Three Kiva Pueblo Revisited

Summary

This is an abstract from the "Archaeological Research in Montezuma Canyon, San Juan County, Utah" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

Three Kiva Pueblo Revisited

In 1969, the BYU Field School of Archaeology began intensive excavations at site 42Sa863, Three Kiva Pueblo, in Montezuma Canyon, San Juan County, Utah. Four seasons of field-work, including analysis of architecture, ceramics, lithics, and various artifact materials were reported in a 1974 graduate thesis. Three occupational components represented by successive building constructions are apparent at Three Kiva Pueblo. A total of fourteen rooms and three kivas were delineated. All but two rooms were excavated. A trash mound containing voluminous cultural material and burials was located southeast of the main house structure. West of the house mound is an additional shallow mound representing a ramada area which was utilized by peoples from all three component occupations. The site was occupied, modified or abandoned, and reoccupied, perhaps seasonally, from late Pueblo I to late Pueblo III times. In 1972 the site was stabilized, and no additional excavation has continued. This report is a revisit and update with consideration for continuing research in Montezuma Canyon and other sites is the northern San Juan area

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Archaeological Research in Montezuma Canyon, San Juan County, Utah   •
• Society for American Archaeology 84th Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, NM (2019)

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Abstract Id(s): 23060