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Faunal and Shell Analysis – The Cañada Alamosa Project
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Faunal and Shell Analysis. Tools of the Archaeologist. Analysis of bone from the Cañada Alamosa sites has yielded the usual pattern of mule deer and rabbits but has also supported growing evidence that bison roamed the nearby Plains of San Agustin until late in the pueblo period. Next: Flotation and Pollen Analysis. Farming & Survival. Pinnacle Ruin Glaze Phase. Tools of the Archaeologist. Archeomagnetic and Radiocarbon Dating. Carbon Isotope Extraction from Soils. Faunal and Shell Analysis.
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Neutron Activation Analysis – The Cañada Alamosa Project
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Tools of the Archaeologist. The astonishing conclusion from the NAA data is that the pithouse and pueblo dwellers in the Cañada Alamosa were not producing their own painted pottery. Instead the painted ceramics were imported from a variety of outside production areas that shifted geographically over the 800 years of occupation. Pottery was imported to the Cañada Alamosa from production areas located outside of the canyon. Next: Obsidian Sourcing Studies. Farming & Survival. Pinnacle Ruin Glaze Phase.
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Victorio Site – The Cañada Alamosa Project
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Mimbres and Socorro Populations Build a Community: The Victorio Site. As the Victorio Site grew, the site layout also became similar to sites found in the Zuni area. The last room blocks built on the Victorio Site date to the latter half of the 1200s. By A.D. 1260, the Victorio Site was the largest aggregated pueblo community for miles around and was located on the extreme southeastern edge of Tularosa Phase site distribution. Upright stones set into adobe to support walls of cobble and adobe.
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Pinnacle Ruin Glaze Phase – The Cañada Alamosa Project
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Pinnacle Ruin Glaze Phase. Evidence of Two Occupations at Pinnacle Ruin. The final occupation at the Pinnacle Ruin is characterized by the early Zuni and Rio Grande Glaze Ware traditions. The Glaze Ware occupation at Pinnacle Ruin and two sites near the Ojo Caliente appear to be the last pueblo occupation in the Cañada Alamosa. These sites were abandoned around A.D. 1400. The sites discussed in this website are on private land and there is no public access. Pinnacle Ruin Glaze Phase Pottery.
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Archeomagnetic and Radiocarbon Dating – The Cañada Alamosa Project
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Archeomagnetic and Radiocarbon Dating. Tools of the Archaeologist. Over 40 samples of charred corn have been submitted to establish the Cañada Alamosa chronology. The resulting dates begin with the introduction of corn 4000 years B.P. (before present) and then trace a continuum of activity in the canyon from 2500 years ago to A.D. 1400. Multiple radiocarbon dates from the four sites point to the contemporaneity of very different pueblo populations. Next: Carbon Isotope Extraction from Soils. Carbon Isoto...
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Projectile Point Sequence – The Cañada Alamosa Project
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Tools of the Archaeologist. 5500 B.C. – 3200 B.C. 2000 B.C. – A.D. 1. AD 1 – A.D. 600. AD 600 – A.D. 750. AD 750 – A.D. 900. AD 900 – A.D. 1000. AD 1000 – A.D. 1200. AD 1240 – A.D. 1300. AD 1325 – A.D. 1350. Next: Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (SIMS). Farming & Survival. Pinnacle Ruin Glaze Phase. Tools of the Archaeologist. Archeomagnetic and Radiocarbon Dating. Carbon Isotope Extraction from Soils. Faunal and Shell Analysis. Flotation and Pollen Analysis. Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (SIMS).
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Pinnacle Ruin – The Cañada Alamosa Project
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The Second Wave of Migrants: The Pinnacle Ruin. In the mid-1200s, a new Pueblo group arrived in the canyon. Thought to be from the San Juan Culture Area (Four Corners/Mesa Verde region), these migrants laboriously constructed a defensive site, now called the Pinnacle Ruin, on a rocky outcrop about a half mile north of the Victorio Site. The walls were made of shaped slabs in the northern tradition. The sites discussed in this website are on private land and there is no public access. Feature 6, a terrace...
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Obsidian Sourcing Studies – The Cañada Alamosa Project
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Tools of the Archaeologist. Location of Obsidian Source Regions. Next: Projectile Point Sequence. Farming & Survival. Pinnacle Ruin Glaze Phase. Tools of the Archaeologist. Archeomagnetic and Radiocarbon Dating. Carbon Isotope Extraction from Soils. Faunal and Shell Analysis. Flotation and Pollen Analysis. Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (SIMS).
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Apache – The Cañada Alamosa Project
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With its reliable source of water and other natural resources, the Cañada Alamosa drainage was the traditional homeland of the Tchene. Late in the 1860s, Victorio and his band of Warm Springs Apache were living on an unofficial reservation at the Cañada Alamosa and developed a working relationship with the people of Cañada Alamosa. The Southern Apache Reservation was approved by President Grant in 1874. Pin flags mark the location of metal artifacts. Metal Projectiles and metal pieces. Spent cartridges i...
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Euro-American – The Cañada Alamosa Project
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A second wave of settlers came to the Rio Alamosa beginning in the 1870s. Settling on homesteads throughout the area and especially above the Monticello Box at the head of the Rio Alamosa, these settlers, mostly Anglo, started small ranches. Many of their descendents still live there today. Mining activity increased after 1880 and although little wealth was extracted, artifacts and structures related to mining can be found throughout the area. Stories of the Alamosa. Clay and Anna Lee Henderson. Archeoma...