Mitchell Springs Ruin Group

Summary

The Mitchell Springs Ruin Group is located just south of Cortez Colorado in the heart of Montezuma Valley. This community was occupied from Basketmaker times through around A.D. 1240 and is made up of around 75 small pueblos, small great houses, a great kiva, 10+ meter diameter court kiva, and a tri-wall structure. Field schools conducted from 1990-2004 resulted in two publications.

Cite this Record

Mitchell Springs Ruin Group. ( tDAR id: 379369) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8GQ7063

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URL: https://www.fourcornersresearch.com/Mitchell-Springs.html


Temporal Coverage

Calendar Date: 700 to 1240

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): David Dove

Source Collections

Peabody Museum Yale Complete collection available for study on-site

Resources Inside this Project (Viewing 1-2 of 2)

  • Documents (2)

Documents

  1. The Ceramics of Mitchell Springs Ruin Group (2009)
  2. Great House Formation: Agricultural Intensification, Balanced Duality, and Communal Enterprise at Mitchell Springs (2021)