Shabik'eshchee Village is an archeological site located atop Chacra Mesa, New Mexico. Covering 20 acres (8.1 ha), the pit-house settlement was occupied c. 500–700 by Basketmaker III peoples. Discovered by Frank Roberts in 1926, the site is one of the earliest settlements in Chaco Canyon.[1] Shabik'eshchee Village contained one hundred pit houses and a community great kiva.[2] It is located approximately 9 miles (14 km) east of Pueblo Bonito.[3]
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