Preliminary Draft: National Register of Historic Places Evaluation of 45 Archaeological Sites, and the Description of a Newly Discovered Biface Cache, Kirtland Air Force Base, Kirtland AFB, Kirtland, Bernalillo County, New Mexico

Author(s): Michael K. Church; James D. Gallison; Michael H. Jennings; Hannah Fretwell; Roberto Herrera; Nicole Ramirez

Year: 2009

Summary

This report presents the results of a cultural resources update and testing project of 45 sites at Kirtland Air Force Base (KAFB) to determine their eligibility to the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). One new site (LA 153888) was discovered. Analysis of the results of subsurface testing, surface investigation and archival research resulted in National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) eligibly recommendations for each of the 45 sites. Most of the sites (n=33) are recommended eligible to the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP), under Criteria (D). While most if not all the sites investigated in this study are undergoing some type of water or wind erosion, 4 of 33 sites recommended eligible may require additional attention as a result of activities on or near the sites (LA 77250, LA 81734, LA 81739 and LA 108123). The remaining 12 sites lack significant archaeological deposits and are recommended not eligible to the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). The sites consist of small assemblages that testing either failed to find evidence for buried artifacts or found few artifacts in deposits that are eroded or redeposited from slopewash and bioturbation.

Cite this Record

Preliminary Draft: National Register of Historic Places Evaluation of 45 Archaeological Sites, and the Description of a Newly Discovered Biface Cache, Kirtland Air Force Base, Kirtland AFB, Kirtland, Bernalillo County, New Mexico. Michael K. Church, James D. Gallison, Michael H. Jennings, Hannah Fretwell, Roberto Herrera, Nicole Ramirez. 2009 ( tDAR id: 468967) ; doi:10.48512/XCV8468967

Keywords

Culture
Ancestral Puebloan • Archaic • Classic Period • Coalition Period • Developmental Period • Early Archaic • Historic • Late Archaic • Middle Archaic

Material
Ceramic • Chalcedony • Chipped Stone • Dating Sample • Ground Stone • Madera Limestone • Mineral • Projectile Point • Quartzite • Siltstone

Site Name
LA 107704 • LA 108123 • LA 114790 • LA 121916 • LA 121918 • LA 121919 • LA 121920 • LA 133746 • LA 133751 • LA 133761 • LA 137996 • LA 137998 • LA 138006 • LA 138023 • LA 138024 • LA 138025 • LA 138026 • LA 142062 • LA 142115 • LA 142116 • LA 142123 • LA 142145 • LA 148000 • LA 148013 • LA 148032 • LA 148034 • LA 148039 • LA 148054 • LA 149389 • LA 149390 • LA 150725 • LA 153888 • LA 71944 • LA 77250 • LA 81712 • LA 81713 • LA 81714 • LA 81716 • LA 81718 • LA 81719 • LA 81734 • LA 81735 • LA 81736 • LA 81739 • LA 84431 • LA 87435 Show More

Site Type
Artifact Scatter • Biface Cache • Flintknapping Site

Investigation Types
Site Evaluation / Testing

Geographic Keywords
Albuquerque, New Mexico • Bernalillo (County) • Kirtland Air Force Base

Temporal Keywords
Historic • Prehistoric

Spatial Coverage

min long: -107.15; min lat: 34.211 ; max long: -105.26; max lat: 35.15 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Kirtland Air Force Base CRM Manager

Record Identifiers

New Mexico Cultural Resources Information System Activity No.(s): 100810

Contract No.(s): W9128F-05-D-0008-0002

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