PUEBLO ON THE PLAINS: THE SECOND SEASON OF INVESTIGATIONS AT THE MERCHANT SITE IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO Volume 1

Author(s): 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

Year: 2021

Summary

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.

Cite this Record

PUEBLO ON THE PLAINS: THE SECOND SEASON OF INVESTIGATIONS AT THE MERCHANT SITE IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO Volume 1. 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. 2021 ( tDAR id: 466184) ; doi:10.48512/XCV8466184

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Keywords

Culture
Mogollon • Plains-Southwest • Plains Village

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

Site Name
LA 43414 • Merchant Site

Site Type
Agricultural Field or Field Feature • Ancient Communal / Public Structure • Civic-Ceremonial • Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Hamlet / Village • Kiva / Great Kiva • Refuse Pit • Roasting Pit / Oven / Horno • Room Block / Compound / Pueblo • Storage Pit • Trash Midden • Water Control Feature • Wattle & Daub (Jacal) Structure

Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation • Methodology, Theory, or Synthesis • Remote Sensing • Site Stabilization

General
Plains-Pueblo Interaction

Geographic Keywords
US Southwest, Permian Basin, New Mexico

Temporal Keywords
Late Prehistoric

Temporal Coverage

Radiocarbon Date: 650 to 500

Spatial Coverage

min long: -104.37; min lat: 31.461 ; max long: -102.612; max lat: 33.573 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Principal Investigator(s): Myles Miller

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