Permian Basin BPA#9: Archaeological Survey of Ring Midden Sites in the CFO District
Creators: name: Unruh, David
Publisher: name: Statistical Research INC
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Sacramento Mountains
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subject: New Mexico
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subject: Guadalupe Mountains
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/3160/guadalupe-mountains
subject: Permian Basin
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subject: Archaic
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subject: Proto-Historic
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subject: Paleo-Indian
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/3780/paleo-indian
subject: Formative
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/25/formative
subject: Historic Native American
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/30/historic-native-american
subject: Mogollon
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/34/mogollon
subject: PaleoIndian
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/4/paleoindian
subject: Folsom
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/6/folsom
subject: Archaic
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subject: Early Archaic
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subject: Historic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/25/historic
subject: Middle Archaic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/10/middle-archaic
subject: Late Archaic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/11/late-archaic
subject: Euroamerican
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/28/euroamerican
subject: Archaeological Feature
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/339/archaeological-feature
subject: Artifact Scatter
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/340/artifact-scatter
subject: Cairn
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/341/cairn
subject: Hearth
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/343/hearth
subject: Isolated Feature
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/345/isolated-feature
subject: Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/251/domestic-structure-or-architectural-complex
subject: Settlements
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/252/settlements
subject: Encampment
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/253/encampment
subject: Domestic Structures
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/256/domestic-structures
subject: Brush Structure
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/257/brush-structure
subject: Cave
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/258/cave
subject: Mine
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/290/mine
subject: Mine-Related Structures
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/292/mine-related-structures
subject: Quarry
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/293/quarry
subject: Rock Alignment
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/360/rock-alignment
subject: Rock Art
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/361/rock-art
subject: Ring midden
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/393/ring-midden
subject: Petroglyph
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/363/petroglyph
subject: Pictograph
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/364/pictograph
subject: Shell
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/14/shell
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: Fauna
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/4/fauna
subject: Fire Cracked Rock
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/5/fire-cracked-rock
subject: Ground Stone
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/7/ground-stone
subject: Metal
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/11/metal
subject: Systematic Survey
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/12/systematic-survey

description: The BPA#9 project was developed under the Permian Basin Mitigation Program to conduct an intensive survey and inventory of approximately 60,000 acres within seven individual parcels of land situated across the foothills of the Guadalupe and Sacramento Mountains. Combined, these seven study units constitute the project area. Statistical Research, Inc. (SRI), was contracted by the U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Carlsbad Field Office (CFO) to perform this survey, with the goal of compiling a roster of archaeological sites containing ring-midden features and to define patterns in the distribution of ring middens across the landscape. Of the seven study units, six (Little McKittrick Draw, Azotea Peak, Texas Hill, Box Canyon, Big Ox Yoke Canyon, and Challenge Canyon) were inventoried by means of traditional survey methods, whereas the remaining Jurnigan Draw study unit incorporated use of the Transect Recording Unit (TRU) method. An eighth study unit, the Castile Formation Unit, was sampled through targeted TRU survey of eight sites that were known to contain one or more potential ring middens. Another separate task, the Mortar Hole Study, was conducted as part of the overall contract and involved the recording of several ring middens.