Phase III Archaeological Investigations: Final Data Recovery at Site NM-H-38-166 (LA 107517) Along Navajo Route 5/5080, Burnham to SR 371 and Burnham Chapter Access Road, San Juan County, New Mexico

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Author: Dello-Russo, Robert D.

Publisher: Bureau of Indian Affairs

Pub Date: 1998

Binding: Paperback (comb binding)

Condition: Fair.  Comb binding tight.  No missing or broken teeth.  No bends, folds.  Incised front cover opening torn at recto edge (now taped).  Previous owner’s name hand-written on inside front cover, and stamped on title page.  Light edge and corner wear.

Notes:  Archaeological work conducted prior to the improvement of two existing roads on the Navajo Reservation.  “From the data recovered at site NM-H-38-166 (LA 107517), it appears that the site is comprised of a minimum of four different temporal components: A late Bajada phase (Early Archaic period) occupation dated at  5240± 140 BP: a San Jose phase (Middle Archaic period) occupation dated at 4520± 100 BP, 4500±BP, and 4430± 40 BP; and Armijo phase (Late Archaic period) occupation dated at 2850± 50 BP; and an En Medio phase (Late Archaic period) occupation dated at 1730± 40 BP.”  (From the Abstract)  Short-term task-specific occupation of a camp.