The Lucy Site in Central New Mexico

William B. Roosa

doi:10.2307/277207

The Lucy Site in Central New Mexico

American Antiquity ◽

10.2307/277207 ◽

1956 ◽

Vol 21 (3) ◽

pp. 310-310

Author(s):

William B. Roosa

Keyword(s):

New Mexico ◽

Field Work ◽

Projectile Points ◽

University Of New Mexico ◽

The University

The Lucy site in the Estancia Valley of central New Mexico promises to be an important locality for Early Man. Excavations were conducted there in the summer of 1954 as part of the University of New Mexico Field Sessions, directed by Frank C. Hibben. Much of the field work was done by Thomas B. Hughes and William B. Roosa, who acted as foreman. Other students who worked at the site are Erica Child, George Hopkins, Charles McNutt, Stewart Peckham, Octavio Romano, Russell Schorsch, and Gretchen Steiner.The Lucy site was discovered by K. W. (Sambo) Kendall of Willard. It consists of a series of sand blowout areas south of Lucy. The site is in the head of a broad valley well above the shoreline of Pleistocene Lake Estanc'a and appears to have been a series of former ponds or springs. The Estancia Valley, especially around Willard, has a great many blowouts which contain early types of projectile points.

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A Pit House of the Gallina Phase

American Antiquity ◽

10.2307/276828 ◽

1956 ◽

Vol 22 (2Part1) ◽

pp. 188-193 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Roger C. Green

Keyword(s):

New Mexico ◽

Field Work ◽

North Central ◽

University Of New Mexico ◽

The University ◽

House Site

As part of the Gallina project in north central New Mexico, which has been carried on by the University of New Mexico since 1934 under the direction of Frank C. Hibben, a pit house site was excavated in the summer of 1950. Excavations were accomplished with the able assistance of Emily Gray and 4 local workmen. The author was in charge of the field work. This site was selected because the pit house had been the least investigated of Gallina architectural types, and also because it was in the as yet unworked southwestern periphery of the Gallina complex. Furthermore, surface indications showed this particular site to be a Gallina pit house of unusual size.

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Excavations in Cave Valley, Chihuahua, Mexico

American Antiquity ◽

10.2307/276921 ◽

1953 ◽

Vol 19 (2) ◽

pp. 166-169 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Robert H. Lister

Keyword(s):

World War Ii ◽

New Mexico ◽

Field Work ◽

Small Scale ◽

Central Mexico ◽

Northwestern Part ◽

University Of New Mexico ◽

Existing Problems ◽

The University ◽

Number Of Individuals

Archaeological research in Chihuahua, Mexico, is something that has been talked about a great deal recently, but little in the way of field work has been accomplished. During the 1930's there was a spurt in archaeological activities in that area which saw a number of individuals conducting surveys and small scale excavations mainly in the northwestern part of the state. Reports on much of this work, and upon field work accomplished earlier, appeared in this same period. But since that time very little has been accomplished. As more knowledge of the prehistory of southern New Mexico, southeastern Arizona, and central Mexico became available, attention was focused on north central Mexico, including Chihuahua, as a key area in which might be found answers to many existing problems, especially those dealing with Southwestern-Mexican connections. In the period since World War II, J. Charles Kelley has reported upon work in southern Chihuahua in the Rio Conchos drainage, and the University of New Mexico conducted investigations in the Bolson de Mapimi in southwestern Chihuahua. The latter work, however, is unreported.

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