Archaeological Mitigation Work in the May Canyon Project Area, Dolores Plateau, Southwestern Colorado

摘要

Archaeological mitigation work was performed on four prehistoric sites that were to be drastically affected by the proposed rebuilding of the May Canyon Road. This road and four sites are located on the Dolores Plateau, north of the town of Dolores, southwestern Colorado. Archeological mitigation work consisted of testing and excavating those portions of the four sites which were within the proposed road right-of-way. This work revealed a Pueblo I fieldhouse composed of two semi-subterranean rooms and an outdoor work area and surface lithic and ceramic scatter.