Final archeological investigation of six remediation sites in Bandelier National Monument, New Mexico
Powers RP. 1994. Final archeological investigation of six remediation sites in Bandelier National Monument, New Mexico. Branch of Cultural Resources Management park papers; BAND-02. NPS, Southwest Regional Office, Division of Anthropology, Branch of Cultural Resources Management. Santa Fe, NM
Remediation studies of potentially hazardous waste and debris at six locations (four borrow pits, a landfill, and a historic dump) within Bandelier National Monument are proposed by Los Alamos National laboratory (lANL). The studies will include physical and geochemical characterization, radiological survey, soil sampling, and possibly, removal of hazardous or waste materials. Waste and debris were deposited when the areas were under Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) administration, although the materials appear to be the result of State Highway Department, National Park Service (NPS) and AEC activities. To aid evaluation of deep waste and debris deposits at the landfill site, a backhoe trench traversing the northwest to southeast axis of the deposit is proposed. In compliance with the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (as amended) and Executive . Order 11593, archeological inventory survey was conducted by Robert Powers and Genevieve Head of the Division of Anthropology of NPS on May 18th and 19th and on May 23rd and 24th, 1994, to determine if archeological sites were present within the proposed remediation areas. Two sites, an Anasazi sherd and lithic scatter (Bandelier Field [BF]# 90062), dating to the late 1400's, and a Historic dump site {SF 90060) containing historic artifacts dating to the 1920s to early 1940s were identified and recorded within the proposed project areas.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Powers, Robert
- Date of Issue
- 1994
- Publisher
- NPS, Southwest Regional Office, Division of Anthropology, Branch of Cultural Resources Management
- Units
- BAND
- Keywords
- Anthropogenic impacts, Archeological Sites, Burnt Mesa-Bandelier National Monument (N.M.), CRBIB, Frijoles Mesa-Bandelier National Monument (N.M.), Hazardous Waste, Soil Surveys