Carlsbad, New Mexico (Geographic Keyword)
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Understanding changes in mobility and subsistence practices among Jornada Mogollon hunter-gatherer groups remains a substantial research issue. Residents across the Permian Basin largely maintained a hunting-and-gathering cultural adaption throughout prehistoric times, although some segment of the local population practiced cultivation during the Late Formative period. The Southwest Pecos Slopes reflects transitional vegetation community that interfaces between succulent-rich uplands and...
Camping and Hot-Rock Cooking: Hunter-Gatherer Land Use in the Southwest Pecos Slopes, Data Compendium (2018)
This project entailed thematic reconnaissance survey and small-scale excavations of a total of 42 previously recorded archaeological sites. Survey was conducted using the Transect Recording Unit (TRU) method, with 10-by-10-m TRUs. Excavations consisted of bisections of features that exhibited carbonized remains sufficient for macrobotanical identification and accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) radiocarbon dating, in addition to phytolith and starch analyses. The project resulted in examination...
EXAMINATION OF BULK SOIL FOR RADIOCARBON DATABLE MATERIAL FROM ALONG THE LOWER PECOS RIVER, NEW MEXICO (2004)
A total of five bulk soil samples from along the Lower Pecos River near Carlsbad, New Mexico, were floated to recover organic fragments suitable for radiocarbon analysis. These samples were collected as part of the paleoflood frequency analyses for Brantley and Avalon Dams. Botanic components and detrital charcoal were identified, and potentially radiocarbon datable material was separated.
An Examination of Hunter-Gatherer Land Use across the Southwestern Pecos Slopes (2018)
This project entailed thematic reconnaissance survey and small-scale excavations of a total of 42 previously recorded archaeological sites. Survey was conducted using the Transect Recording Unit (TRU) method, with 10-by-10-m TRUs. Excavations consisted of bisections of features that exhibited carbonized remains sufficient for macrobotanical identification and accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) radiocarbon dating, in addition to phytolith and starch analyses. The project resulted in examination...
Permian Basin Mitigation Program, Transect Recording Unit Survey and Small-Scale Excavations at 42 Sites Along the Southwest Pecos Slopes, Eddy County, New Mexico
Information relating to the prehistoric occupation of Southwest Pecos Slopes physiographic region remains relatively unknown. This particular region has recently witnessed a pronounced increase in oil- and gas-extraction activities, and the tract of land situated between the Black and Pecos Rivers was only just incorporated into the Permian Basin Programmatic Agreement (PA) study area. In order to improve the management abilities of the U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management...
PHYTOLITH AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSES AND AMS RADIOCARBON DATING OF SAMPLES FROM LA 173717, EDDY COUNTY, NEW MEXICO (2014)
Site LA 173717, situated north of Carlsbad, New Mexico, consists of a limited artifact assemblage and two features. Feature 1 is described as a carbon stain, promising a recovery of charred material suitable for AMS radiocarbon age determination. A soil sample collected from this feature was submitted for phytolith and macrofloral analysis, and the charcoal within it was submitted for AMS radiocarbon dating.