Archaeological Investigations at Four Sites in the Abiquiu Multiple Resource Area New Mexico,
Abstract
In December of 1982, personnel from Nickens and Associates of Montrose, Colorado, conducted field investigations at four sites in the Abiquiu Reservoir Multiple Resource Area in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico. The work was conducted under contract with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which operates Abiquiu Dam and Reservoir, and is responsible for the cultural resources within the Multiple Resource Area. Field investigations were salvage in nature; they were an attempt to mitigate the adverse impacts of raising the level of Abiquiu Reservoir, resulting in the inundation of all or portions of four important cultural resources. The raising of the lake level was a result of the City of Albuquerque requesting the storage of 48,200 acre feet of water. The four cultural resources were LA25322, a structural site evincing a possible Piedra Lumbre Phase occupation and later components too, LA25454 and LA25469, large lithic procurement and processing sites, and LA25466, an abandoned Hispanic farm dating to the late 19th or early 20th century. Field tasks included systematic analysis and collection of surface artifacts, and various degrees of excavations. Tasks were directed at recovering important archaeological data for conservation, and for analysis and perhaps insight into long-range human adaptive strategies in the Abiquiu Reservoir area.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 01, 1983
- Accession Number
- ADA140677
Entities
People
- A. D. Reed
- G. C. Tucker Jr