Assessment of Cultural Resource Studies Conducted at Kirtland Air Force Base, Bernalillo County, New Mexico

Author(s): Christopher Lintz; Amy Earls; Nicholas Trierweiler; Jan Biella

Year: 1988

Summary

Since 1978 Kirtland Air Force Base and Sandia Laboratories have contracted for thorough on-ground surveys for the identification and evaluation of prehistoric and historic archaeological sites. A total of 13 surveys was completed for 31.281 acres on the Base and Forest Service Withdrawal Lands between 1978 and 1985.

On May 7, 1987, Mariah Associates, Inc. was awarded the first of a three-phase contract designed to provide a comprehensive historic preservation plan for Kirtland Air Force Base. The previously completed survey results are evaluated in order to determine if they provide adequate information necessary to prepare a plan for managing the significant archaeological sites. The assessment determined that site locations were sometimes in error, that few sites had been mapped, that some sites had not been recorded, that observations about the kind and importance of sites were often erroneously evaluated, and that inconsistent information was obtained from the surveys. Furthermore, these problems have been compounded by errors introduced during the production of the comprehensive management plan map. Considerable problems exist in the reliability and replicability of information gathered to date. No consistent criteria were used in identifying important or significant sites that require protection.

This report recommends that some surveys should be completely redone to obtain a realistic inventory and evaluation of sites, and other survey areas be sampled to determine the adequacy of the surveys. Furthermore, known historic and prehistoric sites over 50 years old should be revisited to obtain comparable kinds of basic information to determine their importance and to gather locational information necessary to properly manage the sites.

Cite this Record

Assessment of Cultural Resource Studies Conducted at Kirtland Air Force Base, Bernalillo County, New Mexico. Christopher Lintz, Amy Earls, Nicholas Trierweiler, Jan Biella. 1988 ( tDAR id: 469180) ; doi:10.48512/XCV8469180

Keywords

Culture
Anasazi • Ancestral Puebloan • Archaic • Historic • PaleoIndian

Material
Ceramic • Chipped Stone

Site Name
Building 1900 • Building 20344 • Building 20348 • Building 20600 • Management Area A • Management Area B • Management Area C • Management Area D • Management Area E • Management Area F • Management Area G • Management Area H • Management Area I • Management Area J • Management Area K • Management Area L • Management Area M

Site Type
Albuquerque Airport Hangar 1 • Archaeological Feature • Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Hangar 2 • Kirtland West Officers Club • Non-Domestic Structures • Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features • TAT Depot

Investigation Types
Archaeological Overview • Consultation • Heritage Management • Records Search / Inventory Checking

General
Evaluation • National Register of Historic Places • Recommendations • Requirements • Surveys

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

Contract No.(s): CX-1200-7-B014

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