The White Lakes Drop Zone Survey: A Cultural Resource Survey for an Aerial Drop Zone for Kirtland Air Force Base along US 285 near White Lakes, New Mexico

Author(s): Lucas C. Kellett; Valerie Renner

Year: 2005

Summary

Between January and March 2005, a cultural resource survey was conducted on state owned land along US 285 in south Santa Fe County near White Lakes, New Mexico. The survey was completed under the request of Kirtland Air Force Base (KAFB) in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Valerie Renner, Cultural Resource Manager at Kirtland Air Force Base, organized the survey of approximately 1000 acres on state land, with the aid of an archaeologist, Lucas C. Kellett, who is permitted to do archaeological survey work on state land.

In total, 960 acres of contiguous land were surveyed in Sections 25, 26, 35 and 36 in southeastern Santa Fe County to evaluate archaeological resources in the survey area. No previous survey had been undertaken on the land and as such the archaeological survey provided a first assessment of such resources. In total 28 isolated occurrences were identified in the course of the survey. In addition 8 archaeological sites were recorded, of which four were recommended eligible to the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP), one was recommended not eligible, and the remaining three sites require further investigation in order to recommend eligibility to the National Register of Historic Places.

Cite this Record

The White Lakes Drop Zone Survey: A Cultural Resource Survey for an Aerial Drop Zone for Kirtland Air Force Base along US 285 near White Lakes, New Mexico. Lucas C. Kellett, Valerie Renner. 2005 ( tDAR id: 469145) ; doi:10.48512/XCV8469145

Keywords

Culture
Ancestral Puebloan • Archaic • Early Archaic • Late Archaic • Middle Archaic • PaleoIndian

Material
Chalcedony • Chipped Stone • Ground Stone • Jemez Obsidian • Metal • Projectile Point

Site Name
LA 147816 • LA 147817 • LA 147818 • LA 147819 • LA 147820 • LA 147821 • LA 147822 • LA 147823

Site Type
Artifact Scatter • Isolated Artifact • Midden • Trash Midden

Investigation Types
Reconnaissance / Survey

General
Airdrops • National Register of Historic Places

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

Temporal Keywords
Historic • Prehistoric

Temporal Coverage

Calendar Date: -7500 to 200 (Archaic Period)

Spatial Coverage

min long: -107.15; min lat: 34.211 ; max long: -105.161; max lat: 35.942 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Kirtland Air Force Base CRM Manager

Record Identifiers

New Mexico Cultural Resources Information System No.(s): 91342

NMCRIS No.(s): 91342

Contract No.(s): GS-10F0347K

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