Merchant Site Southeast New Mexico
Part of: Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Carlsbad Field Office
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.
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
US Southwest, Permian Basin, New Mexico
Resources Inside This Collection (Viewing 1-11 of 11)
- Geomorphological and Geoarchaeological Investigations on the Mescalero Plain (2021)
- Investigating Morphological Variation of Ground Stone Bedrock Features at LA 43414 and LA 121668 on the Mescalero Plain, Southeastern New Mexico (2021)
- The Merchant Site: A 14th Century Village in Southeast New Mexico (2016)
- The Merchant Site: A Late Prehistoric Ochoa Phase Settlement in Southeastern New Mexico (2016)
- OCHOA PHASE INVESTIGATIONS ON THE MESCALERO PLAIN (2021)
- Pueblo on the Plains: The 2019 Investigations at the Merchant Site of Southeastern New Mexico (2021)
- Pueblo on the Plains: The Merchant Site (LA 43414) of Southeastern New Mexico (2021)
- PUEBLO ON THE PLAINS: THE SECOND SEASON OF INVESTIGATIONS AT THE MERCHANT SITE IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO Volume 1 (2021)
- PUEBLO ON THE PLAINS: THE SECOND SEASON OF INVESTIGATIONS AT THE MERCHANT SITE IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO Volume 2 (2021)
- Survey of the Merchant Site Vicinity in Lea County, Southeastern New Mexico (2021)