Results of the Salado Draw Archaeological Starch Pilot Study, Lea County, New Mexico. Statistical Research, Inc., Technical Report 22-131

Author(s): Linda Perry

Year: 2023

Summary

This starch identification study is a component of an undertaking entitled Salado Draw

Archaeological Survey, Small-scale Excavation, and Geomorphological Characterization, GSA Contract No. GS-10F-0396P. The work was commissioned by the U.S. Department of Interior Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Carlsbad Field Office (CFO) as part of research carried out under the Permian Basin Programmatic Agreement, Blanket Purchase Agreement No. 11, Contract No. L14PA00010. It addresses Task 15 (starch grain identification) in the Statement of Work. The results of this study are also discussed in the report for Task 14 describing paleoethnobotany research study of pollen and phytoliths (Jones 2022), macrofloral samples (Puseman 2022), and archaeological starch (Cason 2022a). Other components of the larger Salado Draw investigation are published separately and consist of Task 11 (report of Salado Draw survey, testing, and project synthesis; Cason, Heilen, Leckman, et al. 2023); Task 12 (report of the study of mortar holes in Salado Draw; Cason, Heilen, and Babicz 2023); Task 13 (Salado Draw geomorphological study; Onken 2023); Task 16 (Salado Draw use-wear analyses; Branyan and Adams 2022; Cason 2022b; Harro 2022); and Task 17 (public-education report; Cason 2023).

Cite this Record

Results of the Salado Draw Archaeological Starch Pilot Study, Lea County, New Mexico. Statistical Research, Inc., Technical Report 22-131. Linda Perry. 2023 ( tDAR id: 490368) ; doi:10.48512/XCV8490368

Keywords

Culture
Mogollon • PaleoIndian • Southern High Plains

Material
Starch

Site Type
Bedrock Mortar • habitation structures • thermal features

Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation • Environment Research • Site Evaluation / Testing • Systematic Survey

General
Archaeology • Botany • Starch

Geographic Keywords
Jornada Mogollon • North America • Permian Basin • Southeast New Mexico • Southern High Plains

Temporal Keywords
Archaic • Formative • Historic • PaleoIndian • Post-Formative

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Results of the Salado Draw Archaeological Starch Pilot Study, Lea County, New Mexico. Statistical Research, Inc., Technical Report 22-131