Testing and Data Recovery of Burned Rock Features in Sites on Otero Mesa, New Mexico Volume I
Part of the Holloman Air Force Base Resources project
Year: 2002
Summary
At the request of the Cultural and Natural Resources Division at Fort Bliss, TRC Mariah Associates Inc. of El Paso conducted the necessary archeological testing and data recovery related to the nine sites that required further work in the New Target Complex on Otero Mesa, New Mexico.
The archeological work focused on testing and complete excavation of 68 burned rock features exposed on the surface of eight prehistoric sites. The surface artifacts were mapped and collected. Feature documentation and subsequent laboratory analyses focused on the burned rocks and interpretations of feature and rock functions. With the aid of new analyses directed towards the burned rocks and associated feature matrix, different heating and cooking functions are postulated. These features were documented to have been sporadically used over the last 3,000 years during the Late Archaic, the Formative, and into the Historic period.
Cite this Record
Testing and Data Recovery of Burned Rock Features in Sites on Otero Mesa, New Mexico Volume I. 2002 ( tDAR id: 489102) ; doi:10.48512/XCV8489102
Keywords
Site Name
LA117704
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LA117705
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LA117706
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LA117710
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LA117712
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LA117713
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LA117720
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LA117721
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LA99946
Geographic Keywords
Alamogordo, New Mexico
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New Mexico (State / Territory)
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Otero (County)
Temporal Keywords
Archaic
Individual & Institutional Roles
Contact(s): Holloman Air Force Base CR Manager
File Information
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| Otero-Mesa-Report.pdf | 22.61mb | Oct 4, 2023 3:29:41 PM | Confidential |
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