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Archaeology Notes 421

Paseo Gateway: Data Recovery at a Lithic Procurement Site in Rio Rancho, Sandoval County, New Mexico

  • Author(s): Hannaford, Charles A.
  • Title: Paseo Gateway: Data Recovery at a Lithic Procurement Site in Rio Rancho, Sandoval County, New Mexico
  • Date of project: 2007
  • Date of report:
  • Type of project: Excavation
  • County: Sandoval
  • LA number(s): 55499
  • Project number: 41.818
  • Project name: Rio Rancho Excavation
  • No. of pages: 101
  • Subject: A lithic procurement site of long-term and repeated low-intensity use.
  • Additional: For more information on this report, please contact the NM Office of Archaeological Studies.

Archaeology Notes 422

From Acequias to Industry, the Archaeology of Neighborhood and Infrastructure at the Santa Fe Railyard

From Acequias to Industry, the Archaeology of Neighborhood and Infrastructure at the Santa Fe Railyard (Volume 1)

From Acequias to Industry, the Archaeology of Neighborhood and Infrastructure at the Santa Fe Railyard (Volume 1)

  • Author(s): Badner, Jessica A., Matthew J. Barbour, and Chris T. Wenker
  • Title: From Acequias to Industry, the Archaeology of Neighborhood and Infrastructure at the Santa Fe Railyard
    • v. I: Excavation, Analysis, Synthesis
    • v. II: Appendixes
  • Date of project: 2004–2006
  • Date of report: 2014
  • Type of project: Testing and Excavation
  • County: Santa Fe
  • LA number(s):
    • Tested: 120957, 146402, 146403, 146404, 146405, 146406, 146407, 146408, 146409, 146410, 146411, 146412, 146413, 146414, 146415, 146416, 146417, 146418, 149909, 149910, 149911, 149912, 149913, 149914, 149915, 149916, 149917, 149918, 149919, 153441, 153442
    • Excavated: 120957, 146402, 146403, 146405, 146407, 146408, 146410, 146411, 146412, 146413, 146418, 149909, 149912, 149913, 149915
  • Project number: 41.763, 41.791
  • Project name: Railyard
  • No. of pages: 2 volumes (968 pp total)
  • Subject: Major components include a Spanish Colonial to Mexican era midden deposit; a nineteenth-century field; acequias; sites associated with the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway; sites associated with the New Mexico Central Railway; neighborhood refuse sites; and twentieth-century industrial sites.

Archaeology Notes 423

Testing and Data Recovery at Five Archaeological Sites along US 285 between Mileposts 372 and 379.32, South of Tres Piedras, Taos County, New Mexico

  • Author(s): Barbour, Matthew J., and Charles A. Hannaford
  • Title: Testing and Data Recovery at Five Archaeological Sites along US 285 between Mileposts 372 and 379.32, South of Tres Piedras, Taos County, New Mexico
  • Date of project: 2009
  • Date of report: 2011
  • Type of project: Excavation
  • County: Taos
  • LA number(s): 74879, 144951, 160196, 160201, 160203
  • Project number: 41.900
  • Project name: Tres Piedras Excavation
  • No. of pages: 176
  • Subject: Four sites contain flaked stone assemblages from various time periods.

Archaeology Notes 424

Data Recovery Results from the First Judicial District Courthouse Complex, LA 156207, Santa Fe County, New Mexico

  • Author(s): Lakatos, Steven A.
  • Title: Data Recovery Results from the First Judicial District Courthouse Complex, LA 156207, Santa Fe County, New Mexico
  • Date of project: 2008–2009
  • Date of report: 2011
  • Type of project: Excavation
  • County: Santa Fe
  • LA number(s): 156207
  • Project number: 41.844
  • Project name: Judicial Complex Excavation
  • No. of pages: 324
  • Subject: Five intact post-contact features: two refuse pits with railroad-era debris, a ca. 1933–1940 refuse pit and privy vault, and an irrigation channel. A pre-contact horizon (AD 1275–1400) represents a small residential complex.

