Cultural Resources Survey And Review For Sandia National Laboratories, Area III, Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico

Author(s): Steven R. Hoagland

Year: 1990

Summary

A cultural resources inventory of Tech Area III, an approximately 1,890 acre locale, situated on Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), Kirtland Air Force Base, Bernalillo County, New Mexico, yielded no prehistoric or historically significant cultural resources.

Twenty-three isolated occurrences (IOs) were located within the boundaries of Sandia National Laboratories (SNL)Tech Area III. The IOs consisted of historic trash, historic and/or prehistoric chipped stone items, and prehistoric pot sherds. All of these items appear to represent isolated activities. There is no indication that any subsurface cultural resources are in association with any of these artifacts. Due to the assumed lack of subsurface deposits and to the recordation of the observed artifacts, it is the opinion of the author that these cultural materials are no longer significant. The few existing facilities lack sufficient antiquity to be considered eligible for inclusion to the National Register of Historic Places. Therefore, it is felt that no significant cultural artifacts, features or structures qualifying under National Register Criterion D are present within Area III.

It is recommended that a more formal evaluation be conducted on remaining structures scheduled for remodeling or demolition as they become 50 years old or older. Without additional antiquity, it is felt that these facilities are not currently eligible to the National Register of Historic Places.

Cite this Record

Cultural Resources Survey And Review For Sandia National Laboratories, Area III, Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico. Steven R. Hoagland. 1990 ( tDAR id: 469071) ; doi:10.48512/XCV8469071

Keywords

Culture
Anasazi • Basket Maker II • Historic

Material
Cans • Chalcedony • Chert • Chipped Stone • Metal • Mineral • Obsidian • Quartzite

Site Name
KAFB Management Area C • KAFB Management Area I West • LA 47887 • LA 47906 • LA 48094 • LA 48096 • McCormick Ranch • NM 0:2:2:1 • NM 0:2:2:3 • NM 0:2:2:5 • NM 1:14:4:13 • NM I:14:4:13 • NM O:2:2:1 • NM O:2:2:3 • NM O:2:2:5 • SNL Tech Area III

Site Type
Agricultural or Herding • Fence • Isolated Artifact • Lithic Workshop • Military Structure • Ranch • Road • Sheepherding Complex • Trash Midden

Investigation Types
Reconnaissance / Survey • Records Search / Inventory Checking

Geographic Keywords
Albuquerque, New Mexico • Bernalillo (County) • Jemez Mountains • 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

Chambers Group, Inc. Report No.(s): 8067AE

CGI Report No.(s): 8067AE

Sandia File No.(s): CRA-90-019

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