Investigation Into Radiation Exposure of Pre- Columbian Pueblo People in Northern New Mexico: Results of the Initial Study (original) (raw)
Palaeopathology of the Kechipawan Site: Health and Disease in a South-Western Pueblo
The palaeopathology of the Pueblo of Kechipawan, New Mexico, is examined in the context of South-western demographic patterns. A case of complicated treponemal infection associated with prehistoric pottery remains is described and diagnosed. The establishment in the area of endemic and possibly venereal syphilis, at a time of high population density, is suggested on the basis of the contemporaneity of reported cases and Pueblo settlement patterns.
The Best of Times, the Worst of Times: Health and Nutrition in Pre-Columbian America
2004
Lack of evidence has been the major obstacle to understanding trends and differences in human welfare over the millennia. This paper explains and applies methods that are obscure to most academics and essentially unknown to the general public. A millennial perspective is best obtained from skeletal remains, which depict not only childhood health conditions but also processes of degeneration that accompany aging and strenuous physical effort. Compiled into an index of health, data from 23 localities as part of a large collaborative project on the Western Hemisphere reveal diverse health conditions for the pre-Columbian population. For reasons not yet understood populations moved over time into less healthy ecological environments. The analysis has implications for understanding environmental determinants of health, the pattern of European conquest, pre-contact population size, investigating human adaptation to climate change, and discovering prime movers of very long-term economic gr...
Laboratory of Anthropology note, 1978
Angus Survey Project Museum of New Mexico MNM Project ; no. 41.306 (67.16). Survey conducted along New Mexico State Road 37 from Angus to Nogal recorded nine sites: five prehistoric Jornada Mogollon (A.D. 900-1100) and four Historic, dating to the early twentieth century, including a National Register wood stave water pipeline. --Directory summary. A survey of New Mexico State Road 37 from Angus to Nogal, New Mexico, revealed a total of nine archeological sites. Of these, five are prehistoric, dating to the tenth through twelfth centuries A. D. and four are historic, dating to the early twentieth century. Included in the report are individual site descriptions and a research design for the mitigation of adverse effects.--Report abstract. Archaeological surveying Jornada Mogollon Indians Pit houses Jacal structures Surface architecture Lithic analysis Ground stone artifacts Toyah points Pottery analysis Pottery types Bichrome pottery Polychrome pottery Jornada Brown ware pottery Chupadero Black-on-white pottery Socorro Black-on-white pottery Three Rivers Red-on-terracotta pottery Glencoe phase Late Glencoe phase AD 900-1100 Historical archaeology Homesteads Log buildings Corrals Railroads El Paso and Southwestern Railroad Company Historic period 20th century Sierra Blanca Mountains (N.M.) Lincoln County (N.M.) Crocket Canyon (N.M.) LA 702 LA 2315 LA 16297 LA 16298 LA 16299 LA 16300 LA 16301 LA 16302 LA 16488
Laboratory of Anthropology note, 1987
Museum of New Mexico Project ; no 4.1 .401. State Road 264 Project Recording and archaeological testing of three sites was conducted along the State Road 264 right-of-way in McKinley County. The two sites recorded and tested include a multicomponent, prehistoric limited activity site (LA 57411) and the remains of the Wildcat Springs Trading Post, occupied sometime between 1940 and 1960. The third site (LA 59497) is a prehistoric rubble mound and midden. A portion of the midden is located within the right-of-way. The site was sketch mapped and recorded; no testing was conducted. A data recovery plan for each site is included with this report. Test excavations Archaeological surveying Limited occupation sites AD 500-700 Basketmaker III period Pueblo I period Pueblo II period Pueblo III period AD 1000-1300 Historical archaeology Land settlement patterns, Historic Trading posts Wildcat Springs Trading Post Historic period 20th century 1940-1949 1950-1959 Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & Utah Colorado Plateau McKinley County (N.M.) LA 55647 LA 57411 LA 59497
Laboratory of Anthropology note, 1980
Excavation of two precontact sites revealed seasonal agricultural fieldhouses dating to AD 775-850 and AD 950-975. Alignments indicate associated water and soil control devices. Museum of New Mexico MNM Project: no. 41-63-10. Naschitti-North Project Excavations (Archaeology) Demographic archaeology Ancestral Pueblo culture Limited occupation sites Fieldhouses Pits Hearths Lithic analysis Flaked stone artifacts Pottery analysis Pottery types Population Paleoclimatology Water management Soil erosion Wind erosion Windbreaks Pueblo II period AD 775-850 AD 950-975 Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & Utah San Juan County (N.M.) Chuska Valley (N.M.) Table of Contents: Abstract -- Introduction -- A. Physical enviromnent: 1. Geology, topography, soils, and hydrology. 2. Climate (present and past). 3. Flora and fauna. B. Cultural environment: 1. Prehistoric population in the Chuska Valley. C. Archeological approaches: 1. Site descriptions prior to excavation. 2. Excavation techniques. 3. Site stratigraphy. D. Excavations at LA 12564: 1. Architecture: a. Field house. b. Windbreaks. 2. Extramural hearths and Pit: a. Roasting pit/hearth. b. Hearths. 3. Material culture: a. Food procurement tools. b. Food processing tools. c. Domestic tools. d. Ornamental, recreational and/or ceremonial artifacts. e. Miscellaneous artifacts. f. Chipped lithic manufacturing debris. g. Ceramics. h. Food remains. i. Dating the occupation. E. Excavations at LA 12565: 1. Architecture: a. Oval pit structures. b. Rectilinear pit structure. 2. Extramural hearths and pits: a. Hearths. b. Storage pit (Feature 8) c. Storage pit (Feature 9). d. Roasting pit. 3. Material culture: a. Food processing tools. b. Domestic tools. c. Ornamental, recreational and/or ceremonial artifacts. d. Chipped lithic manufacturing debris. e. Ceramics. f. Food remains. g. Dating the occupation. F. Discussion: 1. Architecture and dating. 2. Artifacts and activities. 3. Site function. 4. Settlement and Paleoclimatology G. Conclusions H. Suggestions for future investigations, I. References cited.
