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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Activity Area Analyzed Flakes Angular Debris artifact assemblage artifact scatter Asteraceae auger tests backhoe backhoe trenches Basketmaker II period bedrock burned adobe ceramic ceramic sherds charcoal Chert clay loam cm deep Cores Flakes Count dates Excavation Unit faunal bone faunal remains Figure fill fire pit flaked lithic Flaked Stone Artifact Flaked Tools flakes and cores floor goosefoot/pigweed ground stone ground stone artifacts Hammerstone hearth identified included limited activity Lithic Material loam locally available loci Locus maize mano material types Metaquartzite metate modern ground surface Number oxidized Passive Reducers percent pit Feature pit room pit structure plain grayware PLATA ARCHAEOLOGICAL PROJECT pollen post holes projectile points Pueblo I period Quartzite radiocarbon radiocarbon dates recovered Ridges Basin roasting pit rock sandstone sherds slab-lined pit slope soil Stone Artifact Summary stone items Stratigraphy Stratum Subfeatures surface collection surface room SWCA SWCA's Table thermal Total Station ture vessel form