DAP-106: Excavations at Chindi Hamlet (Site 5MT4684), a Basketmaker III habitation site
Creators: name: Tucker, Andrea
name: D. A. Breternitz
Publisher: name: (:unav)
Year: 1983
Subjects: subject: Mesa Verde Region
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/76638/mesa-verde-region
subject: Dolores River Valley
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/2809/dolores-river-valley
subject: Southwestern Colorado
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/2810/southwestern-colorado
subject: Archaic
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subject: Basketmaker III
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/78/basketmaker-iii
subject: Protohistoric
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subject: Pueblo I
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/54/pueblo-i
subject: Pueblo II
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/55/pueblo-ii
subject: Pueblo III
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subject: Ancestral Puebloan
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/201/ancestral-puebloan
subject: Basketmaker II
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/5401/basketmaker-ii
subject: Basketmaker I
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/5596/basketmaker-i
subject: Ancestral Puebloan
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/19/ancestral-puebloan
subject: PaleoIndian
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subject: Numic and Late Pueblo
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/119/numic-and-late-pueblo
subject: Archaic
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subject: Artifact Scatter
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/340/artifact-scatter
subject: Water Control Feature
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/279/water-control-feature
subject: Hearth
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subject: Isolated Artifact
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subject: Isolated Feature
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subject: Kiln
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subject: Midden
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subject: Hamlet / Village
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subject: Kiva / Great Kiva
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/321/kiva-great-kiva
subject: Military Structure
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/322/military-structure
subject: Pit
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subject: Wattle &amp; Daub (Jacal) Structure
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/261/wattle-daub-jacal-structure
subject: Pit House / Earth Lodge
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/263/pit-house-earth-lodge
subject: Post Hole / Post Mold
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/359/post-hole-post-mold
subject: Room Block / Compound / Pueblo
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/264/room-block-compound-pueblo
subject: Rock Alignment
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/360/rock-alignment
subject: Plaza
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/331/plaza
subject: Pollen
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/13/pollen
subject: Shell
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/14/shell
subject: Wood
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/15/wood
subject: Ceramic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/1/ceramic
subject: Chipped Stone
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subject: Dating Sample
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subject: Fauna
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subject: Ground Stone
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subject: Macrobotanical
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/10/macrobotanical
subject: Mineral
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subject: Archaeological Overview
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subject: Collections Research
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subject: Data Recovery / Excavation
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subject: Remote Sensing
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subject: Geophysical Survey
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/23/geophysical-survey
subject: Reconnaissance / Survey
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/7/reconnaissance-survey
subject: Research Design / Data Recovery Plan
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/9/research-design-data-recovery-plan
subject: Site Evaluation / Testing
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/10/site-evaluation-testing
subject: Systematic Survey
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/12/systematic-survey

description: Site 5MT4684, Chindi Hamlet, is a small hamlet located 400 miles west of the Dolores River in Montezuma County, Colorado. Excavations at the site by the Dolores Archaeological Project began on May 27, 1980 and finished on October 14, 1980. These investigations resulted in the discovery and recording of two typical Basketmaker III pithouses, one atypical pithouse, and two surface structures. Pithouses 1 and 2 were oriented north-south and were excavated individually as two pitstructures. Pithouse 3 was oriented slightly to the northwest-southeast and is a small domicile consisting of six rooms. Dendrochronology, archaeomagnetic dating, ceramic dating, and relative dating based on architectural styles suggests that the site was constructed between AD 650-700. Chindi Hamlet was assigned by investigators to the Tres Bobos Subphase (AD 600-700) of the Sagehen Phase (AD 600-850). It is postulated by investigators that the nuclear family first occupied Pithouses 1 and 2 and growth of the family into an extended required additional living quarters (Pithouse 1).