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"Artifacts," by Scott G. Ortman
Table 3. Tree-Ring-Dated Collections of Rim Sherds from White Ware Bowls, Southwestern Colorado
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Pottery Type Percentages by Weight
Dates (A.D.)
Site Name or Location
Latest Tree-Ring Date (A.D.) a*
Cortez Black-on-white
Mancos Black-on-white
McElmo Black-on-white
Mesa Verde Black-on-white
Pueblo II White Painted
Late White Painted
Pueblo III White Painted
Total Wt. (g)
1020–1060
ChameleonHouse
1020vv
6.5
64.2
16.6
115.4
1020–1060
DobbinsStockade
1034vv
22.1
69.3
4.2
4.4
696.0
1020–1060
NortonHouse
1048r
100.0
452.8
1060–1090
MarianoWash area
1058vv
2.6
84.8
2.0
10.5
625.1
1060–1090
BindweedHouse
1071+vv
69.3
30.7
521.8
1060–1090
G andG Hamlet
1083vv
84.8
6.4
8.8
157.3
1090–1110
CowboyWash area
1094vv
64.4
13.9
3.8
17.8
0.1
2,783.7
1110–1140
DominguezRuin
1123vv
6.7
58.2
30.1
0.7
3.4
0.9
259.4
1110–1140
CowboyWash area
1127vv
70.3
6.6
2.6
2.0
17.2
1.2
4,134.4
1110–1140
HansonPueblo
1134+v
68.3
18.0
3.4
10.3
911.3
1110–1140
EscalanteRuin
1138v
1.1
61.2
32.4
0.4
4.5
0.3
3,143.3
1110–1140
WallaceRuin
1108vv
5.0
69.4
10.4
2.7
1.1
8.3
3.0
7,021.8
1140–1180
KenzieDawn Hamlet
1142vv
62.1
22.6
3.5
7.5
4.3
403.5
1140–1180
SeedJar site
1148+vv
5.2
71.0
15.7
0.6
1.1
5.0
1.4
1,257.0
1180–1210
KnobbyKnee Stockade
1201+v
0.9
50.1
16.2
19.9
13.0
1,346.4
1210–1230
Lillian'sSite
1214vv
0.9
42.6
29.3
4.2
23.0
1,215.2
1210–1230
Roy'sRuin
1223vv
1.0
30.2
30.3
9.1
29.4
1,347.5
1230–1260
CowboyWash area
1248vv
6.4
14.6
61.3
1.8
16.0
3,472.5
1230–1260
SaddlehornHamlet
1256vv
29.0
52.1
18.9
857.1
1230–1260
LookoutHouse
1257v
33.6
35.0
31.4
3,076.5
1260–1280
YellowJacket Pueblo, great tower complex
1254+vv
0.3
18.3
62.2
0.1
0.8
18.3
4,436.4
1260–1280
HedleySite Complex, main ruinb
1265vv
1.9
21.7
40.6
2.6
33.2
2,895.7
1260–1280
Troy's Tower
1271+vv
3.2
11.0
47.4
0.7
5.6
32.1
654.3
1260–1280
Lester's Site
1271vv
0.6
28.1
62.5
1.9
6.9
1,689.7
1260–1280
Sand Canyon Pueblo
1274r
0.2
10.5
51.2
3.2
35.0
15,397.3
1260–1280
Castle Rock Pueblo
1274vv
0.6
18.2
51.7
1.6
27.9
3,984.9
aLaboratory of Tree-Ring Research date symbols:
r = less than a full section is present, but the outermost ring is continuous
around the available circumference.
v = a subjective judgment that, although there is no direct evidence of
the true outside on the sample, the date is within a very few years of
being a cutting date.
vv = there is no way of estimating how far the last ring is from the true
outside; many rings may be lost.
+ = one or a few rings may be missing near the outside whose presence
or absence cannot be determined because the series does not extend far
enough to provide adequate cross dating.
bLocated in southeastern Utah.
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