essay
Organic residues on ancient lithic artifacts from the Las Cruces area of New Mexico
preliminary investigations of the archaic in the region of las cruces, new mexico • (9) • Published In 1993 • Pages: 123-129
By: Downs, Elinor F..
Abstract
Downs examined the organic residues on lithic artifacts from several sites in the Jornada region to try to determine the nature and significance of the residues. The residues were determined to be from fresh noncultural vegetal matter and a few tools also showed sotol and yucca. No blood residues were found, probably due to the age of the artifacts.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2010
- Region
- North America
- Sub Region
- Southwest and Basin
- Document Type
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- Analyst
- Sarah Berry; 2010
- Field Date
- no date
- Coverage Date
- Archaic
- Coverage Place
- Jornada region, southern New Mexico, United States
- Notes
- Elinor F. Downs
- 'Publication of this report was supported by funding from the Legacy Resource Management Program of the Department of Defense'
- For bibliographical references see document 7: MacNeish
- LCSH
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Antiquities
- Indians of Mexico--Mexico--Chihuahua--Antiquities
- Chihuahua (Mexico : State)--Antiquities
- New Mexico--Antiquities