TABLE OF CONTENTS
Upper Pecos Valley Culture History Preceramic Period (11,500 B.C.-A.D. 600)The Environment TopographyResearch Objectives Community DevelopmentOrganization of the Volume
The Kidder Years The State Monument Era National Park Service Projects Recent Years Summary
Survey Methodology Survey AreasSite Documentation Site NumberingIsolated Occurrence Documentation Cultural Landscape Documentation Data Processing and Management Summary
Rio Grande Chronologies Background on the Survey Chronology The Pecos Ceramic Assemblage Sampling and Analytic MethodsDating the Pecos Survey Sites The Mean Ceramic Date ApproachThe Pecos Survey Chronology Temporal TrendsConclusions Notes
The Effects of Mechanical Vegetation Removal on Site Interpretation Components and Features Classification of the Survey Sites Categories for the Pecos Survey SitesDescription of the Survey Sites HabitationsSubsistence and Social Change through Architecture AgricultureSummary and Conclusions Notes
Expectations for Site LocationsSite Types by Environment Period 2 (A.D. 1200-1325)Social Influences on Site Location Traditional Spatial Analysis MethodsSite Location and Localized Soil and Resource Productivity Potential Plant Productivity of SoilsSummary and Conclusions Notes
Population Estimation MethodsNorthern Rio Grande Population Conclusions Climate and Pecos Area Population
Methods of Ceramic Analysis The Ceramic Assemblage Ceramic TypesTrends in Ceramic Wares Ceramic Wares through TimeFunctional Analyses Functional Classes through TimeVessel Size Ceramic Vessel Size through TimeThe Organization of Ceramic Production Direct EvidenceConclusions
Regional Sources of Lithic Raw MaterialsThe Nonflaked Lithic Assemblage Nonflaked Lithic Assemblage ParametersSummary and Conclusions Notes
Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Euro-American SitesTemporal Analyses of Euro-American Artifacts Data CollectionReview of Pecos Area Census Records 1860: The Eighth Census of the Territory of New Mexico, San Miguel CountyAn Examination of Trail and Road Segments near Pecos Pueblo The Santa Fe TrailSummary Notes
Period 2 (A.D. 1200-1325) Period 3 (A.D. 1325-1450) Period 4 (A.D. 1450-1575) Period 5 (A.D. 1575-1700) Period 6 (post A.D. 1700) Site Types Ceramics across Site TypesEuro-American Sites Conclusions
APPENDIX B APPENDIX C APPENDIX D APPENDIX E APPENDIX F APPENDIX G INDEX (omitted from the online edition) LIST OF FIGURES Chapter 1 1.1 North-central New Mexico with the location of Pecos National Historical Park1.2 Boundary history of the Pecos Unit of Pecos National Historical Park 1.3 Locations of major prehistoric sites in the Upper Pecos Valley 1.4 Upper Pecos Valley topography 1.5 Rugged topography east of the Pecos River in the Tecolote Range, view NE Chapter 2 2.1 Alfred Kidder in the excavations at Pecos Pueblo, ca. 19152.2 Kidder's 1916 stratigraphic excavations in the midden on the east slope of the Pecos mesilla 2.3 Excavations at Pecos north of South Pueblo 2.4 Excavations in preparation of stabilization in the Pecos mission convento, 1970 2.5 Gunnerson's excavations east of the Pecos church, 1970 Chapter 3 3.1 Survey areas, 1995-19973.2 Crew on a survey transect, spaced 10 to 15 meters apart 3.3 Site documentation in progress at PECO 142 3.4 An example of a lithic and ceramic scatter density grid square map used to delineate and select the sample units needed for artifact density counts and artifact attribute analysis Chapter 4 4.1 Comparison of temporal frameworks for the northern Rio Grande region with the Pecos survey chronology and component frequencies4.2 Stem-and-leaf diagram of the mean dates of the Pecos survey assemblages by decade 4.3 Stem-and-leaf diagram of the mean dates of the Pecos survey assemblages, in 20-year intervals 4.4 Histogram of the mean ceramic dates of the Pecos survey assemblages, by 50-year intervals 4.5 Bar chart of the date ranges for the Pecos ceramic types 4.6 Examples of ceramic