Animas-La Plata Project: Ridges Basin excavations, archaic, basketmaker II, and limited activity sitesJames M. Potter This volume of the Animas-La Plata series (SWCA Anthropological Research Paper No. 10) describes the results of excavations at one Late Archaic site, three Basketmaker II sites, nineteen Pueblo I limited activity sites, and six undated artifact scatters in Ridges Basin, located approximately 2 miles south of Durango, Colorado. The volume concludes with a summary discussion of chronology, architecture, material culture, population, subsistence, and settlement within both local and regional cultural contexts. |
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Aaron O'Brien Activity Area Analyzed Flakes Angular Debris artifact assemblage artifact scatter Asteraceae auger tests backhoe trenches Basketmaker Basketmaker II period bedrock burned adobe Burro Canyon ceramic ceramic assemblage ceramic sherds charcoal Chert clay loam cm deep Cores Flakes Count cultural deposits excavation units faunal bone faunal remains Feature 13 Figure fill fire pit flaked lithic Flaked Stone Artifact Flaked Tools flakes and cores GEOMORPHOLOGY ground stone ground stone artifacts Hammerstone hearth identified limited activity Lithic Material loam locally available Locus mano material types Metaquartzite metate modern ground surface Number obsidian oxidized Passive Reducers percent Petrified wood pit Feature pit room pit structure plain grayware PLATA ARCHAEOLOGICAL PROJECT pollen post holes projectile points Pueblo I period Quartzite recovered Ridges Basin roasting pit rock sandstone sherds Siltstone/Mudstone slab-lined pit slope soil Stratigraphy Stratum subfeatures surface collection surface room SWCA SWCA's Table Total Station ture vessel form