Archaeology Notes 425

Archaeological Survey of the San Pedro Mines and Placer Fields of Golden, Santa Fe County, New Mexico

  • Author(s): Oakes, Yvonne R., and Dorothy A. Zamora
  • Title: Archaeological Survey of the San Pedro Mines and Placer Fields of Golden, Santa Fe County, New Mexico
  • Date of project: 2009
  • Date of report: 2013
  • Type of project: Survey
  • County: Santa Fe
  • LA number(s): 16305, 142711, 142711, 142713, 142714, 142715, 142716, 163695
  • Project number: 41.886
  • Project name: Golden
  • No. of pages: 402
  • Subject: Eight sites included the historic townsite and mines of San Pedro, mine workings on San Pedro Mountain, and the placer fields at Golden and several claims.
  • Additional: To acquire a digital copy of this report, please contact the Abandoned Mine Land Program of the New Mexico Energy, Minerals, and Natural Resources Department.

Archaeology Notes 426

Addendum to an Archaeological Survey in the Cerrillos Hills on or adjacent to the Bonanza Creek Ranch, Santa Fe County, New Mexico

  • Author(s): Lentz, Stephen C.
  • Title: Addendum to an Archaeological Survey in the Cerrillos Hills on or adjacent to the Bonanza Creek Ranch, Santa Fe County, New Mexico
  • Date of project: 2010
  • Date of report: 2010
  • Type of project: Survey
  • County: Santa Fe
  • LA number(s): 75342, 75365, 113085, 156040, 156049, 158646, 166885, 166886, 166887, 166888
  • Project number: 41.910
  • Project name: Cerrillos Hills Addendum
  • No. of pages: 48
  • Subject: Four previously unrecorded sites in the Cerrillos Mining District.
  • Additional: To acquire a digital copy of this report, please contact the Abandoned Mine Land Bureau, New Mexico Energy, Minerals, and Natural Resources Department.

Archaeology Notes 427

Archaeological Survey of the Cleveland Mine Workings in the Pinos Altos Mining District, Grant County, New Mexico

  • Author(s): Moga, Susan M.
  • Title: Archaeological Survey of the Cleveland Mine Workings in the Pinos Altos Mining District, Grant County, New Mexico
  • Date of project: 2010
  • Date of report: 2011
  • Type of project: Survey
  • County: Grant
  • LA number(s): 167597, 167598
  • Project number: 41.916
  • Project name: Pinos Altos
  • No. of pages: 80
  • Subject: Features associated with mining operations at the Cleveland Mill between 1860 and 1922.
  • Additional: To acquire a digital copy of this report, please contact the Abandoned Mine Land Bureau, New Mexico Energy, Minerals, and Natural Resources Department.

Archaeology Notes 428

Results of Archaeological Monitoring at the First Judicial District Courthouse Complex, Santa Fe, New Mexico

  • Author(s): Lakatos, Steven A.
  • Title: Results of Archaeological Monitoring at the First Judicial District Courthouse Complex, Santa Fe, New Mexico
  • Date of project: 2010
  • Date of report: 2011
  • Type of project: Monitoring
  • County: Santa Fe
  • LA number(s): 156207, 167408
  • Project number: 41.905
  • Project name: DB Stephens Monitoring
  • No. of pages: 107
  • Subject: A previously unrecorded site consisted of post–European contact features, including a Territorial- to early Statehood-period roadway, an irrigation channel, and a mixed deposit containing pre- and post-European contact cultural material.

Archaeology Notes 429

Archaeological Investigations at the Hansonburg Mining District, near Bingham, New Mexico

  • Author(s): Lentz, Stephen C.
  • Title: Archaeological Investigations at the Hansonburg Mining District, near Bingham, New Mexico
  • Date of project: 2010
  • Date of report: 2010
  • Type of project: Survey
  • County: Socorro
  • LA number(s): 5155, 168249, 168250, 168251
  • Project number: 41.907
  • Project name: Hansonburg
  • No. of pages: 70
  • Subject: Forty-six historic mine-related features.
  • Additional: To acquire a digital copy of this report, please contact the Abandoned Mine Land Bureau, New Mexico Energy, Minerals, and Natural Resources Department.

