Rio Arriba County (County) (Geographic Keyword)
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In this table, Akins presents a summary of individuals buried with different kinds of ornaments. Table row fields are as follows: immature individuals, females, and males. Table variable (column) fields are as follows: % with bone, % with stone, % with shell, % with turquoise, and % with any type.
Akins_Northern Rio Grande_Biological Data Sources_Table 2 (2011)
This table presents Akins' sources of biological data throughout the Northern Rio Grande area. It presents site names, occupation periods, number of burials, and published references.
Akins_Northern Rio Grande_Coding Sheet (2011)
This document contains Akins coding sheet for capturing the data in her sample of mortuary data from the Northern Rio Grande area.
Akins_Northern Rio Grande_Mortuary Data Sources_Table 1 (2011)
This table presents Akins' sources for mortuary feature data throughout the northern Rio Grande area. It includes site names, occupation periods, number of burials, and published reference.
Akins_Northern Rio Grande_Mortuary Patterns_Table 3 (2011)
In this table, Akins presents a summary of mortuary patterns in her burial sample from 13 sites in the Northern Rio Grande area. She provides summary data for the following variables: burial location, flexion, position, orientation, and non-perishable burial goods
Akins_Northern Rio Grande_Paper_Exploring Mortuary Variability in the Northern Rio Grande (2011)
The Pueblo Indians who live in the Northern Rio Grande belong to several distinct linguistic groups and their cultural differences may be reflected in past burial practices. With a few notable exceptions, much of the older data on Northern Rio Grande burials is presented as summaries without regards to age or sex and without definitions of exactly what is meant by the terms used to describe even basic treatment such as orientation and body position. Thus, the typical level of reporting is...
ANALYSIS OF STRATIGRAPHIC POLLEN AND PHYTOLITH SAMPLES FROM RIO DEL OSO, NEW MEXICO (2000)
Several stratigraphic columns were sampled in the cut bank at Rio del Oso to recover pollen and phytoliths that will provide a signal of regional and local vegetation through time. This vegetation is expected to be a reflection of both natural and cultural events. Radiocarbon ages are available for many levels, providing tight dating for the stratigraphic columns. The pollen record was examined to provide evidence of changes in both regional and local vegetation, while the phytolith record was...
The Antiquities Act
This project includes documents related to the history and historical background of the Antiquities Act and its implementation during the century since its enactment. The Antiquities Act was signed into law in 1906 by President Theodore Roosevelt. The history of American conservation often is told in terms of legal milestones, and rightly so. An environmental activist working to expand a local park, a historic preservationist trying to save a cherished old building, a volunteer working on a...
Archaeological Pollen Study of AR4 (1977)
Draft of report published in C.F. Schaafsma, 1980, The Cerrito Site: A Piedra Lumbre Phase Settlement at Abiquiu Reservoir. School of American Research, Santa Fe.
Archeology of Pajarito Park, New Mexico (1904)
In the summer of 1896 the writer commenced to investigate the archeology of the plateau between the Jemez mountain range and the Rio Grande in New Mexico. The ethnological significance of this region seemed at that time to have been overlooked, nor has it yet received much attention. The studies then begun have continued intermittently ever since. The first object was to obtain such facts as could be obtained by exploration, photography, and a limited amount of excavation. I hope to be...
Architectural Petterning in Residential Structures of the Gallina Phase from Northwestern New Mexico (2008)
ABSTRACT The Gallina Phase (A.D. 1100 – 1275) is an Anasazi adaptation to the highlands along the Continental Divide of northwestern New Mexico. It is best described as marginal to developmental trends shaping the Puebloan world around it, appearing quite conservative in numerous aspects. Residential architecture is one aspect in which the Gallina Phase developed along its own trajectory. The residential pit structures and surface structures are used to evaluate spatial and temporal...
James Schoenwetter Pollen Research Papers
James Schoenwetter (Ph.D. Southern Illinois 1967) was a Professor Emeritus at Arizona State University. His research interests included prehistoric cultural ecology, applications of pollen analysis in archaeology and research methodology. Before his retirement in 2000 he directed the ASU Anthropology Department’s palynology lab. Pollen research by Schoenwetter and his students involved a variety of sites in Mesoamerica, North America and Europe. He directed archaeological and botanical...
