Dolores Archaeological Program Technical Reports, DAP-081: The Grass Mesa Locality Testing Program, 1979-1980

Author(s): G. Timothy Gross

Year: 1984

Summary

Eighteen sites were tested in the Grass Mesa Locality during the 1979 and 1980 field seasons. Test excavations, including both probability and jurlgmental excavation, were conducted at Hanging Rock Hamlet (Site 5MT4650), Cougar Springs Cave (Site 5MT4797), Quasimodo Cave (Site 5MT4789), Dos Cuartos House (Site 5MT2174), Calmate Shelter (Site 5MT4651), and DTA Site (Site 5MT5361). The remaining 12 sites were investigated through surface collection, occasionally augmented by shovel scraping or minimal excavation. The goal of the program was to obtain sufficient information to allow the placement of these sites in the Dolores Archaeological Program spatial and temporal systems with better accuracy than was possible from survey records alone. This report describes the investigations at each of these sites and discusses the structures, features, and artifacts encountered. Temporal and functional assignments a re made for each of the sites.

Cite this Record

Dolores Archaeological Program Technical Reports, DAP-081: The Grass Mesa Locality Testing Program, 1979-1980. G. Timothy Gross. Dolores Archaeological Program Technical Reports. Salt Lake City, Utah: U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Upper Colorado Region. 1984 ( tDAR id: 398448) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8RN3BH0

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


Keywords

Culture
Anasazi

Material
Ceramic • Chipped Stone

Site Name
5MT2160 • 5MT2165 • 5MT2166 • 5MT2169 • 5MT2170 • 5MT2173 • 5MT2174 (Dos Cuartos House) • 5MT2175 • 5MT2211 • 5MT2212 • 5MT2213 • 5MT2216 • 5MT2381 • 5MT4650 (Hanging Rock Hamlet) • 5MT4651 (Calmate Shelter) • 5MT4789 (Quasimodo Cave) • 5MT4797 (Cougar Springs Cave) • 5MT5361 (DTA site)

Site Type
Cave • Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Domestic Structures • Pit House / Earth Lodge • Rock Shelter • Room Block / Compound / Pueblo

General
Abajo Red-on-orange • Bluff Black-on-red • Chapin Black-on-white • Chapin Gray • Dolores Brown • Early Pueblo Gray • Early Pueblo Red • Hammerstone • Investigating Methods • Investigative Strategies • Lithics • Mancos Gray • Mano • Metate • MIdden • Moccasin Gray • nonflaked lithic tools • Paleodemography • Piedra Black-on-white • Polished white ware • Surface Collections

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

Temporal Keywords
Archaic • Basketmaker II • Basketmaker III • Pueblo I

Spatial Coverage

min long: -108.602; min lat: 37.464 ; max long: -108.481; max lat: 37.59 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contributor(s): Donald Howes; Melissa Gould

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 April 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 were responsible for co-authoring specific sections of the report.

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