Archaeology Notes 430

A Research Design for the Archaeological Investigation of 14 Sites at Spaceport America, Sierra County, New Mexico

  • Author(s):  Moore, James L., Nancy J. Akins, Robert Dello-Russo, and Stephen S. Post
  • Title: A Research Design for the Archaeological Investigation of 14 Sites at Spaceport America, Sierra County, New Mexico
  • Date of project: 2010
  • Date of report: 2011
  • Type of project: Research design
  • County: Sierra
  • LA number(s): 111420, 111421, 111422, 111429, 111432, 111435, 112370, 112371, 112374, 155963, 155964, 155968, 155969, 156877
  • Project number: 41.922
  • Project name: Spaceport Data Recovery Plan
  • No. of pages: 226
  • Subject: A plan for the archaeological investigation of 14 sites at Spaceport America.

Archaeology Notes 431

Archaeological Investigations of the Dandee Coal Mine (LA 168675) and LA 168675 in Tierra Amarilla, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico

  • Author(s): Moga, Susan M.
  • Title: Archaeological Investigations of the Dandee Coal Mine (LA 168675) and LA 168675 in Tierra Amarilla, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico
  • Date of project: 2010
  • Date of report: 2011
  • Type of project: Survey
  • County: Rio Arriba
  • LA number(s): 168675, 168676
  • Project number: 41.922
  • Project name: Tierra Amarilla
  • No. of pages: 32
  • Subject: Features associated with mining operations between 1944 and 1955.
  • Additional: To acquire a digital copy of this report, please contact the Abandoned Mine Land Program of the New Mexico Energy, Minerals, and Natural Resources Department.

Archaeology Notes 432

Additional Survey in the Coal Camps of Vermejo Park Ranch, Colfax County, New Mexico

  • Author(s): Oakes, Yvonne R.
  • Title: Additional Survey in the Coal Camps of Vermejo Park Ranch, Colfax County, New Mexico
  • Date of project: 2010
  • Date of report: 2011
  • Type of project: Survey
  • County: Colfax
  • LA number(s): 57193, 57196, 158076, 158077, 158078, 158079
  • Project number: 41.851
  • Project name: Vermejo Addendum
  • No. of pages: 78
  • Subject: Survey on private property of historic coal camps.
  • Additional: To acquire a digital copy of this report, please contact the Abandoned Mine Land Program of the New Mexico Energy, Minerals, and Natural Resources Department.

Archaeology Notes 433

A Pan, a Spoon, a Bell, and a Gun: Limited Test Excavations for Facility Improvements at Rancho de los Luceros (LA 37549), Rio Arriba County, New Mexico

  • Author(s): Lentz, Stephen C.
  • Title: A Pan, a Spoon, a Bell, and a Gun: Limited Test Excavations for Facility Improvements at Rancho de los Luceros (LA 37549), Rio Arriba County, New Mexico
  • Date of project: 2010–2011
  • Date of report: 2011
  • Type of project: Testing
  • County: Rio Arriba
  • LA number(s): 37549, 122393
  • Project number: 41.881
  • Project name: Los Luceros Testing
  • No. of pages: 84
  • Subject: Two components consisting of late Territorial (AD 1800–1880) and Rio Grande Classic (AD 1325–1450) deposits.

Archaeology Notes 434

The Medanales North Project: Final Report on the 1986 Excavation

  • Author(s): Maxwell, Timothy D.
  • Title: The Medanales North Project: Final Report on the 1986 Excavation
  • Date of project: 1986
  • Date of report: in prep.
  • Type of project: Excavation
  • County: Rio Arriba
  • LA number(s): 6595, 48672, 48675, 48676, 48677, 48678, 48679, 48680, 48681, 49452
  • Project number: 41.374
  • Project name: Medanales NMDOT
  • No. of pages: [PENDING]
  • Subject: Human activity represented from 800 BC to the mid-twentieth century. Chipped stone tool-making activities dominate in sites from 800 BC–AD 1500, local Puebloan populations used the land for agrarian purposes from AD 1270–1500. There is also a historic-period homestead.

