Adolfo Canyon Site

Adolf Canyon Site (LA 5665)
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Southwestern side of the pueblito
Location:	Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, USA
Nearest city:	Bloomfield, New Mexico
Governing body:	Bureau of Land Management
MPS:	Navajo--Refugee Pueblo TR
NRHP Reference#:	86003605
Added to NRHP:	January 21, 1987

The Adolfo Canyon Site (LA 5665) is an archaeological site containing a Navajo pueblito located in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, United States. The site is situated on a rock outcrop overlooking Adolfo Canyon. The site consists of a three-room, single story pueblito, and extensive midden area, and six forked stick hogans on the crest of a ridge.

Excavation findings

Portions of the pueblito, hogans, and trash area have been excavated. Dinetah Gray and Gobernador Polychrome ceramic sherds were recovered during the excavations. One sherd of Puname Polychrome from the Keresan pueblos was also found. No European trade goods were found during the excavation.

Tree-ring dates obtained from the hogans range from 1733vv to 1751v.

References

• Defensive Sites Of Dinetah by Margaret A. Powers and Byron P. Johnson. New Mexico Bureau of Land Management Cultural Resources Series No. 2, 1987.