Archaeological Survey and Testing for Proposed Hatch Dam and Flood Pool Construction, Doña Ana County, New Mexico PDF Download

Author: Alexander Kurota
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Category : Archaeological surveying
Languages : en
Pages : 92

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This report presents the results of an archeological survey the University of New Mexico's Office of Contract Archeology (OCA/UNM) within the town limits of Hatch, New Mexico. The project was conducted at the request of Mr. Jorge R. Colberg of the United States Army Corps of Engineers office in Albuquerque to perform a Class III survey of roughly 70 acres of land proposed for a flood control dam construction with a resulting flood pool in Hatch, Dona Ana county, New Mexico. The planned project involves building an earthen dam whose outlet will feed into the existing Colorado Spur Drain. In addition, the project will also involve the removal of an existing spoil bank levee along an arroyo that will feed into the pool. The survey area, therefore, included the proposed flood control dam and the resulting flood-pool. The project area is a state-owned parcel located in the northwestern quarter of Section 16, Township 19 South, Range 3 West, of Hatch USGS 7.5' quadrangle (1959). OCA archeologists performed the fieldwork between April 24 and 28, 2006. Four new sites, two previously documented canals and nine isolated occurrences were documented during this undertaking. Two sites were also tested for buried cultural deposits. The results of the fieldwork suggest that none of the four new sites are eligible for the inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). However, the northern part of the proposed construction intersects with the Colorado Spur Drain (LA 120284) and Rodey Lateral (LA 120285), which already have been determined as eligible for the NRHP under criterion "a".