Chaves County (County) (Geographic Keyword)

DOCUMENT Full-Text Beth McCormack. Douglas H. M. Boggess. Peggy Allison. Peggy Cordua. Brian Deaton. Victoria Menchaca. Tomasz Wasowski. Andrew Zink.

Between November 2, 2009 and March 23, 2010, a Class III pedestrian survey of 3,358.91 acres (1,359.31 ha) was completed and divided into five parcels in Eddy and Chaves Counties, New Mexico (Lone Mountain Project Number 908-01). The lead agency for this project was the Bureau of Land Management - Carlsbad Field Office. The task of this project was to inventory and characterize the archaeological landscape in portions of the Permian Basin MOA area that are under-represented by previous...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Michael J. Dilley. Phillip O. Leckman. Gregory Peacock. Christine G. Ward.

Between December 2012 and January 2013, archaeologists from Statistical Research, Inc. (SRI), conducted geologic and archaeological studies at 14 previously identified archaeological sites, 2 small survey parcels inspected for archaeological remains, and 3 locales visited solely for the geologic study, all located in Eddy, Lea, and Chaves Counties in southeastern New Mexico. The sites and survey areas occupy a range of geologic settings. All 19 areas were utilized prehistorically. SRI...