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Chapter 2

History of Investigations

by William D. Lipe and Kristin A. Kuckelman

References Cited

Adams 1983*2

Adams, E. C.

1983    Archeological Research Design. Manuscript on file, Crow Canyon Archaeological Center, Cortez, Colorado.

Adams 1984*5

Adams, E. C.

1984    The Archeology of Sand Canyon Pueblo, an Anasazi Town. Proposal submitted to the National Geographic Society. Manuscript on file, Crow Canyon Archaeological Center, Cortez, Colorado.

Adams 1984*6

Adams, E. C.

1984    The Crow Canyon Research Program. In Insights Into the Ancient Ones, edited by J. H. Berger and E. F. Berger, pp. 117–121. 2nd ed. Interdisciplinary Supplemental Educational Programs, Cortez, Colorado.

Adams 1984*2

Adams, E. C.

1984    Plan of Operations for Work to be Conducted on Bureau of Land Management Administered Land. Crow Canyon Campus, Center for American Archeology, Cortez, Colorado. Report submitted to the Bureau of Land Management, San Juan Resource Area Office, Durango, Colorado.

Adams 1985*1

Adams, E. C.

1985    Annual Report of Test Excavations at 5MT765, Sand Canyon Pueblo, and Archaeological Survey in T36N, R18W, Sections 12 & 24, and T36N, R16W, Sections 29 & 30. Crow Canyon Archaeological Center, Cortez, Colorado. Report submitted to the Bureau of Land Management, San Juan Resource Area Office, Durango, Colorado.

Adams 1985*4

Adams, E. C.

1985    Plan of Operations for Work to be Conducted on Bureau of Land Management Administered Land During 1985. Crow Canyon Center for Southwestern Archeology, Cortez, Colorado. Report submitted to the Bureau of Land Management, San Juan Resource Area Office, Durango, Colorado.

Adams 1985*3

Adams, E. C.

1985    Preliminary Report to the National Geographic Society on Excavations at Sand Canyon Pueblo, an Anasazi Ceremonial Center in Southwestern Colorado. Manuscript on file, Crow Canyon Archaeological Center, Cortez, Colorado.

Adams 1986*1

Adams, E. C.

1986    Final Report to the National Geographic Society on the 1984 Excavations at Sand Canyon Pueblo, an Anasazi Ceremonial Center in Southwestern Colorado. Manuscript on file, Crow Canyon Archaeological Center, Cortez, Colorado.

Adams and Bradley 1984*1

Adams, E. C., and B. A. Bradley

1984    The Study of a Regional Cultural System Developed Among Thirteenth Century Anasazi in Southwestern Colorado. Proposal submitted to the National Science Foundation. Manuscript on file, Crow Canyon Archaeological Center, Cortez, Colorado.

Adams et al. 1983*1

Adams, E. C., B. A. Bradley, J. H. Berger, and E. F. Berger

1983    Proposed Research Program Within Sand Canyon and Environs and at Sand Canyon Pueblo, 5MT765 by the Center for American Archeology at Crow Canyon. Center for American Archeology at Crow Canyon, Cortez, Colorado. Report submitted to the Bureau of Land Management, Durango and Montrose, Colorado.

Adler 1988*1

Adler, M. A.

1988    Archaeological Survey and Testing in the Sand Canyon Pueblo/Goodman Point Ruin Locality, Montezuma County, Colorado, 1987 Field Season. Crow Canyon Archaeological Center, Cortez, Colorado. Report submitted to the Bureau of Land Management, San Juan Resource Area Office, Durango, Colorado.

Adler 1990*5

Adler, M. A.

1990    Communities of Soil and Stone: An Archaeological Investigation of Population Aggregation Among the Mesa Verde Region Anasazi, A.D. 900–1300. Ph.D. dissertation, University of Michigan, University Microfilms, Ann Arbor.

Adler 1992*3

Adler, M. A.

1992    The Upland Survey. In The Sand Canyon Archaeological Project: A Progress Report, edited by W. D. Lipe, pp. 11–23. Occasional Papers, no. 2. Crow Canyon Archaeological Center, Cortez, Colorado.

Anasazi Advisory Committee 1983*1

Anasazi Advisory Committee

1983    Summary Reports: Sacred Mountain Planning Unit Resources and Development Opportunities. Report on file, Crow Canyon Archaeological Center, Cortez, Colorado.

Berger 1993*1

Berger, E. F.

1993    Writing Down Crow Canyon. Southwest Research and Educational Services, Sedona, Arizona.

Bradley 1986*1

Bradley, B. A.

