Permian Basin BPA 10 Merchant Site and Ochoa Phase

Part of: Permian Basin Programmatic Agreement

Reports and public outreach documents

Site Name Keywords
Merchant Site • LA 43414

Site Type Keywords
Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Settlements • Hamlet / Village • Domestic Structures • Civic-Ceremonial • Pit House / Earth Lodge • House • Archaeological Feature • Wattle & Daub (Jacal) Structure • Room Block / Compound / Pueblo

Other Keywords
Plains-Pueblo Interaction • Geoarchaeological Analysis • Geomorphological Assessment • OSL dating • Eolian landscapes

Culture Keywords
Plains Village • Mogollon • Plains-Southwest • Archaic • Historic • Historic Native American

Investigation Types
Remote Sensing • Data Recovery / Excavation • Site Stabilization • Collections Research • Methodology, Theory, or Synthesis • Geophysical Survey • Architectural Documentation • Site Evaluation / Testing • Systematic Survey • Environment Research

Material Types
Macrobotanical • Dating Sample • Ground Stone • Ceramic • Chipped Stone • Fauna • Fire Cracked Rock • Building Materials • Mineral • Pollen

Temporal Keywords
Late Prehistoric • Protohistoric / Contact Period • ARCHAIC PERIOD (CA 6500-3000 BC) • Archaic Period

Geographic Keywords
New Mexico (State / Territory) • Texas (State / Territory) • United States of America (Country) • North America (Continent) • USA (Country) • US Southwest, Permian Basin, New Mexico

Resources Inside This Collection (Viewing 1-11 of 11)

  • Geomorphological and Geoarchaeological Investigations on the Mescalero Plain (2021)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Charles Frederick.

    This report presents a summary of the results of the Blanket Purchase Authority (BPA) 10 project sponsored by the Carlsbad Field Office (CFO) of the Bureau of Land Management and funded under the Permian Basin Programmatic Agreement. Geomorphological and geoarchaeological investigations were conducted at the Merchant site (LA 43414) and among suspected anthrosol deposits at LA 121668 and LA 171925. Analyses of soil chemistry and chronometric dates were completed.

  • Investigating Morphological Variation of Ground Stone Bedrock Features at LA 43414 and LA 121668 on the Mescalero Plain, Southeastern New Mexico (2021)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Amanda Castaneda. Mark Willis.

    This report presents the results of a comprehensive documentation and analysis of ground stone bedrock features at LA 43414 (the Merchant site) and LA 121668. The bedrock features are located on lands administered by the Carlsbad Field Office (CFO) of the Bureau of Land Management and the New Mexico State Land Office. This project was funded under the Permian Basin Programmatic Agreement (PBPA) administered by the CFO. This investigation recorded and examined 359 ground stone bedrock features...

  • Merchant Site Southeast New Mexico
    PROJECT Myles Miller.

    The Carlsbad Field Office contracted Versar, Inc. to conduct remedial archaeological data recovery excavations at the Merchant site (LA 43414), a complex village settlement in southeastern New Mexico. The Merchant site was excavated by the Lea County Archaeological Society (LCAS) from 1959 to 1965, but the results of the excavations were never fully reported. The site was fundamental to the definition of the Ochoa phase, but the nature of the phase had remained poorly known since the excavations...

  • The Merchant Site: A 14th Century Village in Southeast New Mexico (2016)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Myles Miller.

    Public outreach brochure for investigations at the Merchant site.

  • The Merchant Site: A Late Prehistoric Ochoa Phase Settlement in Southeastern New Mexico (2016)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Myles Miller.

    The Carlsbad Field Office contracted Versar, Inc. to conduct remedial archaeological data recovery excavations at the Merchant site (LA 43414), a complex village settlement in southeastern New Mexico. The Merchant site was excavated by the Lea County Archaeological Society (LCAS) from 1959 to 1965, but the results of the excavations were never fully reported. The site was fundamental to the definition of the Ochoa phase, but the nature of the phase had remained poorly known since the excavations...

  • OCHOA PHASE INVESTIGATIONS ON THE MESCALERO PLAIN (2021)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Myles Miller. Timothy B. Graves. Charles Frederick. Mark Willis. John D Speth. J. Phillip Dering. Susan J. Smith. Crystal Dozier. John G. Jones. Jeremy Loven. Genevieve Woodhead. Jeffery Ferguson. Mary Ownby. Amanda Castañeda.

    This report presents a summary of the results of the Blanket Purchase Authority (BPA) 10 project sponsored by the Carlsbad Field Office (CFO) of the Bureau of Land Management and funded under the Permian Basin Programmatic Agreement. The BPA 10 project included six cultural resource projects, including survey inventories, site evaluations, and excavations.

  • Pueblo on the Plains: The 2019 Investigations at the Merchant Site of Southeastern New Mexico (2021)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Myles Miller.

    Poster presentation describing the 2019 investigations at the Merchant Site (LA 43414)

  • Pueblo on the Plains: The Merchant Site (LA 43414) of Southeastern New Mexico (2021)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Myles Miller.

    Public education and outreach brochure describing the survey and excavation projects at the Merchant site and Mescalero Plain of southeastern New Mexico

  • PUEBLO ON THE PLAINS: THE SECOND SEASON OF INVESTIGATIONS AT THE MERCHANT SITE IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO Volume 1 (2021)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Myles Miller. Timothy B. Graves. Charles Frederick. Mark Willis. John D Speth. J. Phillip Dering. Susan J. Smith. Crystal Dozier. John G. Jones. Jeremy Loven. Genevieve Woodhead. Jeffery Ferguson. Mary Ownby.

    This report presents the results of the second season of investigations at the Merchant village site (LA 43414) in southeastern New Mexico. The excavations and analyses were sponsored by the Carlsbad Field Office (CFO) of the Bureau of Land Management and funded under the Permian Basin Programmatic Agreement. Excavations focused on sections of room blocks in two areas of the main village, the agricultural fields, and midden deposits.

  • PUEBLO ON THE PLAINS: THE SECOND SEASON OF INVESTIGATIONS AT THE MERCHANT SITE IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO Volume 2 (2021)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Myles Miller. Timothy B. Graves. Charles Frederick. Mark Willis. John D Speth. J. Phillip Dering. Susan J. Smith. Crystal Dozier. John G. Jones. Jeremy Loven. Genevieve Woodhead. Jeffery Ferguson. Mary Ownby.

    This report presents the results of the second season of investigations at the Merchant village site (LA 43414) in southeastern New Mexico. The excavations and analyses were sponsored by the Carlsbad Field Office (CFO) of the Bureau of Land Management and funded under the Permian Basin Programmatic Agreement. Excavations focused on sections of room blocks in two areas of the main village, the agricultural fields, and midden deposits.

  • Survey of the Merchant Site Vicinity in Lea County, Southeastern New Mexico (2021)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Timothy B. Graves. Juan Arias. Katherine Jones. Mark Willis. Myles Miller.

    This report presents the results of an intensive archaeological survey of 1,257 acres in the vicinity of the Merchant site (LA 43414), a prehistoric pueblo settlement in Lea County of southeastern New Mexico. The survey parcels are on lands administered by the Carlsbad Field Office (CFO) of the Bureau of Land Management and the New Mexico State Land Office. The survey was funded under the Permian Basin Programmatic Agreement (PBPA) administered by the CFO. The Merchant site was first...