Tewa Rock Art in the Black Mesa Region: Cultural Resources Investigations, Velarde Community Ditch Project, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico

Author(s): Douglas K. Boyd; Bobbie Ferguson

Year: 1988

Summary

Archeological surveys of riprap borrow areas on the lower eastern slopes of Black Mesa, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, were conducted from 1984 to 1988 for the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation's Velarde Community Ditch Project and San Juan Pueblo Diversion Projects, and for river channel stabilization by the Upper Rio Grande Project Office. Eight separate borrow areas have been investigated to date, and findings are almost exclusively petroglyphs, images pecked into basalt rocks and boulders. A total of 619 petroglyphs are documented from these surveys. The rock art is considered to be representative of the Tewa Division of the Rio Grande Style.

Cite this Record

Tewa Rock Art in the Black Mesa Region: Cultural Resources Investigations, Velarde Community Ditch Project, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico. Douglas K. Boyd, Bobbie Ferguson. 1988 ( tDAR id: 56515) ; doi:10.6067/XCV856515

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Keywords

Culture
Ancestral Puebloan • Historic • Rio Grande Puebloan • TEWA

Site Name
LA3942

Site Type
Archaeological Feature • Isolated Feature • Petroglyph • Rock Alignment • Rock Art • Stone Ring

Investigation Types
Reconnaissance / Survey

General
Art • Bureau of Reclamation • Cultural Resource • Velarde Community Ditch Project

Geographic Keywords
35039 (Fips Code) • Black Mesa • New Mexico (State / Territory) • North America (Continent) • Rio Arriba (County) • United States of America (Country)

Temporal Keywords
Historic

Temporal Coverage

Calendar Date: 1300 to 1600 (Rio Grande Style rock art time span)

Spatial Coverage

min long: -107.627; min lat: 35.931 ; max long: -105.53; max lat: 37 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Salt River Project Cultural Resource Manager

Sponsor(s): Bureau of Reclamation

Prepared By(s): Bureau of Reclamation

Record Identifiers

NADB document id number(s): 2202314

SRP Library Barcode No.(s): 00030730

NADB citation id number(s): 000000166418

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1988_BoydFerguson_TewaRock_OCR_PDFA.pdf 103.15mb May 1, 1988 Mar 24, 2017 12:23:42 PM Confidential
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