essay
Archaeological field techniques and stratigraphy
Excavation of Pintada rockshelter on McGregor firing range in New Mexico, by Richard S. MacNeish • (12) • Published In 1998 • Pages: 13-31
By: MacNeish, Richard S..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
MacNeish describes the field techniques used in excavating at Pintada Rockshelter, why they located the excavation units where they did, and how records were kept. The stratigraphy is also described.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Recording and collecting in the field
- Archaeological excavation methods
- Cultural stratigraphy
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Middle-Late Desert Archaic
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2010
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southwest and Basin
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Sarah Berry; 2010
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1990-1993
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 8000–1050 BP (6000 BC–AD 950)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Pintada Rockshelter, New Mexico, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- R. S. MacNeish
- For bibliographical references see document 1: MacNeish
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Indians of North America--Antiquities