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Table 7.17. Navajo and historic site types by time period with number of general functional categories. Components occupied during two or more time periods are excluded.

Time Period/Site Type # of Comp. Personal/ Health Care Hardware/ Domestic Maintenance Furnishings Transport Animal Husbandry Child’s Play Hunting Other/ Unknown Total Categories1
Unknown
Single Habitation 1         1 1
Stockholding 2 1       1   2
Unid. Structure 2 2       1 2
Hearth/Oven 2 1       2 2
Sherd Scatter 2 2 1     1 1 4
Rock Art 4 2 1       2 3
Storage 2 2       1 2
Woodpile 1 1         1
Watercontrol 1 1         1
Stone Feature 3   1     2 2
Quarry 1         1 1
Total Frequency 21 12 1 2     2 11 5
Column %2 100 57.1 4.8 9.5     9.5 52.4
 
1600-1700
Hearth 2 2 2     2 2 4
Total Frequency 2 2 2     2 2 4
Column %2 100 100 100     100 100
 
1700-1863
Single Habitation 5 5 2     1 5 4
Multiple Habitation 9 9 4     2 6 4
Temporary Shelter 4 4       1 2 3
Unid. Structure 1 1 1     1 1 4
Hearth/Oven 5 5 1     3 3
Sherd Scatter 6 6       1 2 3
Rock Art 2 2       1 2
Storage 2 2       2 2
Trail 1 1         1
Stone Feature 2 2 1     1 2 4
Burial 1 1         1
Baking Pit 1 1         1
Total Frequency 39 39 9     7 24 4
Column %2 100 100 23.1     17.9 61.5
 
1868-1930
Single Habitation 9 8 2 2 1   2 5
Multiple Habitation 5 5 4 5 3 1 2   2 5 8
Temporary Shelter 3 2 3 2   1   1 5
Unid. Structure 1 1       1 2
Stockholding 3 2 1       1 3
Euro-Am. Refuse 5 4 2     1 1 1 5
Rock Art 2 2     1     2
Hearth/Oven 1 1       1   2
Storage 2 2         1
Woodcutting Area 1 1         1
Sweat Lodge 1 1   1   1 3
Road/Trail 6 2 3 2 1 1   1 1 7
Doll House 1 1 1         2
Total Frequency 40 32 16 11 3 4 5 1 5 13 9
Column %2 100 80 40 27.5 7.5 10 12.5 2.5 12.5 32.5
 
1930-1980
Single Habitation 3 3 1   1   2 4
Multiple Habitation 4 3 2 3   1   2 3 6
Temporary Shelter 8 7 5 1 1 1   6 6
Stockholding 6 5 1 1     3 4
Hearth/Oven 2 2       1 1
Euro-Am. Refuse 5 5 1 1   1   1 5
Rock Art 5 4 1     1   1 4
Storage 1 1 1     1 3
Sweat Lodge 4 4 3 2 1   2 5
Woodcutting Area 5 4 1         2
Road/Trail 1 1         1
Stone Feature 3 3     2   3 3
Coal Mine 1   1       1
Total Frequency 48 42 10 14 1 3 6   2 23 8
Column %2 100 87.5 20.8 29.2 2.1 6.2 12.5   4.2 47.9
 
Abbreviations: Comp. = Components; Prep.= preparation; Unid = Unidentified; Euro-Am= Euro-American.

1Total categories indicates the number of artifact categories represented at components of a given site type. For example, at single habitations occupied between 1868-1930, five of the nine categories of historic artifacts are represented.
2Column percent is the percentage of components occupied during a given time period at which the artifact category is represented. For example, of the 38 components dated to the 1930-1980 period, 34 (89.5%) had food remnants, food preparation, or food storage related artifacts.