Permian Basin BPA#9: Archaeological Survey of Ring Midden Sites in the CFO District

Editor(s): David Unruh

Year: 2024

Summary

The BPA#9 project was developed under the Permian Basin Mitigation Program to conduct an intensive survey and inventory of approximately 60,000 acres within seven individual parcels of land situated across the foothills of the Guadalupe and Sacramento Mountains. Combined, these seven study units constitute the project area. Statistical Research, Inc. (SRI), was contracted by the U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Carlsbad Field Office (CFO) to perform this survey, with the goal of compiling a roster of archaeological sites containing ring-midden features and to define patterns in the distribution of ring middens across the landscape. Of the seven study units, six (Little McKittrick Draw, Azotea Peak, Texas Hill, Box Canyon, Big Ox Yoke Canyon, and Challenge Canyon) were inventoried by means of traditional survey methods, whereas the remaining Jurnigan Draw study unit incorporated use of the Transect Recording Unit (TRU) method. An eighth study unit, the Castile Formation Unit, was sampled through targeted TRU survey of eight sites that were known to contain one or more potential ring middens. Another separate task, the Mortar Hole Study, was conducted as part of the overall contract and involved the recording of several ring middens.

Cite this Record

Permian Basin BPA#9: Archaeological Survey of Ring Midden Sites in the CFO District. David Unruh. 2024 ( tDAR id: 490919) ; doi:10.48512/XCV8490919

Keywords

Culture
Archaic • Early Archaic • Euroamerican • Folsom • Historic • Historic Native American • Late Archaic • Middle Archaic • Mogollon • PaleoIndian

Material
Ceramic • Chipped Stone • Fauna • Fire Cracked Rock • Ground Stone • Metal • Shell

Site Type
Archaeological Feature • Artifact Scatter • Brush Structure • Cairn • Cave • Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Domestic Structures • Encampment • Hearth • Isolated Feature • Mine • Mine-Related Structures • Petroglyph • Pictograph • Quarry • Ring midden • Rock Alignment • Rock Art • Settlements

Investigation Types
Systematic Survey

Geographic Keywords
Guadalupe Mountains • New Mexico • Permian Basin • Sacramento Mountains

Temporal Keywords
Archaic • Formative • Paleo-Indian • Proto-Historic

Spatial Coverage

min long: -129.525; min lat: 47.552 ; max long: -129.485; max lat: 47.67 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): David Unruh

File Information

  Name Size Creation Date Date Uploaded Access
BPA9_Castile_Survey_Redacted_Reduced.pdf 8.18mb Jan 8, 2024 Jan 8, 2024 4:34:07 PM Public
Technical report detailing TRU survey of eight sites within the Castile Formation Study Unit.
BPA9_Mortar-Hole-Recording_Standards_CFO.pdf 1.47mb Jan 8, 2024 Jan 8, 2024 4:34:07 PM Public
Mortar Hole Recording Standards produced for the Carlsbad Field Office.
BPA9_Poster.pdf 3.43mb Jan 8, 2024 Jan 8, 2024 4:34:07 PM Public
Poster produced for a general audience, summarizing the BPA#9 project.
BPA9_Public_Report.pdf 2.38mb Jan 8, 2024 Jan 8, 2024 4:34:08 PM Public
Report produced for a public audience, summarizing the BPA#9 project.
BPA9_Study_Unit_Reports_Redacted.pdf 160.84mb Jan 8, 2024 Jan 8, 2024 4:34:08 PM Public
Technical reports detailing survey results from the seven BPA#9 study units.
BPA9_Synthesis_Report.pdf 7.75mb Jan 8, 2024 Jan 8, 2024 4:34:10 PM Public
Report synthesizing the survey results from the BPA#9 study units.