Mescalero Sands, New Mexico (Geographic Keyword)

DOCUMENT Full-Text R.A. Varney. Kathryn Puseman.

Excavation project 888M is located east of the Pecos River in southeastern New Mexico in the Mescalero Sands. The site is located within the parabolic dune setting of the sand sheet. Two thermal features, with no associated artifacts, were discovered during ground clearing activities for the preparation of a well pad. Feature 1 dated to 1400 ± 60 radiocarbon years BP, and Feature 2 dated to 1280 ± 60 RCYBP. Two macrofloral and one pollen sample from Feature 1 and two macrofloral and two...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. R.A. Varney.

Fifty combination pollen, starch, and phytolith samples were examined from seven archaeological sites on the Cedar Breaks Project, New Mexico. This project is located in the Mescalero Sands environmental area of southeastern New Mexico.