type date ranges and normal distributions 4.7 Annual and five-decade probabilities for Glaze V 4.8 Individual ceramic type probabilities and resulting summed and normalized probability for PECO 125 4.9 Individual ceramic type probabilities and summed and normalized probability in 125-year intervals for PECO 125 4.10 Bimodal probability distribution suggesting an occupational hiatus (PECO 334) 4.11 Twenty-five year probabilities for PECO 23, PECO 30, PECO 215, and Forked Lightning (PECO 226) 4.12 Twenty-five year probabilities for Loma Lothrop (PECO 227), Shin'po (PECO 307), Dick's Ruin (PECO 434), and Arrowhead (PECO710) 4.13 Twenty-five year probabilities for Long House (PECO 402) 4.14 Early pueblo date ranges based on 25-year probabilities Chapter 5 5.1 Possible structure at edge of a bulldozed area, PECO 108 (LA 118755) feature 13-01, view east5.2 Cross section of a small structure exposed by a bulldozer cut, PECO 403 (LA 69302) feature 03-02, view east 5.3 Map of the Pecos Unit showing areas of vegetation removal 5.4 Example of a rock concentration, PECO 192 (LA 118795) feature 41-01, view north 5.5 Example of a grinding area, PECO 477 (LA 119034), feature 61-03, view east 5.6 Example of a small structure, PECO 245 (LA 118827), feature 03-01, view southeast 5.7 Decision tree for categorizing sites 5.8 Frequency distribution of room counts for structures with fewer than 20 rooms 5.9 Sites dated to Ceramic Period 2 (A.D. 1200-1325), showing site types 5.10 Sites dated to Ceramic Period 3 (A.D. 1325-1450), showing site types 5.11 Sites dated to Ceramic Period 4 (A.D. 1450-1575), showing site types 5.12 Sites dated to Ceramic Period 5 (A.D. 1575-1700), showing site types 5.13 Sites dated to Ceramic Period 6 (post A.D. 1700), showing site types 5.14 Pecos Pueblo north of South Pueblo (PECO 228 [LA 625]) 5.15 Map of Arrowhead Pueblo (PECO 710 [LA 251]) 5.16 Arrowhead Pueblo (PECO 710 [LA 251]) 5.17 Map of Forked Lightning Pueblo (PECO 226 [LA 672]) 5.18 Forked Lightning Pueblo (PECO 226 [LA 672]) 5.19 Map of Loma Lothrop (PECO 227 [LA 277]) 5.20 NE corner of Loma Lothrop (PECO 227 [LA 277]) excavated in the 1920s, view NW 5.21 Map of Shin'po (PECO 307 [LA 267]) 5.22 Partially excavated room at Shin'po (PECO 307 [LA 267]) in northern room block, view SSW 5.23 Across the plaza of Shin'po (PECO 307 [LA 267]) 5.24 Map of Long House (PECO 402 [LA 118967]) 5.25 Long House (PECO 402 [LA 118967]) 5.26 Map of Dick's Ruin (PECO 434 [LA 276]) 5.27 Dick's Ruin (PECO 434 [LA 276]) 5.28 Stone circle or possible tipi ring near Dick's Ruin, view NNE 5.29 Map of PECO 23 (LA 14123) 5.30 Map of PECO 30 (LA 14113) 5.31 View SE of PECO 30 (LA 14113) 5.32 Map of PECO 215 (LA 118811) 5.33 Wall at PECO 215 (LA 118811), exposed in recent road/bulldozer cut, view NNE 5.34 Ratio of rooms to kivas, through time 5.35 Kiva size through time Chapter 6 6.1 Palmer Drought Severity Index dryness index for Period 2 (A.D. 1200-1325)6.2 Palmer Drought Severity Index dryness index for Period 3 (A.D. 1325-1450) 6.3 Palmer Drought Severity Index dryness index for Period 4 (A.D. 1450-1575) 6.4 Palmer Drought Severity Index dryness index for Period 5 (A.D. 1575-1700) 6.5 Box plot of elevation by site type for Period 2 (A.D. 1200-1325) 6.6 Frequencies of each site type by landform types in Period 2 (A.D. 1200-1325) 6.7 Frequencies of each site type by vegetation community for Period 2 (A.D. 1200-1325) 6.8 Box plot of elevation by site type for Period 3 (A.D. 1325-1450) 6.9 Frequencies of each site type by landform types in Period 3 (A.D. 1325-1450) 6.10 Frequencies of each site type by vegetation community for Period 3 (A.D. 1325-1450) 6.11 Box plot of elevation by site type for Period 4 (A.D. 1450-1575) 6.12 Frequencies of each site type by landform types in Period 4 (A.D. 1450-1575) 6.13 Frequencies of each site type by vegetation community for Period 4 (A.D. 1450-1575) 6.14 Box plot of elevation by site type for Period 5 (A.D. 1575-1700) 6.15 