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The Prehistoric Population And Architecture Of The Cebolleta Mesa Region, Central Western New Mexico, Alfred E. Dittert Jr. Jun 1949

The Prehistoric Population And Architecture Of The Cebolleta Mesa Region, Central Western New Mexico, Alfred E. Dittert Jr.

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During the summers of 1947 and 1948, investigations were conducted in the Cebolleta Mesa area, the center of which is located twenty miles south of Grants, New Mexico. A site survey and a series of excavations were conducted around Los Betios Canyon which lies near the southern boundary of the area.

As a result of the investigation, it was determined that the area was occupied by an Anasazi population during recent archaeological times. The sites and pottery reported appear to occupy a time span, in approximate figures, from 800 A.D. to 1400 A.D.

The occupation of the region studied includes …


Some Aspects Of Chihuahua Archaeology, Robert Hill Lister Jun 1938

Some Aspects Of Chihuahua Archaeology, Robert Hill Lister

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The Chihuahua (Casa Grandes) culture area, the most southern area of specialization definitely associable with the Anasazi culture, has its center in the northwestern part of the Mexican state of Chihuahua. The entire region occupied by the culture, however, extended slightly into adjacent portions of Sonora, Arizona, and New Mexico.