Archaeological Investigations at Grassy Canyon: A Gobernador Phase Navajo Habitation in the Navajo Reservoir District

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Authors: Brown, Gary M.; Evaskovich, John A.; Holloway, Richard G.; and Wilson, C. Dean

Publisher: Mariah Associates

Pub Date: 1992

Binding: Paperback

Condition:  2 copies.  Both copies Good.  No marks, tears, bends, folds.  Very light edge and corner wear.  As new.

Notes:  Technical Report No. 535.  Archaeological investigation prior to the construction of a methane gas extraction pad.  “The site consisted of a single-component early Navajo habitation located in a mesa-top setting west of the Pine River section of the Navajo Reservoir district, San Juan County, New Mexico.  A complete investigation of the site area revealed a single forked-pole hogan with an interior hearth and slab lined bin associated with two extramural hearths, a midden area containing an ash dump, two amorphous charcoal stains, and an outlying cobble-filled hearth….probably preceding the Pueblo Revolt of 1680, earlier than traditional interpretations of the Gobernador phase have assumed.”  (From the Abstract).  VERY RARE.  NO other copies available for sale, and not held in any libraries.