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HISTORY OF INVESTIGATIONS
Year Description of Event Reference(s)
1874
Oral history account of the site published in New York Tribune; first photographs of the site taken by William H. Jackson
Jackson 1981*1:380
1876
First published description of the site (called Battle Rock)
Jackson 1981*1:Plate II (no. 10), 379-380
1891
H. Jay Smith exploring party photographed the site
Photos on file, Pikes Peak Library District, Colorado Springs, CO
1893
Mock-up of the landform one-half mile southwest of the site appears at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, erroneously labeled Battle Rock; that name never used for site 5MT1825 again
Smith 1988*1:35
1906
T. Mitchell Prudden took lantern slides of the site
Personal communication, Roger H. Colten, Peabody Museum
1968
Site form completed by the University of Colorado

1975
Site was evaluated for stabilization needs by the University of Colorado
Martin 1976*1
1990-1991
Crow Canyon Archaeological Center conducted mapping and random testing as part of Sand Canyon Archaeological Project Site Testing Program
Kleidon 1999*1; Kleidon and Lightfoot 1991*1; Varien 1999*2; Varien et al. 1991*2
1992-1994
Crow Canyon Archaeological Center conducted judgment and intensive excavations
Kuckelman et al. 1992*1; Lightfoot and Kuckelman 1993*1, 1994*1
2000
On-line publication of the Castle Rock Pueblo electronic database and site report (Crow Canyon Archaeological Center)

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