5MT10678

5MT10678

Habitation site

Extent of architectural stone to the north and extent of artifact scatter to the east, west, and south.

1.26 acres

5MT10678 is a late Basketmaker III hamlet site. Identified on the surface are three circular slab lined rooms and collapsed construction stone of other rooms in an east-west roomblock alignment, a smaller concentration of stone on the east central portion of the site, and a dense midden. Excavations by Woods Canyon Archaeological Center and the land owner, Laura Watson, confirmed the extent of the roomblock and exposed the entirety of a sub-rectangular pithouse subdivided with wingwalls.

Approximately 5.2 miles west of Cortez, Colorado, south of County Road K.

Private Property, Indian Camp Ranch Lot 12, Fred and Laura Watson}

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