Archaeology Notes 435

Test Excavations at Eight Sites at the Spaceport America Facility, Sierra County, New Mexico

  • Author(s): Akins, Nancy J., and James L. Moore
  • Title: Test Excavations at Eight Sites at the Spaceport America Facility, Sierra County, New Mexico
  • Date of project: 2011
  • Date of report: 2012
  • Type of project: Testing
  • County: Sierra
  • LA number(s): 111420, 111421, 111422, 111429, 111432, 111435, 112370, 112371, 112374, 155963, 155964, 155968, 155969, 156877
  • Project number: 41.922
  • Project name: Spaceport Testing
  • No. of pages: 181
  • Subject: Testing at eight sites to determine National Register eligibility and plan future excavations.

Archaeology Notes 436

Adaptations in the Northern Jornada Mogollon: Four Sites on US 54, Carrizozo, New Mexico

  • Author(s): Zamora, Dorothy A., and Oakes, Yvonne R.
  • Title: Adaptations in the Northern Jornada Mogollon: Four Sites on US 54, Carrizozo, New Mexico
  • Date of project: 2009-2010
  • Date of report: 2016
  • Type of project: Excavation
  • County: Lincoln and Otero
  • LA number(s): 114462, 120972, 120973, 130331
  • Project number: 41.894
  • Project name: Carrizozo
  • No. of pages: 425
  • Subject: Testing and data recovery at four archaeological sites (three prehistoric and one historic) along US 54 in Lincoln and Otero counties.

Archaeology Notes 437

Monitoring at the Former PERA Building, LA 168891, Santa Fe, New Mexico

  • Author(s): Moga, Susan M., and Stephen S. Post
  • Title: Monitoring at the Former PERA Building, LA 168891, Santa Fe, New Mexico
  • Date of project: 2010
  • Date of report: 2011
  • Type of project: Monitoring
  • County: Santa Fe
  • LA number(s): 168891
  • Project number: 41.927
  • Project name: PERA Monitoring
  • No. of pages: 28
  • Subject: Human remains and the removal of a steel diesel tank.
  • Additional: To acquire a digital copy of this report, please contact the Archaeological Records Management Section of the New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs’ Historic Preservation Division.

Archaeology Notes 438

Ogapogeh, the White Shell Water Place: The Prehistoric Component at El Pueblo de Santa Fe

  • Author(s): Lentz, Stephen C.
  • Title: Ogapogeh, the White Shell Water Place: The Prehistoric Component at El Pueblo de Santa Fe
  • Date of project: 2010
  • Date of report: 2011
  • Type of project: Excavation
  • County: Santa Fe
  • LA number(s): 1051
  • Project number: 41.776
  • Project name: SF Civic Center
  • No. of pages: 648
  • Subject: OAS analyzed prehistoric materials excavated from the former site of Sweeney Convention Center. Six pit structures and 162 extramural features were investigated.
  • Additional: For more information on this report, please contact the NM Office of Archaeological Studies.

Archaeology Notes 439

Archaeological Monitoring and Testing for Four Light Posts on the Santa Fe Plaza, Santa Fe, New Mexico

  • Author(s): Barbour, Matthew J.
  • Title: Archaeological Monitoring and Testing for Four Light Posts on the Santa Fe Plaza, Santa Fe, New Mexico
  • Date of project: 2011
  • Date of report: 2011
  • Type of project: Monitoring and testing
  • County: Santa Fe
  • LA number(s): 80000
  • Project number: 41.912
  • Project name: Plaza Light Post Monitoring
  • No. of pages: 127
  • Subject: Seventeen strata and the collection of 1,430 artifacts dating from the seventeenth to the twentieth centuries.

Archaeology Notes 440

Archaeological Monitoring of Dumpster Enclosure Footings at LA 1051, West of City Hall along Federal Place, Santa Fe, New Mexico

  • Author(s): Montoya, Richard
  • Title: Archaeological Monitoring of Dumpster Enclosure Footings at LA 1051, West of City Hall along Federal Place, Santa Fe, New Mexico
  • Date of project: 2011
  • Date of report: 2011
  • Type of project: Monitoring
  • County: Santa Fe
  • LA number(s): 1051
  • Project number: 41.931
  • Project name: City Hall Dumpsters
  • No. of pages: 23
  • Subject: Archaeological monitoring of the excavation of footings for a new Dumpster enclosure west of City Hall.
  • Additional: For more information on this report, please contact the NM Office of Archaeological Studies.

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