Native American Historic Land Use At Kirtland Air Force Base Bernalillo County, New Mexico (Draft)
Creators: name: Holmes, Richard D.
Publisher: name: TRC Mariah Associates Inc.
Year: 1996
Subjects: subject: Bernalillo (County)
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subject: Albuquerque, New Mexico
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/84765/albuquerque-new-mexico
subject: Manzano Mountains
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/85971/manzano-mountains
subject: Kirtland Air Force Base
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/17943/kirtland-air-force-base
subject: Historic
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subject: Spanish
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subject: Historic Pueblo
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subject: Isleta
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subject: Isleta Pueblo
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subject: Southern Tiwa
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/9539/southern-tiwa
subject: RIO GRANDE PUEBLO
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subject: Comanche
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subject: Apache
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subject: Sandia
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/5992/sandia
subject: Historic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/25/historic
subject: Middle Rio Grande Anasazi
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/9531/middle-rio-grande-anasazi
subject: NM 1:14:4:3
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subject: LA 48101
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subject: LA 89368
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subject: NM I:14:4:3
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/130435/nm-i1443
subject: MAI 784-38
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subject: LA 47901
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/126725/la-47901
subject: LA 38135
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/126599/la-38135
subject: LA 48105
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/129959/la-48105
subject: LA 108016
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/131259/la-108016
subject: LA 108034
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subject: LA 108035
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/131258/la-108035
subject: Cobble Feature
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subject: Multi-component site
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/2193/multi-component-site
subject: Corral
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/276/corral
subject: Artifact Scatter
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/340/artifact-scatter
subject: Terrace
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/278/terrace
subject: Water Control Feature
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/279/water-control-feature
subject: Rock Alignment
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/360/rock-alignment
subject: Stone Circle
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/552/stone-circle
subject: Rock Shelter
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/265/rock-shelter
subject: Isolated Feature
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/345/isolated-feature
subject: Check Dam?
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/1499/check-dam
subject: Check Dam
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/1244/check-dam
subject: Ceramic
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subject: San Juan Rad-on-tan
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/3524/san-juan-rad-on-tan
subject: Puname Polychrome
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/3525/puname-polychrome
subject: Land Use
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subject: The Pueblo of Isleta
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subject: Coyote Springs
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/168807/coyote-springs
subject: Salinas Province
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/168805/salinas-province
subject: Interviews
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/109479/interviews
subject: Isleta Tract
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/168806/isleta-tract
subject: Land Claims
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/67500/land-claims
subject: Ethnographic Research
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subject: Ethnohistoric Research
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subject: Historic Background Research
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/18/historic-background-research
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

description: Historic land use of the Kirtland Air Force Base area by Native American groups was researched by TRC Mariah Associates, Inc. The principal questions were what ways did these groups use the land and what areas were used. Potential Native American groups using the project area include people of Isleta Pueblo, Sandia Pueblo, residents of the Salinas Province east of the Manzano Mountains, as well as Apaches and Comanches. The focus is on the people of Isleta Pueblo in that they are the closest to the project area and apparently had the closest ties to this area. Evidence was drawn from the archaeological, historical, and ethnographic records. Archaeological site locational data indicate seven sites at Kirtland Air Force Base that may represent occupation at undetermined times by Native American groups. Historical documents and oral history interviews suggest some uses. Although ethnographic interviews were planned, none could be arranged; consequently, the ethnographic record, both literature and transcripts of interviews conducted at Isleta Pueblo in the 1960s were reviewed for specific references to activities. From these data it appears that the principal users of the Kirtland Air Force Base area were Isletans. Activities included grazing, gathering of plants, woodcutting, and hunting; ritual activity has also been suggested. Native American groups used two categories of sites at Kirtland Air Force Base: long-term, intensive, or repeatedly used sites, such as those expected at a place like Coyote Springs; and short-term camps or resource acquisition areas, which would be more widely distributed. Since the Coyote Springs locale was a favored place of occupation through many periods, there is a strong possibility that cultural materials of historic Native American groups might not be distinguished at sites in this area because of continued use by other cultural groups.