Dolores Archaeological Program Technical Reports, DAP-36.9: Site 5MT2857

Site 5MT2857 is an Anasazi limited activity site located approximately 8 km northwest of Dolores, Colorado. The site was tested during the 1979 field season as part of the Dolores Project Cultural Resources Mitigation Project. Field operations, limited to surface collection and removal of the plow zone, were conducted during September of 1979 by a University of Colorado crew. No cultural features were identified at the site, hence it was designated a locus of limited activities. Since the artifactual remains recovered were sparse it is not possible to determine what specific activities took place at the site. Ceramics recovered from the site indicate an occupation between A.D. 600-900 (Sagehen Phase and Early McPhee Phase). Nearby hamlets have been dated to the Sagehen Phase, so it is presumed that Site 5MT2857 was utilized by members of the surrounding community. This community has been defined as the Milhoan community in Dolores Archaeological Program Spatial Systematics.

5MT2857号遗址是一处阿纳萨齐（Anasazi）有限活动遗址，坐落于美国科罗拉多州多洛雷斯（Dolores）西北约8公里处。该遗址于1979年野外工作季，作为多洛雷斯项目文化资源保护缓解项目的组成部分开展了考古勘探。1979年9月，科罗拉多大学（University of Colorado）考古工作队实施了野外作业，作业范围仅限地表采集与耕土层清理移除。该遗址未发现任何文化遗迹，因此被划定为有限活动遗存点。由于出土的人工遗存较为稀少，无法确定该遗址曾开展过哪些具体活动。遗址出土的陶瓷器表明其居留时段为公元600年至900年之间，对应萨亨期（Sagehen Phase）与早期麦克菲期（Early McPhee Phase）。附近的村落遗存年代可追溯至萨亨期，因此推测5MT2857号遗址曾被周边社区的先民使用。该社区在多洛雷斯考古项目空间分类体系（Dolores Archaeological Program Spatial Systematics）中被定义为米尔霍安社区（Milhoan community）。