1986    1985 Annual Report of Test Excavations at Sand Canyon Pueblo (5MT765). Crow Canyon Archaeological Center, Cortez, Colorado. Report submitted to the Bureau of Land Management, San Juan Resource Area Office, Durango, Colorado.

Bradley 1987*1

Bradley, B. A.

1987    Annual Report of Excavations at Sand Canyon Pueblo (5MT765), Montezuma County, Colorado: 1986 Field Season. Crow Canyon Archaeological Center, Cortez, Colorado. Report submitted to the Bureau of Land Management, San Juan Resource Area Office, Durango, Colorado.

Bradley 1988*2

Bradley, B. A.

1988    Annual Report on the Excavations at Sand Canyon Pueblo, 1987 Field Season. Crow Canyon Archaeological Center, Cortez, Colorado. Report submitted to the Bureau of Land Management, San Juan Resource Area Office, Durango, Colorado.

Bradley 1990*2

Bradley, B. A.

1990    Annual Report of the 1989 Excavations at Sand Canyon Pueblo (5MT765). Crow Canyon Archaeological Center, Cortez, Colorado. Report submitted to the Bureau of Land Management, San Juan Resource Area Office, Durango, Colorado.

Bradley 1991*2

Bradley, B. A.

1991    Excavations in Public Architecture at Sand Canyon Pueblo: The 1991 Field Season. Crow Canyon Archaeological Center, Cortez, Colorado. Report submitted to the Bureau of Land Management, San Juan Resource Area Office, Durango, Colorado.

Bradley 1992*2

Bradley, B. A.

1992    Excavations at Sand Canyon Pueblo. In The Sand Canyon Archaeological Project: A Progress Report, edited by W. D. Lipe, pp. 79–97. Occasional Papers, no. 2. Crow Canyon Archaeological Center, Cortez, Colorado.

Bradley 1992*4

Bradley, B. A.

1992    Letter Report to the Bureau of Land Management San Juan Area Office Summarizing Excavations at Sand Canyon Pueblo (5MT765) 1992. Crow Canyon Archaeological Center, Cortez, Colorado. Report submitted to the Bureau of Land Management, San Juan Resource Area Office, Durango, Colorado.

Bradley 1993*1

Bradley, B. A.

1993    Planning, Growth, and Functional Differentiation at a Prehistoric Pueblo: A Case Study from SW Colorado. Journal of Field Archaeology 20:23–42.

Bradley 1993*2

Bradley, B. A.

1993    Plan of Operations for Sand Canyon Pueblo 1993. Crow Canyon Archaeological Center, Cortez, Colorado. Report submitted to the Bureau of Land Management, San Juan Resource Area Office, Durango, Colorado.

Bradley 1996*1

Bradley, B. A.

1996    Pitchers to Mugs: Chacoan Revival at Sand Canyon Pueblo. Kiva 61:241–255.

Bradley and Churchill 1994*1

Bradley, B. A., and M. J. Churchill

1994    Excavations in Civic Architecture at Sand Canyon Pueblo: The 1992 Field Season. Crow Canyon Archaeological Center, Cortez, Colorado. Report submitted to the Bureau of Land Management, San Juan Resource Area Office, Durango, Colorado.

Bradley and Churchill 1994*2

Bradley, B. A., and M. J. Churchill

1994    Letter Report on 1993 Excavations at Sand Canyon Pueblo. Crow Canyon Archaeological Center, Cortez, Colorado. Report submitted to the Bureau of Land Management, San Juan Resource Area Office, Durango, Colorado.

Bradley and Churchill 1995*1

Bradley, B. A., and M. J. Churchill

1995    Annual Report of the 1993 Excavations at Sand Canyon Pueblo (5MT765). Crow Canyon Archaeological Center, Cortez, Colorado. Report submitted to the Bureau of Land Management, San Juan Resource Area Office, Durango, Colorado.

Bradley and Lipe 1985*1

Bradley, B. A., and W. D. Lipe

1985    Archaeology of Sand Canyon, a Thirteenth Century Pueblo Community. Proposal submitted to the National Geographic Society. Manuscript on file, Crow Canyon Archaeological Center, Cortez, Colorado.

Bradley and Lipe 1990*1

Bradley, B. A., and W. D. Lipe

1990    Investigating 13th Century Anasazi Public Architecture at Sand Canyon Pueblo. Proposal submitted to the National Geographic Society. Manuscript on file, Crow Canyon Archaeological Center, Cortez, Colorado.

Breternitz et al. 1986*1

Breternitz, D. A., C. K. Robinson, and G. T. Gross (compilers)

1986    Dolores Archaeological Program: Final Synthetic Report. Bureau of Reclamation, Engineering and Research Center, Denver.

