A Geoarchaeological Investigation of Site Formation in the Animas River Valley at Aztec Ruins National Monument, NM Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title A Geoarchaeological Investigation of Site Formation in the Animas River Valley at Aztec Ruins National Monument, NM

Creator

  • Author: Caster, Joshua
    Creator Type: Personal

Contributor

  • Chair: Ferring, C. Reid
    Contributor Type: Personal
    Contributor Info: Major Professor
  • Committee Member: Hudak, Paul F.
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Committee Member: Hunter, Bruce
    Contributor Type: Personal

Publisher

  • Name: University of North Texas
    Place of Publication: Denton, Texas

Date

  • Creation: 2010-08

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: This paper presents an investigation of sedimentary deposition, soil formation, and pedoturbation in the Animas River Valley to determine the provenience of archaeological deposits in an open field at Aztec Ruins National Monument, NM outside of the Greathouse complex. Four stratigraphic pedounits correlated with active fan deposition have been proposed for the lower terrace in the project area with only one of these units retaining strong potential for buried archaeological deposits from the Anasazi late Pueblo II/Pueblo III period. The distal fan on the lower terrace and the Animas River floodplain appear to show poor potential for archaeological deposits either due to shallow sediment overburden with historic disturbance or alluvial activity during or after occupation. Based on these findings, four other zones of similar fan development have been identified throughout the Animas Valley and are recommended for subsurface testing during future cultural resource investigations.
  • Physical Description: viii, 125 p. : ill., maps

Subject

  • Keyword: Geoarchaeology
  • Keyword: site formation
  • Keyword: geophysics
  • Keyword: geomorphology
  • Keyword: alluvial sedimentology
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Archaeological geology -- New Mexico -- Aztec Ruins National Monument.
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Archaeological geology -- Animas River Watershed (Colo. and N.M.)
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Pueblo Indians -- New Mexico -- Antiquities.

Collection

  • Name: UNT Theses and Dissertations
    Code: UNTETD

Institution

  • Name: UNT Libraries
    Code: UNT

Rights

  • Rights Access: public
  • Rights License: copyright
  • Rights Holder: Caster, Joshua
  • Rights Statement: Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

Resource Type

  • Thesis or Dissertation

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • OCLC: 696417922
  • UNT Catalog No.: b3910438
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc30442

Degree

  • Degree Name: Master of Science
  • Degree Level: Master's
  • Degree Discipline: Applied Geography
  • Academic Department: Department of Geography
  • Degree Grantor: University of North Texas

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