Activity Areas: Stockade
Only one Pueblo I stockade was located during the MAPL project. Found on LA79076, the stockade
was constructed of more than 200 upright posts, and represented a substantial expenditure of effort.
Shaped like a large (>100' diameter) “C”, it enclosed the Pueblo I habitation area to the east, south, and
west, and butted up against the cliff wall at its two northern ends. While it is possible that this stockade
functioned as a defensive fortification, it is more likely that it acted as a spatial enclosure or windbreak.
was constructed of more than 200 upright posts, and represented a substantial expenditure of effort.
Shaped like a large (>100' diameter) “C”, it enclosed the Pueblo I habitation area to the east, south, and
west, and butted up against the cliff wall at its two northern ends. While it is possible that this stockade
functioned as a defensive fortification, it is more likely that it acted as a spatial enclosure or windbreak.
Photograph of
portion of stockade
exposed in pipeline
right-of-way,
looking southwest.
portion of stockade
exposed in pipeline
right-of-way,
looking southwest.