Dinetah Area and History

• Two phases mark the Navajo occupation

  • Dinetah Phase (A.D. 1450 – 1650)
  • Forked-pole hogans
  • Plain gray ceramics and absence of European trade goods
  • Gobernador Phase (A.D. 1650 – 1765)
  • Construction of masonry defensive pueblitos in conjunction with hogans
  • Polychrome ceramics and European metal tools (2)

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