Eddy et al. 1984*1

Eddy, F. W., A. E. Kane, and P. R. Nickens

1984    Southwest Colorado Prehistoric Context: Archaeological Background and Research Directions. Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation, Colorado Historical Society, Denver.

Fewkes 1909*1

Fewkes, J. W.

1909    Antiquities of the Mesa Verde National Park: Spruce-Tree House. Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin, no. 41. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

Fewkes 1911*1

Fewkes, J. W.

1911    Antiquities of the Mesa Verde National Park: Cliff Palace. Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin, no. 51. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

Fewkes 1916*1

Fewkes, J. W.

1916    Excavation and Repair of Sun Temple, Mesa Verde National Park. Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C.

Fewkes 1919*1

Fewkes, J. W.

1919    Prehistoric Villages, Castles, and Towers of Southwestern Colorado. Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin, no. 70. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

Holmes 1878*1

Holmes, W. H.

1878    Report on the Ancient Ruins of Southwestern Colorado, Examined During the Summers of 1875 and 1876. In Tenth Annual Report of the U.S. Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories for 1876, pp. 382–408. Geological Survey, Washington, D.C.

Huber 1989*1

Huber, E. K.

1989    Preliminary Report of Excavations: 1987 and 1988 Seasons at Green Lizard (5MT3901), Montezuma County, Colorado. Crow Canyon Archaeological Center, Cortez, Colorado. Report submitted to the Bureau of Land Management, San Juan Resource Area Office, Durango, Colorado.

Huber 1993*1

Huber, E. K.

1993    Thirteenth Century Pueblo Aggregation and Organizational Change in Southwestern Colorado. Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation, Department of Anthropology, Washington State University, Pullman.

Huber and Lipe 1992*1

Huber, E. K., and W. D. Lipe

1992    Excavations at the Green Lizard Site. In The Sand Canyon Archaeological Project: A Progress Report, edited by W. D. Lipe, pp. 69–77. Occasional Papers, no. 2. Crow Canyon Archaeological Center, Cortez, Colorado.

Jackson 1876*1

Jackson, W. H.

1876    Ancient Ruins in Southwestern Colorado. In Annual Report of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories, Embracing Colorado and Parts of Adjacent Territories, Being a Report of Progress of the Exploration for the Year 1874, authored by F. V. Hayden, pp. 367–381. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C.

Jackson 1878*1

Jackson, W. H.

1878    Report on the Ancient Ruins Examined in 1875 and 1877. In Tenth Annual Report of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories, Embracing Colorado and Parts of Adjacent Territories, Being a Report of Progress of the Exploration for the Year 1876, authored by F. V. Hayden, pp. 411–450. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C.

Kleidon and Bradley 1989*1

Kleidon, J., and B. A. Bradley

1989    Annual Report of the 1988 Excavations at Sand Canyon Pueblo (5MT765). Crow Canyon Archaeological Center, Cortez, Colorado. Report submitted to the Bureau of Land Management, San Juan Resource Area Office, Durango, Colorado.

Kuckelman 2000*1

Kuckelman, K. A. (editor)

2000    The Archaeology of Castle Rock Pueblo: A Thirteenth-Century Village in Southwestern Colorado [HTML Title]. Available: https://www.crowcanyon.org/castlerock.

Kuckelman 2003*3

Kuckelman, K. A.

2003    Necessity and Innovation: Crow Canyon's Conversion from Printed Site Reports to Online Publications. The SAA Archaeological Record. January 2003:13–16.

Lightfoot 1994*1

Lightfoot, R. R.

1994    The Duckfoot Site, Volume 2: Archaeology of the House and Household. Occasional Papers, no. 4. Crow Canyon Archaeological Center, Cortez, Colorado.

Lightfoot and Etzkorn 1993*1

Lightfoot, R. R., and M. C. Etzkorn (editors)

1993    The Duckfoot Site, Volume 1: Descriptive Archaeology. Occasional Papers, no. 3. Crow Canyon Archaeological Center, Cortez, Colorado.

Lipe 1992*3

Lipe, W. D.

1992    Introduction. In The Sand Canyon Archaeological Project: A Progress Report, edited by W. D. Lipe, pp. 1–10. Occasional Papers, no. 2. Crow Canyon Archaeological Center, Cortez, Colorado.

Lipe 1992*1

Lipe, W. D. (editor)

1992    The Sand Canyon Archaeological Project: A Progress Report. Occasional Papers, no. 2. Crow Canyon Archaeological Center, Cortez, Colorado.

