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Multi-periodSite Name: Blue J Alternative Name: LA 170609 , LA 170607Country: United States Region: The Southwest Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Latitude: 35.440000N Longitude: 108.01W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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Ancient Village in McKinley County, New Mexico.
An unexcavated Ancestral Puebloan Community of over 50 households aproximately 70 miles south of Chaco Canyon. The layout, masonary fragments, and ceramic from previous surveys implies an 11th C date, concurrent with the Chaco culture.
Discovered by archaeologists in the 1970's a detailed survey was only conducted in the 2000s, revealing the extent of the community of separated roomblocks within an area of two square kilometers near a spring.
Occupation range is from AD600 and AD1150, with the greatest signs of occupation dating from the time of the "Chaco fluorescence". From the limited test investigations there was no sign of the "great house" or kiva structures one would expect from a Chaco influenced community, but recent aerial thermal surveys indicate a circular footprint that may be a kiva structure.
Note: Location does not represent the exact location of any features.
Sources:
Casanaa, Kantnerb, Wiewela, Cothrenc, Archaeological aerial thermography: a case study at the Chaco-era Blue J community, New Mexico, Journal of Archaeological Science, May 2004.
Note: ‘Hidden Architecture’ of 1,000-Year-Old Village Discovered in New Mexico. See comment.
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