From Folsom to Fogelson: The Cultural Resources Inventory Survey of Pecos National Historical Park, Volumes I and II
Head GN and Orcutt JD (ed). 2002. From Folsom to Fogelson: The Cultural Resources Inventory Survey of Pecos National Historical Park, Volumes I and II. Intermountain Cultural Resource Management Professional Papers. 66. National Park Service - Intermountain Region, Cultural Resources Management. Washington, DC
The people of Pecos situated their pueblo not only so they could see, but also so they could be seen. Even as a grassy mound, Pecos Pueblo is visible from almost every part of the Upper Pecos Valley and from the rim of Glorieta Mesa. The cultural resources at Pecos National Historical Park, both archaeological and historical. The survey includes the original state and national monuments as well as the newly acquired lands surrounding them. The detached park units protecting the Glorieta Battlefields are not included in this survey. Our objective is to provide information not only on the pueblo of Pecos, but also on the villages that preceded it. We also describe the Spanish, Mexican, and American occupations that followed. Pecos Pueblo no longer stands as a solitary archaeological monument, isolated in space and time. Its environs, its progenitors, and its heirs are reported upon here. Nevertheless, the analyses in this report focus on the prehistoric puebloan era, roughly A.D. 1200 to 1600, until recent times the interval of most intense occupation in the Upper Pecos Valley. Our analyses not only provide thorough descriptions of the major sites and trends in the prehistory of the valley, but also attempt to employ innovative methods for interpreting the data. The ceramic chronology applies techniques previously used with historic ceramics and radiocarbon dates to create a replicable and explicit means for ordering prehistoric sites temporally and to determine their length of use. The chapter on settlement investigates factors that may have influenced decisions on where to place sites relative to both the physical and social landscapes. The chapter on lithics presents the first systematic consideration of lithic technology in the Upper Pecos Valley. In addition to chronological analysis of the historic sites in the park, the chapter on Euro-American sites and artifacts offers descriptions of several Hispanic homesteads or ranchos found along the banks of the Pecos River. These sites are of a time period and realm little researched by archeologists—the Territorial and early statehood eras during which New Mexico and the Southwest were incorporated into the wider commercial and cultural world. The intent of this report is to provide professional scholars—archeologists and historians—as well as interested lay readers with a better understanding of the trends and processes that shaped Pecos. The story of Pecos has been retold countless times. We hope these volumes provide the impetus for many new stories.
- Type
- Published Report
- Date of Issue
- 2002
- Publisher
- National Park Service - Intermountain Region, Cultural Resources Management
- Units
- HIST , PECO
- Keywords
- A.V. Kidder, Agriculture, Archeology, assemblage, Census records, Ceramic Chronology, Climate, Climate, Community development, Cultural Landscape, Cultural resources inventory, Data Processing and Management, Dating, Demography, ehistory, Euro-American Sites, exchange, Flaked Stone Assemblage, flora and fauna, Geology, Historic Period Investigations, History, homestead, Isolated Occurrences, lithics, Palmer Drought Severity Index, Pecos Archeology, Pecos Pueblo, Productivity, Santa Fe Trail, Settlement, Site Documentation, Site Types, Site Typology and Architecture, social change, Social Influences, Social Integration, Soils, Spatial Analysis Methods, State Monument, Subsistence, Survey, survey methodology, The Environment, Topography, Trail and Road Segments, typology, Upper Pecos Valley Culture History