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Multi-periodSite Name: Dillard Alternative Name: 5MT10647, Indian Camp Ranch Archaeological DistrictCountry: United States
NOTE: This site is 6.481 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: The Southwest Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Cortez, CO
Latitude: 37.350000N Longitude: 108.65W
Condition:
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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 |
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-1 | Completely destroyed |
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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 |
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Ancient Village or Settlement in Montezuma County, Colorado.
A Basketmaker III village farmstead site dating to the 7th Century AD. The site includes middens, remains of several pithouse structures, and a single wet laid masonry 'Great Kiva' structure 11 meters in diameter. This kiva may indicate the Dillard site was more of a village with several family groups, and possibly the central location for ceremonies associated with other farmsteads in the area.
The Basketmaker III era (500-750AD) is particularly important as it leads to the Pueblo era. In the Mesa Verde area is marks a dramatic population increase, the addition of ceramics as a common craft, and an increasing reliance on corn and beans which had been cultivated in earlier periods but not to the extent found in this period. The presence of a large kiva structure at Dillard is out of place as similar structures have been dated 100 to 200 years after the dates of the Dillard Site.
Discovered during a 1991 site survey, 2011 was the first year of excavations. The excavations are being carried out by the researchers and field schools of the nearby Crow Canyon Archaeological Center as part of a large project, "The Basketmaker Communities Project: Early Pueblo Society in the Mesa Verde Region."
The Dillard Site is part of the Indian Camp Archaeological District which is listed as a National Register of Historic Places site. This area is all privately owned land within a residential development, but with covenants that appear to provide protections for archaeological finds and limits to development.
Note: The location given is only the general area of the Dillard Site. There is no normal access to the general public, except as part of Crow Canyon Archaeological Center activities.
Sources:
Shanna Diederichs and Shirley Powell, "New Clues to Early Pueblo Communities," Popular Archaeology, Dec 5, 2011.
Shanna Diederichs and Steven Copeland, "The Basketmaker Communities Project Annual Report, 2011 Field Season," copyright 2012, Crow Canyon Archaeological Center.
Shanna Diederichs and Steven Copeland, "The Basketmaker Communities Project Annual Report, 2012 Field Season," copyright 2013, Crow Canyon Archaeological Center.
Note: 2012 Field Season report published.
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