Regional Context

The Navajo occupied the Dinetah region from at least the 1540s until the 1750s.
During the Late Gobernador Phase: ca.1716 to 1750s, the pueblito built on a boulder or mesa top was a common Navajo structure.
These pueblitos were probably built as a response to mounted Ute raiding parties.

The Navajo occupied the Dinetah region from at least the 1540s until the 1750s.