Frequencies of each site type by landform types in Period 5 (A.D. 1575-1700) 6.16 Frequencies of each site type by vegetation community for Period 5 (1575-1700) 6.17 Simulation region in comparison to survey area 6.18 Frequency distribution of mean NND between habitations in Period 3 (A.D. 1325-1450) 6.19 Frequency distribution of median NND between habitations in Period 3 (A.D. 1325-1450) 6.20 Median NND p-value by period and site type comparison 6.21 Plot of observed median NND for special-use sites vs. the number of special-use sites in each period 6.22 Median observed NND between special-use sites by period 6.23 Plot of observed median NND between special-use and habitation sites vs. the number of special-use sites for each period 6.24 Plot of observed median NND between special-use and seasonal sites vs. the number of special-use sites in each period 6.25 Median observed NND between special-use and seasonal sites by period 6.26 Median observed NND between habitation sites by period 6.27 Plot of observed median NND between habitations vs. the number of habitations in each period 6.28 Median observed NND between habitations and seasonal sites by period 6.29 Plot of observed median NND between habitations and seasonal sites vs. the number of habitations in each period 6.30 Plot of observed median NND between seasonal sites vs. the number of seasonal sites in each period 6.31 Median observed NND between seasonal sites by period 6.32 Comparison of 3-km radius catchment and 100-in radius buffer area 6.33 Grain and seed productivity for Pecos National Historical Park based on soil survey data 6.34 Grain and seed potential for areas within 100-in of special-use sites 6.35 Grain and seed potential for areas more than 100 m from special-use sites 6.36 100-in buffers around habitation sites, with grain and seed potential productivity 6.37 100-in buffers around special-use sites, with grain and seed potential productivity 6.38 100-in buffers around seasonal sites, with grain and seed potential productivity Chapter 7 7.1 Estimated number of people and occupied rooms for Pecos area habitation sites7.2 Welker's (1997) estimates of the number of occupied rooms and population in her four time periods at Pecos Pueblo 7.3 Estimated population at Pecos Pueblo using Welker's (1997) time periods and room counts and a family size of seven people 7.4 Kidder's (1958:Figure 33a) reconstruction of Pecos Pueblo apartments 7.5 Number of rooms adjusted to time period length for several areas in the northern Rio Grande, Early Classic through Early Historic periods (Orcutt et al. 1994) 7.6 Estimated population at Pecos Pueblo, San Lazaro, San Marcos, and Arroyo Hondo Chapter 8 8.1 Percentages of utility ware ceramic types recorded by the survey8.2 Percentages of white ware ceramic types recorded by the survey 8.3 Percentages of identified glaze ware types recorded by the survey 8.4 Distribution of black-on-white and glaze ware sherds 8.5 Distribution of Apache ceramics 8.6 Distribution of White Mountain Red Ware sherds 8.7 Distribution of trade ware sherds 8.8 Percentages of decorated and undecorated sherds by time period 8.9 Decorated and undecorated wares by time period 8.10 Percentages of ceramic wares by site type 8.11 Percentages of ceramic wares recorded on the surface at the early pueblo sites 8.12 Percentages of ceramic functional classes by time period 8.13 Percentages of ceramic functional classes by site type 8.14 Histogram of bowl diameters 8.15 Histogram of undecorated jar diameters 8.16 Histogram of decorated jar diameters 8.17 Mean vessel size in rim diameter by time period 8.18 Locations of sites sampled for compositional analysis 8.19 Representative Black-on-white sherds submitted for compositional analysis 8.20 Clay sources sampled at Pecos National Historical Park 8.21 Total number of utility ware sherds per petrographic temper group 8.22 Summary of utility ware temper groups by site 8.23 Total number of