Lipe and Bradley 1986*1

Lipe, W. D., and B. A. Bradley

1986    Prehistoric Pueblo Organization, Goodman Point Locality, Southwestern Colorado. Proposal submitted to the National Science Foundation. Manuscript on file, Crow Canyon Archaeological Center, Cortez, Colorado.

Martin 1976*1

Martin, C. W.

1976    Archaeological Inventory of the Sand Canyon Cliff Dwelling Area, Montezuma County, Colorado. Report submitted to the Bureau of Land Management, San Juan Resource Area Office, Durango, Colorado.

Martin 1971*1

Martin, D. W.

1971    Evaluation of the Archaeological Resources on Public Lands of the Bureau of Land Management in the Cortez–Dove Creek Area (McElmo District) of Southwestern Colorado. University of Colorado Archaeological Research Center, Mesa Verde National Park. Report submitted to the State Director, Bureau of Land Management.

Metzger and Breternitz-Goulding 1981*1

Metzger, T. R., and S. L. Breternitz-Goulding

1981    Ruin Stabilization Activities at Sand Canyon Pueblo/Cliff Dwelling, Cannonball and Lowry—Three Anasazi Sites in Southwestern Colorado. Mesa Verde Regional Research Center and Bureau of Anthropological Research (University of Colorado), Dove Creek, Colorado. Report submitted to the Bureau of Land Management, Montrose District, Montrose, Colorado.

Ortman and Bradley 2002*1

Ortman, S. G., and B. A. Bradley

2002    Sand Canyon Pueblo: The Container in the Center. In Seeking the Center Place: Archaeology and Ancient Communities in the Mesa Verde Region, edited by M. D. Varien and R. H. Wilshusen, pp. 41–78. University of Utah Press, Salt Lake City.

Ortman et al. 2000*1

Ortman, S. G., D. M. Glowacki, M. J. Churchill, and K. A. Kuckelman

2000    Pattern and Variation in Northern San Juan Village Histories. Kiva 66:123–146.

Prudden 1903*1

Prudden, T. M.

1903    The Prehistoric Ruins of the San Juan Watershed in Utah, Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico. American Anthropologist 5:224–288.

Schiffer 1972*1

Schiffer, M. B.

1972    Archaeological Context and Systemic Context. American Antiquity 37:156–165.

Schiffer 1987*1

Schiffer, M. B.

1987    Formation Processes of the Archaeological Record. University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque.

Struever 1968*1

Struever, S.

1968    Problems, Methods and Organization: A Disparity in the Growth of Archeology. In Anthropological Archeology in the Americas, pp. 131–151. The Anthropological Society of Washington, Washington, D.C.

Van West 1986*1

Van West, C. R.

1986    Cultural Resource Inventory for the 1985 Field Season in the Crow Canyon and Sand Canyon Areas, Montezuma County, Colorado. Crow Canyon Center for Southwestern Archaeology, Cortez, Colorado. Report submitted to the Bureau of Land Management, San Juan Resource Area Office, Durango, Colorado.

Van West et al. 1987*1

Van West, C. R., M. A. Adler, and E. K. Huber

1987    Archaeological Survey and Testing in the Vicinity of Sand Canyon Pueblo, Montezuma County, Colorado, 1986 Field Season. Crow Canyon Archaeological Center, Cortez, Colorado. Report submitted to the Bureau of Land Management, San Juan Resource Area Office, Durango, Colorado.

Varien 1999*2

Varien, M. D. (editor)

1999    The Sand Canyon Archaeological Project: Site Testing. CD-ROM, Vers. 1.0. Crow Canyon Archaeological Center, Cortez, Colorado.

Varien and Kuckelman 1999*1

Varien, M. D., and K. A. Kuckelman

1999    Introduction. In The Sand Canyon Archaeological Project: Site Testing, edited by M. D. Varien, Chapter 1. CD-ROM, Vers. 1.0. Crow Canyon Archaeological Center, Cortez, Colorado.

Varien and Wilshusen 2002*1

Varien, M. D., and R. H. Wilshusen

2002    A Partnership for Understanding the Past: Crow Canyon Research in the Central Mesa Verde Region. In Seeking the Center Place: Archaeology and Ancient Communities in the Mesa Verde Region, edited by M. D. Varien and R. H. Wilshusen, pp. 3–23. University of Utah Press, Salt Lake City.

Varien and Wilshusen 2002*2

Varien, M. D., and R. H. Wilshusen (editors)

2002    Seeking the Center Place: Archaeology and Ancient Communities in the Mesa Verde Region. University of Utah Press, Salt Lake City.