Cultural Resource Survey of a Proposed Road Realignment for Sandia National Laboratories, New Mexico
Creators: name: Knight, Terry L.
name: G.E. Esqueda
Publisher: name: Advanced Sciences, Inc.
Year: 1993
Subjects: subject: Bernalillo (County)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/3646/bernalillo-county
subject: Albuquerque, New Mexico
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/84765/albuquerque-new-mexico
subject: Kirtland Air Force Base
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/17943/kirtland-air-force-base
subject: Historic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/5728/historic
subject: Prehistoric
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/53/prehistoric
subject: Anasazi
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/84/anasazi
subject: NM I:14:4:2
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/130431/nm-i1442
subject: LA 2016
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/130525/la-2016
subject: Area I
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/26112/area-i
subject: LA 2014
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/126598/la-2014
subject: LA 38135
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/126599/la-38135
subject: Field House
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/595/field-house
subject: Artifact Scatter
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/340/artifact-scatter
subject: Terrace
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/278/terrace
subject: Road
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/299/road
subject: Ceramic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/1/ceramic
subject: Chipped Stone
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/2/chipped-stone
subject: Negative Result
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/76495/negative-result
subject: Road Realignment
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/169790/road-realignment
subject: Cultural Resources Clearance
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/168090/cultural-resources-clearance
subject: Reconnaissance / Survey
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/7/reconnaissance-survey

description: On March 4, 1993, Advanced Sciences, Inc. conducted a cultural resource survey of an approximate 3.44-acres (1.39-hectare) disturbed area in advance of a proposed road realignment in Area I at Sandia National Laboratories/New Mexico (SNL/NM). This report discusses the reconnaissance performed for the proposed road, and of the area surrounding the realignment. The entire area has undergone extensive construction and maintenance disturbance. The surface has been used as a fill dirt and gravel dump for construction activities in the immediate vicinity. As a result the ground surface is slightly higher then the surrounding terrain, and a linear, vertically aligned series of berms approximately 12 feet (3.6 meters) tall are deposited along the east side of the survey area. These berms are formed from soil removed from other areas on Sandia National Laboratories/New Mexico (SNL/NM) during construction, and contain recent building-related debris. The berms will not be impacted by the proposed road realignment No prehistoric or historic cultural resources were located by this inspection and no structures are located within the survey area. The construction debris located during the inspection is modem, and the only structural features are several wire fences, an improved dirt road, and an electric powerline. It is felt that no significant cultural artifacts, features, or structures qualifying under National Register of Historic Places Criterion D are present within the inspected area It is recommended that cultural resource clearance be granted for the proposed road realignment.