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Appendix 6.1, Table 8. Temporary shelters: feature summary.

Site No. Structure Type Dimensions (meters) Facing Floor Plan Wall Construction Max Wall Ht. (meters) Built Against Ledge/Boulder Comments
Kin Bineola Survey Area
29Mc 232 Anasazi oven reused as Navajo shelter
Euro-American Refuse
29Mc 256 Shade/Windbreak
Lamb pen 1
Lamb pen 2
Lamb pen 3
Lamb pen 4
C
SC
SC
SC
SC

X
29Mc 286 Rockshelter 1
Rockshelter 2
Rockshelter 3
Inscriptions
7.3x2.4
6.2x3.4
5.3x4.7
S
S
S
X
X
X
Mostly rubble, some walls.
Mostly rubble, some walls.
Mostly rubble, some walls.
1895 and 1916; with initials.
29Mc 290 Rockshelter
Wall
Sherds
1x1
2.3x1.0
SS
SS

0.5
In natural overhang.
Large unshaped slabs form half-circle.
29Mc 310 Windbreak
(Corral)
2x1.8
4.4 long
SE C SS 0.2
0.6
Interior hearth.
Straight wall, 60cm high, 30cm wide.
29Mc 323 Tent fireplace
Rock art
Sherds

2 petroglyphs, Navajo?
29Mc 344 Anasazi room


Corral
SS


SS
In room block; possibly altered slightly for use as a Navajo shelter.
Anasazi room made into corral.
Kin Klizhin Survey Area
29SJ 2422 Rockshelter


(Corral)
4.4 diam.


(2x3.6)



O
SS


SS
X


X
Very crude masonry wall in talus boulders; 5-6 rocks placed in gap in boulders.
Masonry between talus boulders against cliff.
South Addition Survey Area
29SJ 2777 Tent Platform


Rockshelter


Corral 1
Corral 2
Corral 3
Corral 4
Inscriptions


Slab scatter
Axe-cut wood and pinyon beams scattered on site
1.5x2.1


3x3


5x6
17x5
6x3
4x4



5x5








SC
SS


LB/SS


LB/SS
LB
LB/SS
SS






1.0
0.8
X


X


X
X
X
X
Slab foundation; in center of Corral 3; hearth indicated.
Talus boulders w/ 1 course unshaped sandstone on E 6 SE wall. Hearth indicated.

Stacked boulder wall.

Possibly a shelter.
At NE corner of Corral 2. Navajo? 3=8=38 and 1940.
Possibly Anasazi room
29SJ 2792 Rockshelter
Corral
(Lamb pen)
Inscription

Euro-American Refuse

25x28
3.3x3.2
S X
X



Spanish: Enero 1840 or 1940.
29SJ 2801 Rockshelter

Inscription
2x1.5 SS Depression under overhang.
Spanish: 3-28-41.
29SJ 2804 Rockshelter

Axe-cut wood
1.5x2.4 SS X Partly collapsed. Interior hearth indicated.
Three pieces.
29SJ 2837 Tent base

Corral 1
Corral 2


5x3
4x6


E
E


C
O


SS
SS


0.7



X
Identified by ethnohistorian.

Shares wall w/ corral 1.
29SJ 2838 Rockshelter 1
Rockshelter 2


Euro-American Refuse
Corral 1

(Corral 2)
Inscriptions



(Coal Mine)



(Hearths)
Rock art
4x2.5
3.8x3.7








SW
S
S




SS

SS
X
X
Inscriptions inside.
Alcove in 2 boulders. Navajo rock art. Spanish-American inscriptions.


In boulders; possible wire fence.

7 panels; most or all Spanish shepherds from north-central NM, 1881-1940.
At base of Menefee Formation exposed coal seam. Fire-reddened marks on cliff face.
Navajo petroglyphs.
Chacra Mesa Survey Area
29Mc 357 Rockshelter


Grinding area

Incising
5x2 SS X Possibly Anasazi; large boulders and piled rock in walls.
16 small troughs and mano present.
Navajo scratchings w/ grinding troughs.
29Mc 368 Rockshelter 4x2 X Low overhang w/ Navajo pottery inside.
29Mc 431 Windbreak

Rockshelter,
2-room
Trail




Inscription

(2 Trails)
0.83 diam.

6x4
S/W

SS


X
C-shaped; intact; 1888vv. Axe-cut wood inside.
Along cliff face.

