Historic Land Use Patterns at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico

Author(s): William A. Dodge; Karen Van Citters; Deborah Butcher

Year: 2005

Summary

This study examines the historic land use patterns on what is now Kirtland Air Force Base and adjacent lands withdrawn from public use on the Cibola National Forest. The study summarizes prehistoric Native American, Spanish Colonial, and early American land use, while focusing on late Territorial (post 1880) homesteading, mining, and suburban development on this portion of the East Mesa located southeast of the city of Albuquerque.

Cite this Record

Historic Land Use Patterns at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico. William A. Dodge, Karen Van Citters, Deborah Butcher. 2005 ( tDAR id: 468972) ; doi:10.48512/XCV8468972

Keywords

Culture
Ancestral Puebloan • Archaic • Basket Maker • Euroamerican • Historic • Historic Native American • Isleta • PaleoIndian • Socorro • Spanish • Taos

Material
Ceramic • Glass • Metal • Wood

Site Name
Coyote Springs • LA 101249 • LA 101263 • LA 103167 • LA 103174 • LA 104205 • LA 107480 • LA 107481 • LA 107497 • LA 108023 • LA 134603 • LA 47889 • LA 47891 • LA47892 • LA 47893 • LA 47894 • LA 47899 • LA 47900 • LA 47904 • LA 47906 • LA 48096 • LA 48100 • LA 48101 • LA 48102 • LA 48103 • LA 48105 • LA 86101 • LA 88082 • LA 88088 • LA 88112 • LA 88113 Show More

Site Type
Air Depot Training Station • Archaeological Feature • Building Foundation • Corral • Homestead • House • Manzano Forest Reserve • McCormick Ranch • New Mexico Proving Ground • Rock Alignment • Rock Enclosure • Sandia Base • Subdivision • Suburban • Town / City • Trash Midden

Investigation Types
Records Search / Inventory Checking

General
Cold War Test Range • Gadsden Purchase • Historic Photographs • Land Use • New Mexico State Land Office • Operation SANDSTONE • Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

Geographic Keywords
Albuquerque, New Mexico • Bernalillo (County) • Cibola National Forest • East Mesa • Kirtland Air Force Base

Temporal Keywords
Cold War Era • 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

Contract No.(s): DACA47-03-P-0063

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