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Historic, Archive Document Do not assume content reflects current scientific knowledge, policies, or practices. aE78 nhs. .A165C9 PB96155197 Information is our business. HERITAGE RESOURCES MANAGEMENT. ARCHEOLOGY OF THE ALBUQUERQUE SECTOR OF THE ELENA GALLEGOS PROJECT j ~ 2 1998 j L__J (U.S.) FOREST SERVICE, ALBUQUERQUE, NM. SOUTHWESTERN REGION -CQUiSITlONS BRANCH SEP 1995 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Technical Information Service The Department of Commerce Online International Trade Center Bookstore Managed by the National Technical Information Service The Department of Commerce An essential online tool providing International Trade Center Bookstore one-stop access to the very best brings together a world-class collection international trade information of publications from government and non¬ available anywhere. profit organizations. This collection is SEARCH & ORDER ONLINE FROM now available through a new online THIS GROWING COLLECTION: bookstore. 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Persons believii they have been discriminated against should contact the Secretai US Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC 20250, or call 20 720-7327 (voice) or 202-720-1127 (TTY). Printed on recycled paper • 9/95 PB96-155197 i riiii util illi Archeology of the Albuquerque Sector of the Elena Gallegos Project Edited by Joseph A. Tainter Contributors Nancy J. Akins Jack B. Bertram Galen R. Burgett David “A” Gillio Charles Haecker Louanna Haecker Linda J. Scott Joseph A. Tainter Mollie S. Toll A. H. Warren Dan Warren Heritage Resources Management Report No. 14 USDA Forest Service Southwestern Region September 1995 Contents Chapter 1 • Introduction and Research Design By Joseph a. Tainter Introduction . 1 Research Framework. 5 Introduction. 5 Interpretive Overview of Central Rio Grande. 6 The Proposed Research. 7 Archaic. 8 Placltas Area. 8 Atrlsco Area. 8 Puebloan. 8 Placltas Area. 8 Atrlsco Area. 9 Data Requirements. 9 Chapter 2 • Test Excavations By Jack B. Bertram and Galen R. Burgett Introduction. 11 The Atrlsco Sites. 11 Conclusions: Atrlsco Sites. 76 Chronology. 76 Technology. 80 Summary. 81 The Placltas Sites. 81 Conclusions. 99 Chronology. 99 Subsistence . 99 Technology. 100 Summary. 101 Chapter 3 • Excavation of PL 30A, 32A, and 38A By Jack b. Bertram Introduction . 103 Dating Procedures and Problems. 103 Radiocarbon. 103 Obsidian Hydration. 105 Ceramics and Ceramic Dating. 105 PL30A . 106 Location and Setting. 106 Testing and Excavation Methods. 106 Site Elements.-. 108 The General Site Area (Non-structural). 110 Non-featural Areas. 110 Feature 2. 110 Feature 3. Ill Feature 4. 113 The Feature 1 Room block and Associated Features. 116 Excavation Sequence and Approach. 116 Construction Sequence and Character. 116 Feature 1: Room 2 . 117 1 Feature 1: Room 1 . 120 Feature 1: Southern Exterior Area. 121 Feature 1: Eastern Exterior Area . 123 Feature 1: Chronology and Samples. 125 Interpretations. 129 Site PL 32A...,. 132 Location and Setting. 132 Testing and Excavation Methods. 133 Site Elements. 135 The General Site Area (Non-structural). 135 The Feature 1 Room block . 138 Excavation Sequence and Approach. 138 Construction Sequence and Character. 139 Feature 1: Room 1 . 141 Feature 1: Room 2 . 144 Feature 12 (Cist Subfeature of Feature 1). 148 Feature 1: Chronology and Samples. 148 Interpretations. 152 Site PL 38A. 152 Location and Setting. 152 Testing And Excavation Methods. 153 Site Elements. 154 Artifacts and Analysis. 154 Chapter 4 • Rio Puerco Valley Floral Remains By Moilie s. Toll Introduction . 157 Methods. 157 Results. 158 Site AT 1A. 158 Site AT 3C. 160 Site AT 15C. 159 Site AT 25C. 160 Site AT 3 1C. 162 Site AT 36C .. 163 Site AT 38C .. 163 Summary and Discussion of Results. 163 The Effect of Preservation. 163 Comparison With The Floral Records Of Other Puerco Valley Sites. 165 Conclusion. 166 Acknowledgements. 166 Chapter 5 • Food and Fuel Use At PL 30A and 32A By Moilie s. Toll Introduction . 167 Methods. 167 Results. 168 Site PL 30A. 168 Site PL 32A. 174 Discussion and Summary. 175 Acknowledgements. 176 li