PREFACE

SITETYPE/GEOARCH LANO SUBSISTENCE REMAINS C14 ARTIFACTSFauna Macrobot Pollen Date DebitageLith.Tools CeramicsGr.Stone98820 shell coll N coll Y Y Y YIII 190930 N N N Y Y Y Y Y134274 N N N N Y Y N Y6825 Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N58971 Y Y Y Y Y Y N YQuarry SitesIII 21177 N N N N Y Y N N27676 N N N Y Y Y N NRing MiddenIII 45863 N Y Y Y Y Y Y N103523 Y Y not coll Y Y Y Y Y134277 N Y N Y Y Y N Y131686 shell Y not coll Y Y Y N Y131687 shell Y not coll Y Y Y N Y130417 N N N N Y Y N NBedrock MortarIIB 68182 Y Y not coll not run Y Y Y Y71167 Y Y Y Y Y Y Y NMultiple ResidenceIII 3334 Y Y Y Y Y Y Y YResidential ComplexIA 68188 Y Y Y Y Y Y Y YThere was little clear patterning in the artifact classes recovered from the sites. The presence or absenceof ceramics is presumed to be largely a function of differences in the age of the occupations. Groundstone appears to be associated primarily with residential occupations, and was less often recovered fromartifact scatters and quarry sites. Our primary observations again relate to the field methods employed inrecovering these materials. As shown in Table 3.9, investigations at many of the sites have emphasizedmechanical stripping and trenching over more labor-intensive manual excavations. This approachappears effective in locating buried features but it precludes the recovery of subsurface artifacts.There are at least three reasons why the recovery of a large sample of subsurface artifacts may beimportant in understanding the prehistoric activities undertaken at these sites. First, it seems a reasonableassumption that most of the surface artifact scatters at sites in southeastern New Mexico have been pickedover by collectors, so excavations provide the best chance of obtaining culturally and temporallydiagnostic artifacts or indeed any formal tools. Second, even in shallow sediments, there is some sizesorting of archaeological materials, so excavations are needed to provide a sample of the full range ofmaterials present. The use of eighth inch rather than quarter inch screen is again recommended for the3-22