Dolores Archaeological Program Technical Reports, DAP-038: Excavations at Horsefly Hamlet (Site 5MT2236), an Archaic Camp / Anasazi Habitation Site

Horsefly Hamlet (Site 5MT2236) is an Archaic camp/Anasazi habitation site in the Sagehen Flats Locality of the Dolores Archaeological Program (D.A.P.) study area. Investigations were initiated during the fall of 1979 as part of the project's standard fall testing program; the goal of the work was to add information to the Sagehen Flats cultural data bases, specifically to the Sagehen Phase West Sagehen Neighborhood and Archaic North Marsh Band categories. The site was reopened in 1981 to resolve interpretational ambiguities concerning the architectural units discovered during the initial season of operations. Two major use components are inferred to have occurred at the site. The first apparently represents seasonal or temporary use of the site area by Archaic peoples, perhaps about 2500 B.C. The second use was by an Anasazi group who built and used a roomblock and pitstructure. Tree-ring analysis suggests the Anasazi component dates to the time span A.D. 760-780. Two burials were also recovered from the site and apparently date to the Anasazi component. There is slight evidence for later Anasazi use or visitation of the site, but lack of evidence preludes definitive descriptions.

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