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  • Archaeological Pollen Study of Two Dune Sites in New Mexico (1976)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text James Schoenwetter.

    Study of the pollen of 4 surface and 41 stratigraphic and archaeological-context sediment samples was undertaken to provide independent evidence of the antiquity of sites LA 11828 and LA 11904, and of the hypothesis the two sites had the same cultural functions. The pollen record suggests the two sites differ in antiquity: the occupation horizon samples from LA 11828 correspond to others that date to the Historic Period, while those from LA 11904 correspond to others that date 1800 - 300 B.C....

  • The Archaeology of Gila Cliff Dwellings, New Mexico
    PROJECT National Park Service.

    WACC reports of archaeological excavation and survey projects within Gila Cliff Dwellings National Park, New Mexico.

  • Architectural Petterning in Residential Structures of the Gallina Phase from Northwestern New Mexico (2008)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text David Simpson.

    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...

  • Cibola Archaeological Research Project (CARP)
    PROJECT Steven LeBlanc. Patty Jo Watson. Charles Redman. National Science Foundation.

    This NSF-funded research project was directed by Patty Jo Watson, Steven LeBlanc, and Charles Redman. In the summers of 1972 and 1973 it accomplished survey and excavation in the El Morro Valley of New Mexico.

  • Gran Quivira Archaeological Project
    PROJECT Katherine Spielmann. Arizona State University (ASU).

    Excavations at Gran Quivira (LA 120) in the Salinas area of central New Mexico by Dr. Katherine Spielmann, 1984-1986.

  • Ojo Bonito Archaeological Project (OBAP)
    PROJECT Keith Kintigh. Arizona State University (ASU). Arizona State Parks.

    A survey and excavation project directed by Keith Kintigh and executed from 1983 through 1994. Approximate 58km2 were surveyed and 560 sites were recorded. Substantial excavations were undertaken at the Hinkson Site great house complex and Jaralosa Pueblo. Test excavations were completed at H-Spear, a Chacoan Great House located by the project and Ojo Bonito Pueblo. The project took place on the ranch of Mrs. Everett (Mabel) Hinkson (deceased). Most of the project work was done as a part of...

  • Post-Chacoan Social Integration at the Hinkson Site, New Mexico (1996)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Keith Kintigh. Todd Howell. Andrew Duff.

    The century following the collapse of Chaco is often viewed as a time of cultural backsliding. However, imposing sites with Chaco-inspired public architecture provide evidence of large communities, dating between A.D. 1200 and 1275, that laid the organizational foundations of well-known Pueblo IV towns. This article reports on excavations at one such Zuni-area settlement. the Hinkson site. In this site, 32 residential room blocks surround a great house complex that includes an unroofed, oversize...

  • A Post-Glacial Pollen Sequence From Dark Canyon Cave, New Mexico (1961)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text James Schoenwetter. Wilfred Balgemann.

    Unpublished report, 1961 Complacent pollen records associated with both extinct fauna and archaeological remains argues that Southwest has been semi-arid throughout Late- and Post-Pleistocene.

  • Pueblo Blanco Archaeological Project
    PROJECT Katherine Spielmann. Arizona State University (ASU).

    Archaeological investigations by Arizona State University in 1999-2000, directed by Katherine Spielmann and Billy Graves