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SITE OVERVIEW
Site Number 5MT2032
History of the Site Name The site was named by land owner Jane Dillard for its location along the north and east side of the switchback turn in the access road to her house.
Other Names
Name Comment
ICR-106
Indian Camp Ranch Archaeological Survey
Site Type Habitation site.
Site Boundary Description Site 5MT2032 adjoins four other Ancestral Pueblo sites. Basketmaker III period sites are designated to the east (5MT10714) and across a driveway to the west-northwest (5MT10711 and 5MT10713) from 5MT2032. A Pueblo II habitation (5MT2031) is directly north of the site. Artifact density is fairly continuous across this site cluster and together these sites could be considered a single multi-components site. The current boundaries of 5MT2032 encompass an associated roomblock, pithouse, and midden deposit in the south central portion of this cluster.
Site Size .4 acres
Site Composition and Layout
Cultural Affiliation and Date Range of Occupation
General Location Approximately 6 miles west of Cortez, Colorado, un a driveway at the end of County Road K.
Ownership, Stewardship Private Property, Indian Camp Ranch Lot 6, Jane Dillard
Years of Crow Canyon Excavation 2013, 2014
Percent Excavated by Crow Canyon Approximately two percent.
Permits State of Colorado Archaeological Permits were obtained for each field season (2011-2014) to conduct archaeological research.

Permit Comments
2012-68
State of Colorado Survey and Testing Permit
2013-47
State of Colorado Excavation Permit
2014-77
State of Colorado Excavation Permit
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