TOUR # 3:BOULDER HOUSE & FORTIFIED SPUR
Trip Leaders: Larry & Sandy Tradlener
Description of Site/Tour: Visit three sites reported and described by
Sylvanus G. Morley and Alfred V. Kidder
in “The Archaeology of McElmo Canyon-Part 1” (Palacio, 1917); an account of
their explorations on behalf of the
School of American Research, directed by Dr. Edgar L. Hewett. The sites,
Boulder House (PIII), Fortified Spur (PI),
and Defensive Wall are located on the slope and top of Cannonball Mesa.
Meeting Place Location: Meet in the parking lot at the M&M Truck Stop
(which is closed) on the NE corner of the
junction of Highway 160 and the McElmo Canyon Road (Road G).
Tour times/Length: 9 AM to Noon
Other information: The trip will involve a hot, steep, rough hike
totaling about a mile. Carpooling recommended.
We may have the opportunity to meet the father and daughter who are the site
stewards for Boulder House and learn
about the “Family Stewardship Program” from them.
Number of participants: 30
Also Ross and Maiya Gralia, volunteers with the Canyons of the Ancients NM who are updating the documentation of Fortification Spur and the Defensive Wall, may accompany the tour.