Laboratory of Anthropology note, 1976
Museum of New Mexico MNM Project no. 59.05. Museum of New Mexico MNM Project no. 65.33. The original survey conducted by Stewart Peckham in 1970 recorded 196 sites, Archaic through mid-eighteenth century Spanish Colonial. Six sites were further investigated: a Historic house (AD1900-1930), a Pueblo III pueblo, three lithic scatters, and a Navajo hogan foundation. The LA numbers recorded in 1970 range from LA 10356 through LA 10552. This reports focuses on six sites only. LA 10468, LA 10474, LA 10476, LA 10484, and L A 10489 is recommended. Bernabé Montaño Survey Project Bernabé M. Montaño Land Grant Archaeological surveying Historical archaeology Lithic analysis Ancestral Pueblo culture Stone implements Projectile points Laguna Indians Pueblos Pueblo architecture Laguna pottery Navajo Indians Hogans Uranium mines and mining Continental Oil Company (CONOCO) [sponsoring body] Archaic period Basketmaker period Pueblo I period Pueblo II period Pueblo III period Historic period 16th century 17th century 18th century 20th century Rio Puerco Valley (Rio Arriba County-Socorro County) Sandoval County (N.M.) Bernalillo County (N.M.) Pueblo of Laguna (N.M.) LA 10468 LA 10474 LA 10476 LA 10478 LA 10484 L A 10489
Laboratory of Anthropology note, 1985
Sims Mesa Project Museum of New Mexico MNM Project ; 41.327 (71.18) New Mexico State Highway Department [sponsoring body] The survey recorded 11 sites in the Navajo Resevoir District, including Anasazi pithouses, hearths, and a petroglyph area, five Navajo sites, and two early twentieth-century Hispanic homesteads. Carbon-14 dates obtained by auger. The Sambrito phase, Arboles phase and Gallina phase are discussed. Excavations (Archaeology) Archaeological surveying Historical archaeology Lithic analysis Chipped stone artifacts Ground stone artifacts Projectile points Pottery analysis Temper (Pottery) analysis Pottery rim form analysis Pottery distribution Pottery types Polychrome pottery White ware pottery Blancos Black-on-white pottery Bluff Black-on-red pottery Dinetah Utility pottery Gobernador Indented pottery Gobernador Polychrome pottery Jemez Black-on-white pottery Navajo Gray ware pottery Piedra Black-on-white pottery Piedra Gray pottery Rosa Black-on-white pottery Rosa Brown ware pottery | Rosa Gray ware pottery | Rosa Scored ware pottery Faunal analysis Human remains (Archaeology) Dental anthropology Land settlement patterns, Prehistoric Land settlement patterns Archaeological dating Radiocarbon dating Ancestral Pueblo culture Pithouses Rockshelters Refugee sites Pueblo pottery Navajo Indians Limited occupation sites Campsites Navajo pottery Navajo rock art Ute Indians Hispanic Americans Homesteads Hispanic rock art Gomez family Garcia family Gomez, Juan Cristobal Garcia, Isidoro Garcia, Felix Gomez, Arpita Garcia y Velarde, Maria Ruben Wirt, Gomez, and Company Whites Petroglyphs Anthropomorphic rock art Basketmaker II period AD 1-400 Rosa phase AD 700-850 Piedra phase AD 850-900 Pueblo II period Historic period Dinetah phase AD 1550-1700 Gobernador phase AD 1700-1775 20th century Navajo Reservoir District Rio Arriba County (N.M.) Frances Canyon (N.M.) Sims Mesa (N.M.) Frances (N.M.) LA 3416 LA 36591 LA 36592 LA 36593 LA 36594 LA 36595 LA 36596 LA 36597 LA 36598 LA 36599 LA 36600 LA 36601 LA 36602 LA 36603 LA 36604 LA 37413 LA 38067 LA 39192 LA 2135 (discussed)