SITE OVERVIEW
Site Number	5MT5
History of the Site Name	Site is named for one of the canyons that bound the site. The canyon was named for the yellow jacket wasps that frequent its springs.
Other Names	Name Comment Surouaro Newberry 1876*1:88-89 Surouara Holmes 1981*1:401 Sourouaro Prudden 1900*1:3 Yellow Jacket Ruins Prudden 1900*1:3 Yellow Jacket Spring Ruin Fewkes 1919*1:16-17 Square Mug House Hurst and Lotrich 1932*1:195; this name referred only to the architectural block that Crow Canyon called the "great tower compex." Yellow Jacket Ruin Lange et al. 1986*1:14-15 Yellowjacket Ruin Wheat 1984*1:61 Yellowjacket Pueblo The Archaeological Conservancy The Archaeological Conservancy
Site Type	Habitation (with public architecture)
Site Boundary Description	The east boundary is the bottom of an adjacent canyon. The west boundary is formed by the bottom of a separate drainage. The south boundary is formed by the confluence of the creeks in those two drainages. The north boundary is formed by a concentration of cultural material that was originally recorded as Site 5MT5771. The northeast boundary is formed by a line between the great tower complex and Site 5MT5771.
Site Size	Approximately 100 acres
Site Composition and Layout
Cultural Affiliation and Date Range of Occupation
General Location	14 miles northwest of Cortez, along Colorado Highway 491 (formerly Highway 666), Montezuma County
Ownership, Stewardship	Large portion owned by The Archaeological Conservancy; remainder owned by other private landowners
Years of Crow Canyon Excavation	April 1995 through October 1997
Percent Excavated by Crow Canyon	.04 percent.
Permits	State of Colorado Archaeological Permits were obtained to conduct archaeological excavations
	Permit Comments 95-42 State of Colorado Permit to conduct archaeological excavations 96-1 State of Colorado Permit to conduct archaeological excavations 97-20 State of Colorado Permit to conduct archaeological excavations

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