utility ware sherds per petrographic paste group 8.24 Summary of utility ware paste groups by site 8.25 Total number of white ware sherds per petrographic temper group 8.26 Summary of white ware temper groups by site 8.27 Total number of white ware sherds per petrographic paste group 8.28 Summary of white ware paste groups by site 8.29 Percentages of local and nonlocal utility ware ceramics at the pueblos, based on petrographic results 8.30 Percentages of local and nonlocal white ware ceramics at the pueblos, based on petrographic results 8.31 Santa Fe Black-on-white petrographic temper categories 8.32 Galisteo Black-on-white petrographic temper categories Chapter 9 9.1 New Mexico and the Southern Plains9.2 New Mexico and important raw material sources 9.3 Specific obsidian sources in the Jemez Mountain area 9.4 Flake attributes used in debitage classification 9.5 A model of conservation and tool production strategies in relation to raw material availability and quality 9.6 Tool types for major raw materials, all sites 9.7 Raw materials for each tool type, all sites 9.8 Average volume of siltstone/quartzite per site 9.9 Average volume of local chert per site 9.10 Average volume of chalcedony per site 9.11 Average volume of obsidian per site 9.12 Average volume of nonlocal chert per site 9.13 Obsidian sources determined by Energy Dispersive X-ray Fluorescence for pueblos 9.14 Cross-section classes for ground stone 9.15 Idealized plan view and cross sections of a complex grinding feature 9.16 Complex grinding feature at PECO 301 (LA 118875) 9.17 Scatterplot comparing size of grinding area for complex grinding features with size of grinding area for complete metates 9.18 Ground stone tools 9.19 Hafted tools recorded by the survey 9.20 Cross-sections of all manos by site type 9.21 Cross-sections of manos from all sites from Periods 3, 4, and 5 Chapter 10 10.1 Seventeenth and eighteenth century sites recorded by the survey10.2 Sites with Euro-American artifact assemblages 10.3 Sites dated to the Spanish Colonial/Mexican/Hispanic Settlement, Santa Fe Trail, Civil War Period using assemblage mean dates 10.4 Sites dated to the Railroad/Tourism Period using assemblage mean dates 10.5 Sites assigned to a period using artifact group dates 10.6 Hispanic Homesteads 10.7 PECO 540 (LA 119093), Homestead D 10.8 The northern portion of PECO 540, view SE, Pecos River in background 10.9 PECO 270 (LA 118847), Homestead A, Quintana 10.10 Overview of PECO 270 with the Forked Lightning Ranch house in background, view NE 10.11 PECO 175 (LA 118789), Homestead B 10.12 PECO 175, southern structure, view SW 10.13 PECO 367 (LA 118934), Homestead E, Ruiz 10.14 View NW across PECO 367. Southern structure in higher vegetation 10.15 PECO 541 (LA 119094), Homestead C, Rivera 10.16 The lower portion of PECO 541, Pecos River in background, view E 10.17 Locations mentioned in census review 10.18 Santa Fe Trail route from Missouri to New Mexico 10.19 Road segments discussed in text 10.20 Historic roads derived from documentary sources LIST OF TABLES Chapter 3 3.1 Summary of data fields used for site recording3.2 Site number changes due to combining previously recorded sites 3.3 Site number changes due to subdividing previously recorded sites 3.4 Artifact attribute analysis data fields 3.5 Isolated Occurrence data fields 3.6 Cultural Landscape data fields Chapter 4 4.1 Summary of chronometric dates from Pecos National Historical Park4.2 Date ranges for Pecos ceramic types 4.3 Ceramic mean dates for the Pecos survey sites 4.4 The Pecos survey chronology 4.5 Ceramic period assignments for the Pecos survey sites Chapter 5 5.1 Comparison of the size of artifact scatters on sites affected by vegetation removal to those unaffected 1055.2 Comparison of feature categories between sites affected and unaffected by vegetation removal 105 5.3 Contingency table of presence on sites of vegetation removal impacts and structures 5.4 Euro-American specific