Conference Presentations by Michael Lorusso
In 2016, the Crow Canyon Archaeological Center (Crow Canyon) began a new multiyear project—the No... more In 2016, the Crow Canyon Archaeological Center (Crow Canyon) began a new multiyear project—the Northern Chaco Outliers Project (NCOP)—which focuses on the Haynie site, a Chaco outlier in the central Mesa Verde region of southwestern Colorado (Ryan 2016).
During the first field season, our goal was to assess specific characteristics of the Haynie site through surface archaeology, which included analysis of pottery and chipped-stone artifacts from systematic “dog-leash” collection units across the 5-acre site as well as from specific contexts disturbed by previous, nonsystematic investigations. We used pottery data to assess site-wide temporal and spatial patterning, and we also examined the proportions of local vs. nonlocal lithic raw materials as well as origin locations for nonlocal lithic materials.
Although the visible architecture is characteristic of the Pueblo II period (A.D. 900 ̶ 1150), our surface-based pottery analysis indicates much greater time depth; the pottery types present suggest continuous occupation of the site from the Basketmaker III (A.D. 500 ̶ 750) through the Pueblo III (A.D. 1150 ̶ 1300) periods.
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Conference Presentations by Michael Lorusso
During the first field season, our goal was to assess specific characteristics of the Haynie site through surface archaeology, which included analysis of pottery and chipped-stone artifacts from systematic “dog-leash” collection units across the 5-acre site as well as from specific contexts disturbed by previous, nonsystematic investigations. We used pottery data to assess site-wide temporal and spatial patterning, and we also examined the proportions of local vs. nonlocal lithic raw materials as well as origin locations for nonlocal lithic materials.
Although the visible architecture is characteristic of the Pueblo II period (A.D. 900 ̶ 1150), our surface-based pottery analysis indicates much greater time depth; the pottery types present suggest continuous occupation of the site from the Basketmaker III (A.D. 500 ̶ 750) through the Pueblo III (A.D. 1150 ̶ 1300) periods.
During the first field season, our goal was to assess specific characteristics of the Haynie site through surface archaeology, which included analysis of pottery and chipped-stone artifacts from systematic “dog-leash” collection units across the 5-acre site as well as from specific contexts disturbed by previous, nonsystematic investigations. We used pottery data to assess site-wide temporal and spatial patterning, and we also examined the proportions of local vs. nonlocal lithic raw materials as well as origin locations for nonlocal lithic materials.
Although the visible architecture is characteristic of the Pueblo II period (A.D. 900 ̶ 1150), our surface-based pottery analysis indicates much greater time depth; the pottery types present suggest continuous occupation of the site from the Basketmaker III (A.D. 500 ̶ 750) through the Pueblo III (A.D. 1150 ̶ 1300) periods.