PREFACE

Table 3.5Expanded Component Types (sitetype2) for Simple Features and Artifact Scatters withFeatures by Temporal Period (excludes 34 components that had no feature types coded).Expanded Component Type Paleoindian Archaic Ceramic Protohistoric Unknown Totalpossible structures 2 14 87 7 111 221domestic features 34 288 1153 10 1507 2992ring middens 0 64 253 5 352 674bedrock mortars 0 11 28 0 30 69miscellaneous features 7 36 250 4 188 485caves 1 4 16 0 12 33rockshelters 6 16 28 2 101 153quarries 3 11 6 0 115 135Total 53 444 1821 28 2416 4762Table 3.6 Feature Types Associated with the Miscellaneous Feature Component Type. Note that 11of the components have two feature types.Feature Type Paleoindian Archaic Ceramic Protohistoric Unknown Total ProportionCharcoal/Ash Stain 2 22 204 1 115 344 .6936Midden 0 3 24 0 19 46 .0927Petroglyph/Pictograph 0 3 10 3 22 38 .0766Cairn 0 2 3 0 14 19 .0383Burial/Grave 0 2 8 0 8 18 .0363Unspec. Other2 1 1 0 9 13 .0262FeatureBin/Cist 0 1 4 0 0 5 .0101Bone Bed 3 0 0 0 1 4 .0081Cache 0 1 0 0 3 4 .0081Pit, Undefined 0 0 2 0 1 3 .0060Well 0 2 0 0 0 2 .0040Total 7 37 256 4 192 496 1.0000Final Site TypologyThe final typology proposed here for prehistoric and protohistoric sites in southeastern New Mexicoconsists of the eight types formulated in the previous section (sitetype2) plus four of the originalNMCRIS component types. Those 12 types are:1. artifact scatter – lithic and/or ceramic scatter with no other features (NMCRIS 1993:4-25). Thismorphological type undoubtedly includes a variety of functional categories. Some sites may beresidential or task group camps with features that are either buried or have been eroded. Othersprobably reflect a more limited range of activities associated directly or indirectly with theresource procurement. An expanded classification of artifact scatters, based on the type anddiversity of artifacts, is therefore needed to refine the site typology.3-12