produced interesting and somewhat unexpected results. Dinwiddie is a Cliff Phase (A.D. 1300 – 1450) Salado site located along Duck Creek, a tributary of the Gila River, in southwestern New Mexico. It was partially excavated by avocational archaeologists in the 1960s and the remaining deposits have faced multiple sources of disturbance. Despite this history, test excavations in small areas of intact deposits at risk for future disturbance revealed unanticipated variability in architecture and ceramics between roomblocks. Spatial variation in pottery types represented in different parts of the site may be linked to temporal differences or to variability in social connections. Evidence of intensive remodeling and rebuilding in some rooms indicates a longer period of occupation than has commonly been attributed to Cliff Phase sites.

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This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• New Perspectives on Salado   •
• Society for American Archaeology 80th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA (2015)

Keywords

Spatial Coverage