component types recorded in the field 5.5 General component types recorded in the field 5.6 Description and counts of components recorded as "other" 5.7 All nonportable features 5.8 Primary stone fabric types for structures 5.9 Primary stone fabric types for features 5.10 Primary stone construction techniques for structures 5.11 Primary stone construction techniques for features 5.12 Primary nonstone fabric types for structures 5.13 Primary nonstone fabric types for features 5.14 Primary nonstone construction techniques for structures 5.15 Primary nonstone construction techniques for features 5.16 Artifact scatters recorded in the field 5.17 Architectural categories and site types by component 5.18 Results of t-tests between number of artifact types at site types 5.19 Results of t-tests between logs of artifact density at site types 5.20 Nonstructural feature types at different site types 5.21 Cross-tabulation of site type and feature group 5.22 Site types through time 5.23 Structure types on seasonal sites 5.24 Artifact scatter types at seasonal sites 5.25 Artifact scatter types at special-use sites 5.26 Agricultural features by site type 5.27 Agricultural features by ceramic period 5.28 Kivas, measurable kiva sizes, and periods 5.29 Numbers of rooms and kivas through time 5.30 Kiva size, by period Chapter 6 6.1 Palmer Drought Severity Index values and dryness index6.2 Number of sites simulated for each period 6.3 Nearest-neighbor simulation results 6.4 Economic plant species and their potential uses 6.5 Area of plant productivity classes within and outside the 100-in buffer defined for habitation sites 6.6 Area of plant productivity classes within and outside the 100-in buffers defined for special-use sites 6.7 Area of plant productivity classes within and outside the 100-in buffers defined for seasonal sites 6.8 Analysis results summary, habitation sites and food resources 6.9 Observed frequencies, expected frequencies, and adjusted residuals for the localized food resource analysis for habitation sites 6.10 Analysis results summary, habitation sites and fuel resources 6.11 Observed frequencies, expected frequencies, and residuals for the localized fuel resource analysis for habitation sites 6.12 Analysis results summary, seasonal sites and food resources 6.13 Observed frequencies, expected frequencies, and residuals for the localized food resource analysis for seasonal sites 6.14 Analysis results summary, seasonal sites and fuel resources 6.15 Observed frequencies, expected frequencies, and residuals for the localized fuel resource analysis for seasonal sites 6.16 Analysis results summary, special-use sites and food resources 6.17 Observed frequencies, expected frequencies, and residuals for the localized food resource analysis for special-use sites 6.18 Analysis results summary, special-use sites and fuel resources 6.19 Observed frequencies, expected frequencies, and residuals for the localized fuel resource analysis for special-use sites Chapter 7 7.1 Habitation sites used in population estimates7.2 Pueblos used in population estimates 7.3 Size of the largest aggregate in each period Chapter 8 8.1 References for ceramic type descriptions by ware8.2 Total sherd frequencies for all ceramic types by vessel form 8.3 Shepard's (1936) findings regarding the source of manufacture for ceramics found at Forked Lightning Pueblo and Pecos Pueblo 8.4 Comparison of survey findings and Kidder's (1936) excavation data on trade ware ceramics found in the Pecos area 8.5 Total frequencies of sherds by vessel form 8.6 Comparison of sherd counts, weights, and estimated vessels by ware 8.7 Frequency of decorated and undecorated wares by time period 8.8 Frequency of utility ware types by time period 8.9 Frequencies of ceramic wares by site type 8.10 Frequencies of ceramic functional classes by time period 8.11 Frequencies of ceramic functional classes by site type 8.12 Mean vessel size in rim diameter by time period 