essay

Chronology

Excavation of Pintada rockshelter on McGregor firing range in New Mexico, by Richard S. MacNeish (12) • Published In 1998 • Pages: 33-168

By: MacNeish, Richard S., Wilner, Peggy.

Abstract
In this document MacNeish and Wilner describe and type the projectile points, nonhaftable bifaces, unifaces, ground and pecked stone (manos, metates, milling stones, mullers, paint palettes, hammerstones, and mortars, and a stone pipe and a ground obsidian shaped into a cruciform), bone and shell beads and ornaments, debitage, and ceramics - which seems to come from only two vessels. They also discuss the dating of the shelter.
Subjects
Weapons
General tools
Food preparation
Typologies and classifications
Lithic industries
Dating methods in archaeology
Chronologies and culture sequences
tradition
Middle-Late Desert Archaic
HRAF PubDate
2010
Region
North America
Sub Region
Southwest and Basin
Document Type
essay
Evaluation
Creator Type
Archaeologist
Document Rating
4: Excellent Secondary Data
5: Excellent Primary Data
Analyst
Sarah Berry; 2010
Field Date
1990-1993
Coverage Date
8000–900 BP (6000 BC–AD 1100)
Coverage Place
Pintada Rockshelter, New Mexico, United States
Notes
R. S. MacNeish and Peggy Wilner
For bibliographical references see document 1: MacNeish
LCSH
Indians of North America--Antiquities