Section 110 Identification and Evaluation of Archaeological Sites at Weapons Impact Area, Oscura Range, Lincoln County, New Mexico Lands Administered by Holloman Air Force Base
Creators: name: DeVos, Jim
Publisher: name: (:unav)
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Alamogordo, New Mexico
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/85954/alamogordo-new-mexico
subject: Otero (County)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/7145/otero-county
subject: New Mexico (State / Territory)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/299/new-mexico-state-territory
subject: LA196164
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/134543/la196164
subject: LA196165
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/134544/la196165
subject: LA196162
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/134541/la196162
subject: LA196163
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/134542/la196163
subject: LA196168
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/134547/la196168
subject: LA196169
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/134548/la196169
subject: LA196166
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/134545/la196166
subject: LA196167
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/134546/la196167
subject: LA196172
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/134551/la196172
subject: LA196173
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/134552/la196173
subject: LA196170
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/134549/la196170
subject: LA196171
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/134550/la196171
subject: LA196176
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/134555/la196176
subject: LA196177
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/134556/la196177
subject: LA196174
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/134553/la196174
subject: LA196175
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/134554/la196175
subject: LA196180
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/134559/la196180
subject: LA196178
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/134557/la196178
subject: LA196179
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/134558/la196179
subject: LA196159
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/134539/la196159
subject: LA196160
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/134540/la196160
subject: Oscura
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/170284/oscura

description: Between February and December 2019, archaeologists with Versar, Inc. conducted an intensive cultural resources survey of 3,350 acres in the Weapons Impact Area, Oscura Bombing and Gunnery Range (OBGR) within White Sands Missile Range (WSMR), Lincoln County, New Mexico. Although OBGR is on WSMR, the managing agency is Holloman Air Force Base (HAFB). The project was carried out to assist in compliance with National Historic Preservation Act Section 110, for which HAFB is required to complete the inventory and evaluation of cultural resources under their management jurisdiction. Data collected during this investigation resulted in the documentation of 21 newly recorded archaeological sites. Of the 21 newly recorded sites, 18 have an Unknown Prehistoric component, 1 has a Late Archaic/Early Formative period component, and 3 have a Historic period component; one site (LA 196163) contains two temporal components. Five sites (LA 196162, LA 196165, LA 196175, LA 196177, and LA 196180) are recommended eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) under Criterion D of 36 Code of Federal Regulations § 60.4. The remaining 16 sites were not eligible for listing in the NRHP. These sites lack geomorphic integrity and/or chronological/chronometric dating potential or do not have the necessary datable associations between material culture and specific contexts needed satisfy the requirements outlined in the criteria set in accordance with the HAFB and WSMR Integrated Cultural Resources Management Plans and the New Mexico Historic Preservation Division and federal guidelines.