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A Preliminary Report on Excavations in Southwestern Colorado

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 January 2017

Alfred K. Guthe
Alfred K. Guthe*
Affiliation:
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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Archaeological research has been conducted in the Mesa Verde area of Southwestern United States since the 1880's. Because of this, many believe that the prehistory of the area is well known. Nevertheless, J. 0. Brew, in a recent summary of available information on the area, concluded that a great deal of work is still needed.

This preliminary report is submitted in the hope that it will provide more information for an archaeological interpretation of the area. It is a report on excavations conducted at the Cahone Ruin during the summer of 1947.

The Cahone Ruin is located in southwestern Colorado: Township 39 North, Range 18 West, in Dolores County, just north of the Montezuma-Dolores County line. It is found on a natural rise, about 500 yards north of the northern rim of Cahone Canyon, a tributary of Cross Canyon.

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Research Article
Information
American Antiquity , Volume 15 , Issue 2 , October 1949 , pp. 144 - 154
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 1949

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