Reassessing Taos Area Archaeology: What We Still Don’t Understand in 2015

Author(s): Kit Nelson; Paul Reed

Year: 2016

Summary

Like many areas of the American Southwest, the Greater Taos region has a long history of research, spanning over 100 years. The majority of investigations have focused on either end of the research spectrum. Some being very narrowly centered on specific issues or sites usually resulting from the particular interests of a researcher, while others are very generally focused on data collection resulting from CRM research. This dichotomy of data collection/research has resulted in a highly variable picture of prehistoric archaeology in the region. In this paper, we assess the current state of knowledge, provide a synopsis, and suggest research directions to fill the data voids.

Cite this Record

Reassessing Taos Area Archaeology: What We Still Don’t Understand in 2015. Kit Nelson, Paul Reed. Presented at The 81st Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Orlando, Florida. 2016 ( tDAR id: 404431)

Keywords

General
New Mexico Pueblo Taos

Geographic Keywords
North America - Southwest

Spatial Coverage

min long: -115.532; min lat: 30.676 ; max long: -102.349; max lat: 42.033 ;