Sitio Creston (La 4939), a Stone Enclosure Site Near Las Vegas, New Mexico
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9217081 |
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| Authors | Regge N Wiseman (Wiseman Museum of New Mexico Santa Fe, New Mexico, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1975 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 68 |
| Pages | 81-104 |
| Publication date | 1975-05-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Plains Anthropologist (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0032-0447 • E-ISSN: 2052-546X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/2052546.1975.11908731 |
| OpenAlex | W1420272790 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 3 |
Recent work by the Museum of New Mexico resulted in the excavation of eight stone enclosures similar to those investigated by E. B. Renaud (1942), R. G. Campbell (1969), and others in southeastern Colorado and northeastern New Mexico. The site, tentatively dated within the span A.D. 1000-1150, is assigned to the Early Panhandle period defined by Campbell (1969). There is a general likeness of the ceramics to Taos Plain and Taos Incised. Projectile points consist almost entirely of a corner-notched form called Scallorn Points elsewhere. From all indications, the occupation, probably by an estimated 40 to 45 individuals, was short, with staggered abandonment. The evidence, though not conclusive, points to a hunting and gathering economy with the site serving as a base camp for a number of diversified activities. Detailed examination of the lithic remains resulted in the postulation of a projectile point production sequence which, at least in part, casts doubt on the validity of Fresno, Young and similar points as projectile points
Archaeology · Art · Culture of the United States · Excavation · Geography · Period (music) · Projectile point · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Archaeology and Natural History · Geology · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
| Highly cited | No |
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