8.13 Mean vessel size in rim diameter by site type 8.14 Mean rim diameter by ceramic type 8.15 Sites sampled for compositional analysis 8.16 Oxidized colors of the utility ware sherds by site 8.17 Oxidized colors of the white ware sherds by site 8.18 Oxidized colors of the clay samples from the Pecos area 8.19 Utility ware petrographic temper groups 8.20 Summary of utility ware temper groups by site 8.21 Utility ware petrographic paste groups 8.22 Summary of utility ware paste groups by site 8.23 Cross-tabulation of utility ware paste and temper groups 8.24 White ware petrographic temper groups 8.25 Summary of white ware temper groups by site 8.26 White ware petrographic paste groups 8.27 Summary of white ware paste groups by site 8.28 Cross-tabulation of white ware paste and temper groups 8.29 Corresponding petrographic paste groups between the utility ware and white ware ceramics Chapter 9 9.1 Distance to major raw material sources9.2 Flaked stone raw materials 9.3 Material types of debitage with cortex 9.4 Cortex amounts for debitage 9.5 Platform types of flaked stone 9.6 Debitage classes 9.7 Cross-tabulation of material type by debitage class 9.8 Debitage classes derived from post-field analysis 9.9 Thermal alteration for all flaked stone 9.10 Student's T-comparison of thermal alteration by thickness 9.11 Flaked stone use-wear 9.12 Student's T-comparison of item volume by edge damage 9.13 Technological types 9.14 Functional types 9.15 Projectile point classes 9.16 Tool classes derived from post-field analysis 9.17 Jemez Mountain obsidian sources 9.18 Energy Dispersive X-ray Fluorescence sources for tool types 9.19 Obsidian abundance and distance to source 9.20 ANOVA comparison of average percentage of high energy tools from site types from all time periods 9.21 ANOVA comparison of average percentage of high energy tools from Period 2 site types 9.22 ANOVA comparison of average percentage of high energy tools from Period 3 site types 9.23 ANOVA comparison of average percentage of low energy tools from Period 5 site types 9.24 ANOVA comparison of average percentage of Class 2 debitage from Period 5 site types 9.25 Faunal and lithic comparison of Pecos Pueblo, Rowe Pueblo, and Arroyo Hondo 9.26 Cross-tabulation of mano type by material type 9.27 Cross-tabulation of mano type by cross section 9.28 Number of ground surfaces by mano type 9.29 Cross-tabulation of mano type by condition 9.30 Average sizes for complete manos by mano type 9.31 Student's T-comparison of mano type by length 9.32 Student's T-comparison of mano type by width 9.33 Cross-tabulation of metate type by material type 9.34 Cross-tabulation of metate type by cross section, all sites 9.35 Cross-tabulation of nonflaked lithic type by material type 9.36 All other nonflaked lithic artifacts 9.37 Resampling comparison of mano cross section by time periods, observed distributions displayed Chapter 10 10.1 Euro-American components recorded in the field10.2 European vessel forms made with native ceramics 10.3 Site numbers and descriptions of historic era sites with Euro-American artifacts 10.4 Cultural periods (Pecos Unit only) from the Cultural Landscape Overview 10.5 Assemblages with Euro-American artifact dates 10.6 Euro-American sites confidently assigned to a cultural period, based on assemblage artifact dates 10.7 Euro-American sites by cultural period, based on artifact group dates 10.8 Euro-American sites by cultural period, based on documentary, feature, or association dates 10.9 Euro-American sites that could not be assigned to a cultural period 10.10 PECO 540: OAS artifact counts by functional categories and proveniences 10.11 PECO 270: OAS artifact counts by functional category 10.12 PECO 175: OAS artifact counts by functional categories and proveniences 10.13 PECO 541/10000: OAS artifact counts by functional categories 10.14 PECO 541: OAS artifact counts by functional categories
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