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Table 8.1a. Function and dates of sites according to informants.

Site No. Dates of Occupation Season Function (Navajo unless noted otherwise)
Chacra Mesa
29Mc 391 1930-1931 Winter Sheep corral
After 1931 * Spanish sheep corral
29Mc 416 “Real old” * Sweat lodge
Early 1920s? Winter Windbreak/fireplace, horse corral
* Tent, (Sargent)a sheep
1940s * Spanish—1000 sheep
29Mc 426 Unknown (1900s?) * Camp
1949 approx. * Spanish tent camp
29Mc 431 1900-1930 * Trail
29Mc 462 “Long ago” * Early Navajo windbreak
1945 approx. * Play hogan, eagle trap
29Mc 465 Unknown * Play hogan, trails
29Mc 502 1900s? * Choche’s trail
1948-1949 * Play hogan?
29SJ 2700 Late 1920s? Winter Residence
29SJ 2705 Late 1920s? * Corral for ewes (residence at 29SJ 2700)
29SJ 2885 Before 1921 * Residence
29SJ 2886 Mid 1920s Winter Navajo tent, residence
1930s Women’s sweat lodge, for residents at 29SJ 2966
29SJ 2888 1930s Winter Men’s sweat lodge, for residents at 29SJ 2966
29SJ 2908 Late 1920s Winter Residence, chindi hogan, hide tanning area?
29SJ 2921 1900s? * Possible Choche site
29SJ 2966 To 1934 Winter Hogan 6: residence, sheep corral
Late 1930s Winter Hogan # unknown: residence, corral?
To 1946 Winter Hogans 7, 8, 9: residence, sheep and horse corrals of several families
Early 1940s * Hogan 2: hunting camp
1945-1950 Winter Hogans 1, 3, 5: residence, corral?
29SJ 2981 Unknown ? Site of Squaw Dance?
 
Kin Klizhin
29SJ 2459 1923 Summer Hogan 1: residence, corral for sheep and horses, lamb pen (Storage 1), ceremonial hogan
Later Sargent’s Spanish herders
29SJ 2471 - Year round Residence, goat corral (corral 1), sheep corral (corral 2)
29SJ 2478 1910-1947? Winter? Residence, corral
29SJ 2484 1930s? Residence, fields nearby?
29SJ 2487 - Year round Residence, horse and cow corral
Spring Shearing and lambing done here
29SJ 2491 - - Sargent’s Spanish herders
29SJ 2501 1900s? Spring? 3 lambing pens, no hogan
29SJ 2513 - - Lambing pens, corral, eagle traps (disputed)
 
Kin Bineola
29Mc 295 1900s? - Corral area?
29Mc 323 1920s Spring Tent, sheep camp
29Mc 324 1920s Spring? Lambing pen for 29Mc 325 residence, “hogan” is probably a lambing pen
* Season not given by informant, probably winter.
aJalipe Tsoh (Haile bi Tsoh), a Navajo herder working for Sargent.