Archeological Excavations in Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado, 1950

Lancaster JA, Pinkley JM, Van Cleave PF, Watson D. 1954. Archeological Excavations in Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado, 1950. Government Printing Office. Washington, DC

Includes archeological data for excavations of two late Basketmaker III pithouses, site 16 three Pueblo II Mesa-top ruins, Sun Point Pueblo. The authors have presented a summary of the archeological data as it exists today for the Mesa Verde area, as well as a detailed and painstaking analysis of the three special excavations mentioned above. The excavations and the analysis of findings add materially to our knowledge of this area, which is so extraordinarily rich in reminders of the long-vanished inhabitants.

Type
Book
Authors
Lancaster, James; Pinkley, Jean; Van Cleave, Philip; Watson, Don
Date of Issue
1954
Publisher
Government Printing Office
Units
HIST , MEVE , TONT
Keywords
Archeology, classic publication, Cultural Resources, Culture, ehistory, excavation, History, Prehistoric, Ruin, Southwest

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