Field Work Projects
La Cueva Rock Shelter Excavation and Survey
August 2019
This year's ending of the excavation at La Cueva, Valle Vidal. Many TAS members participated and exciting discoveries were made. Price Heiner of NFS/Heritage Program was Team Leader and there are plans to continue
at this site next August. Wow! To have this as the office... yeah!
Rock shelter
Orienting north in level 5 Flakes and butchered bones [San Pedro Side-Notched] dart point | View from rock shelter
Getting some height. Price, Tim and Travis.
Screening for the smallest flakes Travis applies a delicate touch. |
Pot Creek Excavation
Dr Mike Adler of SMU-in-Taos explains the Pot Creek culture to members of the sherding group.
Llano Quemado Archaeology Site, Taos NM
This is a video of the Taos Archaeological Society excavation of the Llano Quemado Anasazi site conducted on private land during the summers of 1989, 1990, and 1991. Dating of the site was through successful ceramic style dating. View the video here:
Llano Quemado Archaeology Site, Taos NM
Results of Pollen and Starch Analysis of Samples
Taken from Chiflo Playa #1, Rio Grande Basin
Taos County, New Mexico
NMCRIS Activity Number: 142254
LA Number: 193273
Photo: Tim Viereck
Principle Investigators:
Dr Tom Dillehay, Vanderbilt University
Dorothy Wells, Taos Archaeological Society
Gary Grief, Taos Archaeological Society
Your TAS membership dues help pay for this project and enable you to access the full report.
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