Marked by rock art, cairns, pot drops, and rubble alignments; a stairway is cut into the rock, passing down crevice to bench.
Spanish-American: 1935; 1941.
Possibly Anasazi.
29Mc 468 Tipi Ring

Hearth
Woodpile (firewood)
4 diam. E S Constructed by Park Service personnel in 1984.
29Mc 492 Rockshelter


Trail



Dinetah pot drop
2x4.5 S X Much fire-cracked rock and burned slabs; possibly Anasazi.
Pile of boulders and slabs form platform step up ledge; sticks and branches also used (Navajo)
29Mc 505 Anasazi fieldhouse

Euro-American Refuse
SS Possibly altered for reuse by Navajos.
29SJ 2561 Rockshelter

Euro-American Refuse
4x3.4 SS X Interior hearth; Navajo basket.
29SJ 2583 Windbreak


3 Hearth areas
Woodcutting area
5.5x4.2 E O W Axe-cut juniper brush and pole construction; interior hearth.
At mouth of windbreak. Lithics around hearths.
Just NE of hearths.
29SJ 2608 Windbreak/Shade
Corral
Euro-American Refuse
SS/US
X

Juniper fence against cliff.
29SJ 2689 Rockshelter


Sherd and lithic scatter
3.6x1.9 O X Not enclosed by wall; in overhang. Interior hearth indicated.
In and in front of shelter.
29SJ 2709 Windbreak/Shade



Storage
Doll House
Corral

Euro-American Refuse
Rock art
2 ovens
7.5x6.5



2.8x2
1x0.9
5x4
SE SC



C
C
C
S/W



SS
US/SS
W




0.9
0.5






X
Pole/brush construction; some foundation stone; oven foundation in opening of shelter.

Possibly storage or shrine.
Against ledge; brush construction.
Light scatter.


One at door of shelter.
29SJ 2721 Windbreak/Shade

Woodcutting area
5 diam. SE C W Hearth at opening; poles and coniferous sticks/brush.
NE of shelter.
29SJ 2752 Rockshelter



Corral


Inscription
Rock art
Abraded areas and 1 axe-sharpening groove
4.7x2.6 SS



W
X



X
Masonry wall between overhang and boulder; C-shaped. Interior hearth; stockpile firewood.
Axe-cut juniper between talus boulders and drainages.
“1932-97 sheeps”
29SJ 2880 Rockshelter


Petroglyph panel
1.6 long S 0.6 Encloses 2-3 m2; possible wall; small niches in cliff face.
29SJ 2889 Rockshelter 1



Rockshelter 2


Storage Cist
2 hearths, 1 baking pit
(2 check dams)
Navajo sherds
Euro-American Refuse
Concretion cache


Ash heap
Tool sharpening marks on cliff face




3.4x2


0.75x0.67






1.8x1.2







R
na



US


US
X



X
Fire-red cliff face; fire-cracked rock; charcoal-stained soil; 2 burnt juniper splinters; ash heap.
Possibly Anasazi; roof smoke-blackened; scattered slabs and 2 uprights.
Possibly a mealing bin.




Possibly post-1900 reuse of camp.
Numerous sandstone concretions with glass sherds, tin cans.
29SJ 2891 Rockshelter


Lithic scatter
Rock art
Inscriptions
Pot drop
Euro-American refuse
Fence
6x2.7 SS X 6-7 piled blocks from possible wall in overhang; possibly Anasazi/Archaic.

Navajo? Petroglyph.
John Ignacio, etc.
Navajo?


Barbed wire; probably related to 29SJ 2885.
29SJ 2895 (Windbreak)


Ash/trash area
Hearth
(Check dam)
Woodpile
W Recent axe-cut branches; possibly NPS boundary fence workers shade.
Lithics and ceramics.


Axe-cut wood scatter.
29SJ 2979 Shade

2 hearths
Euro-American Refuse
5x7 W Axe-cut poles, partly burned.
29SJ 2993 (Lean-to w/ hearth)


Sweat Lodge


Unid. Structure 1

Burned slab scatter
Unid. Structure 2


(Hearth)






1.3x1.4

7x8






C
W


S/W


US/SS


X









X
Several axe-cut wood poles scattered near cliff and hearth.
2 rock piles, 1 w/ abundant charcoal and ash; scattered wood poles.
Possible Anasazi storage room.
Possible baking pit.
Possible Anasazi storage room, against outcrop, scattered slabs
Burned slabs and upright.
Key:
Floor Plan Wall Construction
( ) indicates a probable, but uncertain designation.
 
SC = Semi-Circular
C = Circular
O = Oval
SR = Sub-rectangular
R = Rectangular
OCT = Octagonal
D = D-shaped
T = Triangular
TZ = Trapezoidal
L = Linear
SS = Simple sandstone slab masonry
S = Stone
US = Upright slab
CS = Compound slab masonry
LB = Large blocks/boulders
FS = Forked-stick
WP = Wooden posts
B/W = Boulders/Wood
S/W = Stone/Wood
RS = Roughly shaped sandstone slab masonry
W = Wood
LS = Large slab