Cultural Resource Assessment of Impact by an F-117 Stealth Aircraft Crash and Related Clean-up Activities, Zuni Indian Reservation, McKinley and Cibola Counties

Author(s): Jonathan E. Damp

Year: 1997

Summary

The undertaking involves the assessment of impact to cultural resources caused by the crash of an F-117 aircraft and the resulting clean-up activities. The survey conducted on Pueblo of Zuni Trust land included inspection of an area around the crater that represents the crash site of the F-117 aircraft, inspection of an access road, and inspection of a deployment area.

The literature search identified eight previously recorded archaeological sites within 1.6 km (1 mi) of the project. The archaeological survey revealed two new archaeological sites, five isolated occurrences and no previously recorded sites within the project area. An additional cultural feature was observable in the months after the crash. This feature, now destroyed, was recorded during an earlier field visit.

Zuni Cultural Resource Enterprise recommends that the following newly recorded sites be considered eligible for nomination to the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) based on criterion (d): sites LA 119357 and LA 119358.

Cite this Record

Cultural Resource Assessment of Impact by an F-117 Stealth Aircraft Crash and Related Clean-up Activities, Zuni Indian Reservation, McKinley and Cibola Counties. Jonathan E. Damp. 1997 ( tDAR id: 469157) ; doi:10.48512/XCV8469157

Keywords

Culture
Anasazi • Ancestral Puebloan • Pueblo I • Pueblo II • Zuni

Material
Ceramic • Chipped Stone

Site Name
LA 119357 • LA 119358

Site Type
Aircraft Crash Site • Artifact Scatter

Investigation Types
Reconnaissance / Survey • Site Evaluation / Testing

General
Clean-up Operations • F-117 • Impact Assessment • No Effect

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

Zuni Cultural Resource Enterprise Project No.(s): ZCRE-025-95

Zuni Cultural Resource Enterprise Report No.(s): 557

TERC Contract No.(s): DACW4S-94-D-0003, DO 10, WAD 7

File Information

  Name Size Creation Date Date Uploaded Access
CR-0216.pdf 2.96mb Jul 1, 2022 11:34:22 AM Confidential

Accessing Restricted Files

At least one of the files for this resource is restricted from public view. For more information regarding access to these files, please reference the contact information below

Contact(s): Kirtland Air Force Base CRM Manager