The Kirtland Air Force Base Coyote Test Field Archaeological Survey, Bernalillo County, New Mexico
Creators: name: Mead, Earl S.
Publisher: name: Center for Anthropological Studies, Albuquerque, NM
Year: 1985
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: Pueblo IV
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/57/pueblo-iv
subject: Ancestral Puebloan
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/19/ancestral-puebloan
subject: PaleoIndian
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/4/paleoindian
subject: Anasazi
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/84/anasazi
subject: Archaic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/8/archaic
subject: Historic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/25/historic
subject: Pueblo IV
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/1834/pueblo-iv
subject: LA 53674
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/126766/la-53674
subject: LA 53673
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/126765/la-53673
subject: LA 38910
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/126768/la-38910
subject: LA 53675
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/126767/la-53675
subject: NM 1:15:3:6
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/126614/nm-11536
subject: LA 53671
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/126616/la-53671
subject: NM 1:15:3:20
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/126760/nm-115320
subject: NM 1:15:3:22
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/126762/nm-115322
subject: NM 1:15:3:21
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/126761/nm-115321
subject: LA 53672
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/126764/la-53672
subject: NM 1:15:3:23
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/126763/nm-115323
subject: Hamlet / Village
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/254/hamlet-village
subject: Domestic Structures
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/256/domestic-structures
subject: Kiva / Great Kiva
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/321/kiva-great-kiva
subject: Artifact Scatter
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/340/artifact-scatter
subject: Pit House / Earth Lodge
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/263/pit-house-earth-lodge
subject: Isolated Artifact
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/344/isolated-artifact
subject: Historical corral
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/3593/historical-corral
subject: Settlements
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/252/settlements
subject: Socorro Black-on-white
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/3408/socorro-black-on-white
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: Santa Fe Black-on-white
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/3410/santa-fe-black-on-white
subject: Wingate Black-on-Redware
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/661/wingate-black-on-redware
subject: Pottery Sherd
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/54/pottery-sherd
subject: Basalt
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/214/basalt
subject: Building Materials
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/8/building-materials
subject: Obsidian
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/89/obsidian
subject: Lithic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/698/lithic
subject: Historic Background Research
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/18/historic-background-research
subject: Reconnaissance / Survey
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/7/reconnaissance-survey

description: Sandia National Laboratories and the Center for Anthropological Studies, both of Albuquerque, New Mexico, have entered into a cultural resource management project (Document No. 44-1498). The primary objectives are: 1) to conduct an intensive archaeological survey of 7,100 acres of land to find out what, if any, cultural resources are located within the project boundary; 2) to assess the significance of such finds, and evaluate each in terms of the criteria found in 36 CFR 60.6 for eligibility for the National Register of Historic Places; and 3) to determine what impact, if any, the proposed undertaking(s) may have on the cultural resources located. Four prehistoric habitation sites, one historic rock enclosure and eight isolated finds were encountered, recorded and evaluated. This report presents the findings and makes several recommendations concerning the early Pueblo IV, Anasazi settlements. The four prehistoric sites (NM I:15:3:6, 20, 21 and 22 CAS) should be avoided and protected. Two of these pithouse villages--NM 1:15:3:6 (LA 53671) and NM 1:15:3:20 (LA 53672)--have received prior damage. This damage has been assessed and the remains described. It is recommended that NM 1:15:3:6 (CAS), which has received extensive surface and subsurface damage, be tested to learn if any significant buried deposits, remain undisturbed. NM 1:15:3:20 (CAS) has received minor surface damage, but is located in an area of high activity. It should be fenced and warning signs posted. If planned or future activities would impact the areas of NM 1:15:3:21 (LA 53673) and NM 1:15:3:22 (LA 53674), then both sites should be protected in a similar fashion. The four prehistoric sites are characteristic of early Pueblo IV, Anasazi pithouse villages, dating around A.D. 1300. Each appears to meet the requirements of eligibility for placement on the National Register of Historic Places. The historic, late eighteenth or early nineteenth century, dry laid masonry corral (NM 1:15:3:23 CAS) is not considered significant. It should, nevertheless, be avoided and protected if possible.