Assessment of Cultural Resource Studies Conducted at Kirtland Air Force Base, Bernalillo County, New Mexico
Creators: name: Earls, Amy
name: Trierweiler, Nicholas
name: Biella, Jan
Publisher: name: Mariah Associates, Inc.
Year: 1988
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: 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: Management Area A
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/130515/management-area-a
subject: Building 20600
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/129882/building-20600
subject: Building 20348
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/129627/building-20348
subject: Management Area C
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/132991/management-area-c
subject: Management Area E
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/132992/management-area-e
subject: Building 1900
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/95360/building-1900
subject: Management Area J
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/132995/management-area-j
subject: Building 20344
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/129633/building-20344
subject: Management Area M
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/132996/management-area-m
subject: Management Area D
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/132993/management-area-d
subject: Management Area K
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/132994/management-area-k
subject: Management Area F
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/132999/management-area-f
subject: Management Area B
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/131368/management-area-b
subject: Management Area I
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/133000/management-area-i
subject: Management Area L
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/132997/management-area-l
subject: Management Area G
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/132998/management-area-g
subject: Management Area H
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/133001/management-area-h
subject: Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/272/resource-extraction-production-transportation-structure-or-features
subject: Archaeological Feature
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/339/archaeological-feature
subject: Non-Domestic Structures
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/309/non-domestic-structures
subject: Kirtland West Officers Club
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/4774/kirtland-west-officers-club
subject: Albuquerque Airport Hangar 1
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/4775/albuquerque-airport-hangar-1
subject: Hangar 2
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/4776/hangar-2
subject: TAT Depot
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/4777/tat-depot
subject: Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/251/domestic-structure-or-architectural-complex
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: Evaluation
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/574/evaluation
subject: Recommendations
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/4142/recommendations
subject: National Register of Historic Places
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/1572/national-register-of-historic-places
subject: Requirements
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/170187/requirements
subject: Surveys
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/55948/surveys
subject: Archaeological Overview
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/1/archaeological-overview
subject: Consultation
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/4/consultation
subject: Records Search / Inventory Checking
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/8/records-search-inventory-checking
subject: Heritage Management
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/24/heritage-management

description: Since 1978 Kirtland Air Force Base and Sandia Laboratories have contracted for thorough on-ground surveys for the identification and evaluation of prehistoric and historic archaeological sites. A total of 13 surveys was completed for 31.281 acres on the Base and Forest Service Withdrawal Lands between 1978 and 1985. On May 7, 1987, Mariah Associates, Inc. was awarded the first of a three-phase contract designed to provide a comprehensive historic preservation plan for Kirtland Air Force Base. The previously completed survey results are evaluated in order to determine if they provide adequate information necessary to prepare a plan for managing the significant archaeological sites. The assessment determined that site locations were sometimes in error, that few sites had been mapped, that some sites had not been recorded, that observations about the kind and importance of sites were often erroneously evaluated, and that inconsistent information was obtained from the surveys. Furthermore, these problems have been compounded by errors introduced during the production of the comprehensive management plan map. Considerable problems exist in the reliability and replicability of information gathered to date. No consistent criteria were used in identifying important or significant sites that require protection. This report recommends that some surveys should be completely redone to obtain a realistic inventory and evaluation of sites, and other survey areas be sampled to determine the adequacy of the surveys. Furthermore, known historic and prehistoric sites over 50 years old should be revisited to obtain comparable kinds of basic information to determine their importance and to gather locational information necessary to properly manage the sites.