Kirtland Air Force Base 1981C Archaeological Survey Project, Bernalillo County, New Mexico
Creators: name: Franklin, Hayward H.
name: Rodgers, James B.
Publisher: name: Center for Anthropological Studies, Albuquerque, NM
Year: 1981
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: Archaic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/8/archaic
subject: NM 0:3:1:38
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/126648/nm-03138
subject: NM 0:2:2:5
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/126647/nm-0225
subject: NM 0:3:1
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/126650/nm-031
subject: NM 0:2:2
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/126649/nm-022
subject: NM 0:3:1:37
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/126651/nm-03137
subject: McCormick Ranch
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/4388/mccormick-ranch
subject: Isolated Artifact
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/344/isolated-artifact
subject: Ranch
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/1145/ranch
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: Projectile Point
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/71/projectile-point
subject: Metal
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/11/metal
subject: Mineral
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/12/mineral
subject: Ranching
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/8100/ranching
subject: Reconnaissance / Survey
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/7/reconnaissance-survey

description: The results of an intensive archaeological survey of 6,187 acres of Kirtland Air Force Base are reported by the Center for Anthropological Studies. A total of 983 isolated artifactual loci yielded 1,138 artifacts of either stone, pottery, glass, or metal. Two archaeological sites and eastern portions of a third one were located, recorded, and sampled for artifacts. The first of them, designated as NM 0:3:1:38 (CAS), is a lithic workshop tentatively assigned to the late Archaic period (1000 B.C. - A.D. 1). The second site, NM 0:3:1:37 (CAS), is a shepherd camp believed to have been temporarily occupied between about 1900 and 1930. The third site -- the McCormick Ranch, is a major ranching complex that was designated as NM 0:2:2:5 (CAS). It is characterized by major domestic and ranching structures that exist west of the immediate survey area, but it does include five historic roads that were encountered during survey. Collectively, the project cultural resources indicate that hunting and gathering were predominant prehistoric activities undertaken between 1000 B.C. - A.D. 1 and A.D. 1200-1450. During historic times, the area was used mainly for grazing sheep and cattle between 1890 and 1930.