Casa Crecida: A Buried Eighteenth Century Spanish Colonial Site in Bernalillo, New Mexico

Summary

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2019: General Sessions" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

The Casa Crecida site (LA 114201) represents the remains of a mid to late eighteenth century Spanish Colonial habitation in what is now Bernalillo, New Mexico. Situated on the terrace of the Rio Grande, the site appears to have been abandoned during a major flood around the A.D. 1820s. This poster presents the results of geophysical survey and data recovery investigations carried out in anticipation of natural gas pipeline construction. This research revealed a remarkably well preserved cultural midden buried below 40 cm of alluvial overburden. Investigations suggest the presence of a substantial rancho or small community center that participated in intensive sheep herding and farming activities.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for American Archaeology 84th Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, NM (2019)

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Abstract Id(s): 25368