The Artifact (Journal), Volume 31, Number 1 : Archaeology of the Cienega Mountains of Presidio County, Texas; Tentative Chronological Framework of Paleo-Indian and Archaic Projectile Points in Lincoln County, South-Central New Mexico, & Pictographs of Slaughter Canyon Cave, Carlsbad Caverns National Park, New Mexico

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Authors: Mallouf, Robert J. (Cienega Mountains), Wiseman, Regge N. (1947-2022) (Projectile Points), and Bilbo, Michael and Barbara (Pictographs)

Publisher: El Paso Archaeological Society

Pub Date: 1993

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Ex-library.  Stapled binding tight.  No tears, bends or folds.  Library donation sticker on lower rear cover edge.  No other library markings.   Light edge and corner wear.

Notes:  Journal.  Three essays.  The Mallouf essay on the Cienega Mountains is a discussion of a non-excavation archaeology field school which located “…66 prehistoric and historic archaeological sites along the western and southern flanks of the Cienega range.” (From the Abstract)  Rock art locations, rock shelters, stone quarries, stone workshops, open campsites, plant processing stations, ranching related camps, stock pens, related cultural features.  The Wiseman essay on projectile points is to make a record of the C.C. Pfingsten collection, collected from the 1920s to the 1980s.  Silhouette drawings of the points.    The Bilbo essay on pictographs in Slaughter Canyon Cave (formerly New Cave) identifies and documents nearly 50 Archaic style pictographs (illustrated).  “Additionally, the Slaughter Canyon Cave rock art may be one of the oldest examples of true cave art in the U.S.” (From the Abstract)  VERY RARE.  NO other copies available for sale.