The 1939-1940 excavation project at Quarai Pueblo and mission buildings
Hurt WR. 1990. The 1939-1940 excavation project at Quarai Pueblo and mission buildings. National Park Service, Southwest Cultural Resources Center
This report describes the long-term excavation and stabilization project at the main Quarai Churches. As one phase of a long-term excavation and stabilization project at the main Quarai Churches, Convento and Pueblo the Museum of New Mexico and the Works Projects Administration undertook in 1939-1940 the work described in this report. The major objectives of the 1939-1940 Project were to finish uncovering the convento and to stabilize the walls of this structure and the main church, to outline the outside walls of the Pueblo in the sections nearest the main church and to stabilize these walls, to landscape the area by planting trees and building pathways, and to construct a visitors center and parking area on the west side of the monument property.