The Geoarchaeology of Chupadera Arroyo: A Preliminary Analysis

Summary

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2025: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 90th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

Climate and environmental changes along Chupadera Arroyo, New Mexico, could provide information to help understand the ~13,400 years of human occupation. A distribution of archaeological sites sits along a modern ephemeral arroyo dating from the Paleoindian Period to the Pueblo IV Period. This poster aims to create a map resource to prepare for geoarchaeological investigations along the arroyo. Using R and QGIS, the map predicts ideal sampling sites based on regional archaeological, geomorphological, and paleoenvironmental data. The study integrates R with QGIS to create a statistical analysis that illuminates areas of interest on a map database. The R code prioritizes ideal depositional environments, absent paleoenvironmental data, and existing archaeological sites. The long-term goal is to use this map while planning geoarchaeological fieldwork within Chupadera Arroyo.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for American Archaeology 90th Annual Meeting, Denver, CO (2025)   •
• SAA 2025: Individual Abstracts

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Abstract Id(s): 53464