History of Investigations

Year

Description of Events

Reference(s)

1874

Oral history account of the site published in New York Tribune; first photographs of the site taken by William H. Jackson

Jackson 1981*1:380

1876

First published description of the site (called Battle Rock)

Jackson 1981*1:Plate II (no. 10), 379-380

1891

H. Jay Smith exploring party photographed the site

Photos on file, Pikes Peak Library District, Colorado Springs, CO

1893

Mock-up of the landform one-half mile southwest of the site appears at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, erroneously labeled Battle Rock; that name never used for site 5MT1825 again

Smith 1988*1:35

1906

T. Mitchell Prudden took lantern slides of the site

Personal communication, Roger H. Colten, Peabody Museum

1968

Site form completed by the University of Colorado

1975

Site was evaluated for stabilization needs by the University of Colorado

Martin 1976*1

1990-1991

Crow Canyon Archaeological Center conducted mapping and random testing as part of Sand Canyon Archaeological Project Site Testing Program

Kleidon 1999*1; Kleidon and Lightfoot 1991*1; Varien 1999*2; Varien et al. 1991*2

1992-1994

Crow Canyon Archaeological Center conducted judgment and intensive excavations

Kuckelman et al. 1992*1; Lightfoot and Kuckelman 1993*1, 1994*1

2000

On-line publication of the Castle Rock Pueblo electronic database and site report (Crow Canyon Archaeological Center)