The Dolores Archaeological Program
Creators: name: Kane, Allen E.
Publisher: name: Society for American Archaeology
Year: 1979
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
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/5629/archaic
subject: Basketmaker III
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/78/basketmaker-iii
subject: Protohistoric
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/147/protohistoric
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
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/56/pueblo-iii
subject: Ancestral Puebloan
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/201/ancestral-puebloan
subject: A.D. 1500 - Historic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/1225/ad-1500-historic
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
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/4/paleoindian
subject: Numic and Late Pueblo
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/119/numic-and-late-pueblo
subject: Archaic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/8/archaic
subject: Historic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/25/historic
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
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/343/hearth
subject: Isolated Artifact
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/344/isolated-artifact
subject: Isolated Feature
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/345/isolated-feature
subject: Kiln
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/346/kiln
subject: Midden
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/347/midden
subject: Hamlet / Village
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/254/hamlet-village
subject: Kiva / Great Kiva
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subject: Military Structure
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/322/military-structure
subject: Pit
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/355/pit
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
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/2/chipped-stone
subject: Dating Sample
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subject: Fauna
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/4/fauna
subject: Ground Stone
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/7/ground-stone
subject: Macrobotanical
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subject: Mineral
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subject: Archaeological Overview
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subject: Collections Research
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subject: Data Recovery / Excavation
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/5/data-recovery-excavation
subject: Remote Sensing
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subject: Geophysical Survey
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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: The University of Colorado was awarded the contract in the spring of 1978 by the Bureau of Reclamation to conduct historical and archaeological fieldwork and analysis before the area was impacted by construction activities. The four corners area contains evidence of use and occupation by Paleoindian, Archaic, and Shoshonean-Athabasean individuals. By the presentation of this paper, 850 sites were recorded by the Dolores Archaeological project that were going to be impacted by construction, and an estimation of 1300 total sites to be found. The main research focus of the project was on Anasazi communities located in the northern portion of the Mesa Verde area using five major problem domains: 1) economy and adaptations, 2) demography, 3) social organization, 4) foreign relations, and 5) cultural process.