Lost Canyon Archaeological District
Montezuma County
The Lost Canyon settlement may establish the extreme northern extension of Mesa Verde related habitation communities.
Lost Canyon Archaeological District (1987 photograph.)
The appearance of multi-room, stone masonry structures concentrated along high elevation, south facing canyon rims, cliffs and talus slopes, is a well defined settlement pattern characteristic of the Four Corners region during the Late Pueblo II and Early Pueblo III period extending from AD 1050-1300.