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  • 3D Scanning and Documentation of Rockart Features on Petroglyph Trail at Chaco Culture National Historical Park
    PROJECT Uploaded by: Angie Payne

    In this project, the Leica C10 and Breuckmann SmartScanHE were used to document petroglyphs and the associated cliff face located on Petroglyph Trail between Pueblo Bonito and Chetro Ketl in Chaco Culture National Historical Park. The Leica Scanstation C10 scanner was used be to scan the lower cliff wall along the petroglyph trail (approximately 1 km long) at an average resolution of 0.5 – 3 cm. Moderate resolution data for the panels was also captured using a Leica C10 scanner at a resolution...

  • 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.

  • Archeology of Pajarito Park, New Mexico (1904)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Hewett Edgar L..

    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)
    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...

  • Chaves-Hummingbird Archaeological Project
    PROJECT Uploaded by: Tiffany Clark

    This project consists of archaeological excavations conducted by Southern Methodist University, Arizona State University, and University of Colorado at Chaves-Hummingbird Pueblo (LA578), a large Pueblo IV settlement located in the Rio Puerco Valley of central New Mexico. As part of this project, archaeological materials were also analyzed from Pottery Mound Pueblo (LA416).

  • 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.

  • Culture and Ecology of Chaco Canyon and the San Juan Basin (2005)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Frances Joan Mathien.

    Today Chaco Canyon is a tourist and research destination, but this was not always so. We now know that Archaic hunters and gatherers camped there over several millennia; ancestors of historic Pueblo people dependent on maize agriculture created the masonry structures for which Chaco Canyon National Monument was established. The canyon is now home to only a few National Park Service (NPS) employees, who live amidst Navajo sheep- and cattle-ranchers whose ancestors came to this area after the...

  • EMAP - Fauna Datasets
    PROJECT Michelle Hegmon. Margaret C. Nelson.

    The Eastern Mimbres Archaeological Project (EMAP), co-directed by Drs. Margaret Nelson and Michelle Hegmon began in 1990, building upon earlier work by Nelson. EMAP focuses on the later (post-AD 1000) prehistory of the eastern Mimbres area, a portion of the Mimbres region in southwest New Mexico. In 1982 Nelson was at the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque and in the early 1990s at the State University of New York, Buffalo, and Hegmon was at New Mexico State University, Las Cruces. In 1995...

  • 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.

  • Mimbres Periphery Study
    PROJECT Robert Stokes.

    The Mimbres Periphery Study focuses on Mimbres Mogollon adaptations and settlement in areas outside of the main Mimbres River Valley in Southwestern New Mexico. It was initiated by Robert J. Stokes in 1995 as a Ph.D. graduate student at the University of Oklahoma, and includes survey and excavation projects.

  • 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

  • Remote Sensing Methodology and the Chaco Canyon Prehistoric Road System (1977)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text John A. Ware. George J. Gumerman.

    The purpose of this remote sensing project focusing on Chaco Canyon National Monument in northwestern New Mexico was two-fold. The first objective was to determine the capabilities of various types of remotely sensed data and interpretive instruments in delineating cultural features such as prehistoric roads. The second objective was to explore the extent and character on the ruin of Pueblo Alto, one of the major ruins in the monument. In addition, we offer suggestions for future research on...

  • Salmon Faunal Data
    PROJECT Uploaded by: Kathy Roler Durand

    Faunal data collected by Kathy Durand Gore from Pueblo II and III faunal remains at Salmon Pueblo.