Abstract
Recent excavations by SWCA Environmental Consultants as part of the Animas–La Plata reservoir project recovered data on four Basketmaker II sites just south of Durango, Colorado. Chronological data from these excavations revealed an occupation dating between about A.D. 300 and A.D. 550, making these sites some of the latest Basketmaker II sites in the Durango area. This paper briefly describes previous Basketmaker II research in Durango, presents results of recent excavations of Basketmaker II sites in the ALP project area, and briefly addresses issues of Basketmaker II chronology, settlement, seasonality, and subsistence in Ridges Basin and the relationship of these sites to Talus Village and the Falls Creek rock shelters.
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