POLLEN ANALYSIS AT TWO SITES IN THE JEMEZ MOUNTAIN RANGE (1988)
Stratigraphic pollen samples were collected from two sites in the Santa Fe National Forest of the Jemez Mountain Range. These sites are believed to have functioned as obsidian procurement areas. Pollen samples were collected from stratigraphic units at both samples, and were analyzed to provide paleoenvironmental data.
POLLEN ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES FROM DRAGONFLY PIPELINE TREATMENT, SITE LA80924, RIO ARRIBA COUNTY, NEW MEXICO (2020)
Site LA 80924, located in northwestern New Mexico, yielded two samples for pollen analysis. A sample from the floor of a Navajo bell-shaped pit (F. 13) and from a profile of sediments comprising the Archaic component of the site were examined for pollen. In addition, a modern ground surface sample was analyzed for comparability.
Pollen Investigations of the Inundation Studies Program (1977)
The project objective was to determine if innundation of an archaeological site beneath the waters of a reservoir had a detrimental effect on the pollen of archaeological-context sediment samples. Poor planning, poor field execution of a sampling program, and incompetant program administration caused failure of the research effort.
Pollen Studies at the Sapawe Site: Preliminary Report (1965)
Discusses local vegetation patterns, modern pollen/vegetation relationships, pollen sequence and chronology for the site, correspondence of ceramic-dated pollen horizons at this site with those elsewhere in the SW, cultural ecological implications of the pollen record, and plant resource availability during prehistoric occupation.
A Pollen Study of the Abiquiu Reservoir (1979)
Draft of the paper published in J.D. Beal, 1980, "1979 Sample and Site Specific Testing Program at Abiquiu Reservoir." School of American Research Contract Archaeology Report.
POLLEN, STARCH, PARASITE, PHYTOLITH, MACROFLORAL, AND ORGANIC RESIDUE (FTIR) ANALYSIS OF COPROLITES FROM ROOM 225, WEST RUIN, AZTEC RUINS NATIONAL MONUMENT, AZTEC, NEW MEXICO (2009)
Aztec Ruins National Monument is the largest ancestral Puebloan community in the Animas River Valley. Several multi-story buildings, smaller structures, and kivas represent residential and ceremonial structures. Room 225 in West Ruin, a great house, contained numerous coprolites, six of which were sent to PaleoResearch Institute. Of these six coprolites, in order to remain within budgetary limits, three were selected for analysis that included finding and identifying macrofloral remains, pollen,...
PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS OF THREE PROJECTILE POINTS FROM SITE LA 150615, RIO ARRIBA COUNTY, NEW MEXICO (2009)
Three projectile points and a single soil control sample were submitted for protein residue analysis from site LA 150615, located in Rio Arriba County, northern New Mexico. All three artifacts are from a pit house feature with a Pueblo I-II affiliation (ca. A.D. 700-1050). Protein residue analysis may help determine what animals were hunted, and/or what animal remains were processed using these tools.
Southwest Mortuary Database Project: 2011 SAA E-Session: Mortuary Practices in the American Southwest: Meta-Data Issues in the Development of a Regional Database
The study of prehistoric mortuary practices in the American Southwest is undergoing tremendous change in the new millennium. The challenges (and opportunities) of NAGPRA implementation, declines in the number of large samples being excavated, and loss of data from previously excavated samples have altered mortuary archaeology in the region. Given this state of affairs, the development of an integrated regional database of prehistoric mortuary practices is imperative. This session at the 76th...
Velarde Community Ditch Project - New Mexico Phase III (Ditch Rehabilitation): Cultural Resources Investigations (1988)
The on-the-ground survey of the ditches was designed to locate any remnants of prehistoric activities and to note the historic and historic/modern structures and use areas which reflect the past and intertwine with the ditches and fields to create the ambient that is the San Juan Valley. The notations and locations have been used to ensure that carrying out Stage III of the project would disturb or destroy as few resources as possible and to contribute to the general knowledge of the history of...