Archaeological Survey of Maximum Pool and Navajo Excavations at Abiquiu Reservoir, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico (Photocopy)

Description

Author: Schaafsma, Curtis

Publisher: National Park Service

Pub Date: 1976

Binding: Paperback (cardboard report cover)

Condition: Fair.  Photocopy (all 286 pages).  Cardboard report cover has some wear along paper tape edges.  Upper front cover corner has an approx. 1″ bend.  Metal post binding tight, no rust.  No tears, folds.  Partial title and author’s last name written on “spine”, now fading.  Map in pocket at rear.  Photos are worthless as copied.

Notes: Photocopy.  Prior to expected record runoff in 1975, overfilling Abiquiu Reservoir above its maximum pool, the School of American Research conducted a survey of 2000 acres around the dam pool.  33 sites were located, four indicated habitations of 17th-century Navajos.  Prior to the survey, no sites had ever been located attributed to those early Navajos.  VERY RARE.  No other copies available for sale, and the physical book is held in only 2 libraries (microform in 3).