Archaeological Resources at Los Esteros Lake, New Mexico

Author(s): Frances Levine; Charles M. Mobley

Year: 1976

Summary

A survey of areas, which will be directly or indirectly affected by construction of a U. S. Army Corps of Engineers dam on the Pecos River in Guadalupe County, New Mexico, recorded 246 archaeological sites. In this sample 133 prehistoric, 69 historic, and 44 multiple component sites were recorded. Eleven site categories were defined on the basis of surface remains. These categories included: two differently constructed types of multistructured historic sites; low-walled sandstone enclosures; miscellaneous sandstone and historic sites; rockshelters; lithic scatters; open camp, activity and processing sites; tipi rings; isolated finds; a prehistoric bedrock quarry; and an isolated rock art panel. Occupation dates are tentative but appear to span from 10,000 B.C. to A.D. 1920. This temporal estimate and the general range of site types is consistent with the known archaeology of eastern New Mexico in general.

Cite this Record

Archaeological Resources at Los Esteros Lake, New Mexico. Frances Levine, Charles M. Mobley. 1976 ( tDAR id: 447053) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8447053

Keywords

Culture
Archaic • Historic • PaleoIndian

Material
Basketry • Building Materials • Ceramic • Chipped Stone • Dating Sample • Fauna • Fire Cracked Rock • Glass • Ground Stone • Macrobotanical • Metal • Mineral • Pollen • Shell • Wood

Site Name
29GU101 • 29GU102 • 29GU103 • 29GU104 • 29GU105 • 29GU106 • 29GU107 • 29GU110 • 29GU111 • 29GU112 • 29GU113 • 29GU121 • 29GU124 • 29GU125 • 29GU127 • 29GU128 • 29GU129 • 29GU134 • 29GU135 • 29GU136 • 29GU137 • 29GU138 • 29GU141 • 29GU145 • 29GU146 • 29GU150 • 29GU153 • 29GU156 • 29GU159 • 29GU162 • 29GU163 • 29GU164 • 29GU168 • 29GU172 • 29GU178 • 29GU179 • 29GU182 • 29GU186 • 29GU187 • 29GU188 • 29GU195 • 29GU200 • 29GU201 • 29GU202 • 29GU203 • 29GU204 • 29GU21 • 29GU227 • 29GU235 • 29GU238 • 29GU24 • 29GU240 • 29GU241 • 29GU244 • 29GU245 • 29GU246 • 29GU33 • 29GU37 • 29GU44 • 29GU48 • 29GU58 • 29GU59 • 29GU60 • 29GU61 • 29GU62 • 29GU63 • 29GU64 • 29GU65 • 29GU67 • 29GU68 • 29GU70 • 29GU71 • 29GU73 • 29GU74 • 29GU75 • 29GU77 • 29GU79 • 29GU80 • 29GU81 • 29GU82 • 29GU83 • 29GU84 • 29GU87 • 29GU89 • 29GU9 • 29GU90 • 29GU91 • 29GU92 • 29GU94 • 29GU95 • 29GU96 • 29GU97 Show More

Investigation Types
Archaeological Overview • Data Recovery / Excavation • Heritage Management

General
Collections Management

Geographic Keywords
Guadalupe (County) • New Mexico (State / Territory) • Pecos River

Spatial Coverage

min long: -107.468; min lat: 34.244 ; max long: -102.283; max lat: 37.623 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): US Army Corps of Engineers Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections, St. Louis District

Principal Investigator(s): S. Alan Skinner

Prepared By(s): Institute for the Study of Earth and Man, Southern Methodist University

Submitted To(s): US Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District

Record Identifiers

Contract No.(s): CX700040157

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