Yellow Jacket Pueblo

Yellow Jacket Pueblo is the site of a large Pueblo Indian village in southwestern Colorado. The site covers 100 acres and contains a minimum of 195 kivas (including a probable great kiva), 19 towers, a possible Chaco-era great house, and as many as 1,200 surface rooms. Its occupation spanned about 220 years, from the mid–A.D. 1000s through the late A.D. 1200s. The Crow Canyon Archaeological Center conducted excavations at Yellow Jacket Pueblo from 1995 through 1997.

Choose from the following publications available for Yellow Jacket Pueblo:

Archaeological Site Report

Thirteen chapters in The Archaeology of Yellow Jacket Pueblo: Excavations at a Large Community Center in Southwestern Colorado synthesize the archaeological data and provide analytic and interpretive summaries. Descriptive details are available in the accompanying electronic database (below). Approximately 400 pages, 25 illustrations, 77 tables. Edited by Kristin A. Kuckelman, 2003.

Archaeological Database

The Yellow Jacket Pueblo Database is an interactive database containing maps, color photographs, and a wide variety of field and laboratory data that can be accessed by individual study unit. These data are the basis for the interpretations presented in The Archaeology of Yellow Jacket Pueblo (above). Additional data for Yellow Jacket Pueblo are available in the Multisite Research Database.