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Table 9.2. Archaic components and isolates.

Site No.      Survey Area      Culture      Component Type      Component Area (m2)      Feature Type and Frequencya      Topography      Vegetation      Soil Type      Diagnostic Artifacts            Oshara Phase      Comments            
29SJ 2430 (C) Kin Klizhin Archaic Hearth 750 slab/FCR scatter
lithic scatter
bottom-dune scrub grassland aeolian basin metate unknown 6 sherds also present
 
29SJ 2498 (C) Kin Klizhin Archaic Baking pits 1,350 baking pit
FCR scatter
mesa-arroyo/
wash
scrub grassland aeolian/
alluvial
None. Flaked stone reduction thought to be characteristic of early assemblage unknown 2 separate lithic scatters surround features.
 
29SJ 2499 (C) Kin Klizhin Archaic Hearths 1,350 hearth
cist
bottom-dune scrub grassland aeolian None. Thought Archaic by recorders. unknown Features are part of lithic scatter.
 
29SJ 2500 (C) Kin Klizhin Archaic Lithic scatter 900 slab/FCR scatter bottom-dune scrub grassland aeolian 1-hand mano; unlike adjacent Archaic scatters no utilized, and few primary flakes. unknown Possible cist not coded in settlement data base.
 
29SJ 2516 (C) Kin Klizhin Archaic Lithic scatter 6,300 slab/FCR scatters (2) plain-dune scrub grassland aeolian Biface manufacture. unknown 2 sherds present from adjacent site. 1 slab metate fragment.
 
29SJ 2466(I) Kin Klizhin Archaic - - - plain-dune/
blowout
scrub grassland aeolian/
alluvial
Armijo point Armijo Mixed with Anasazi lithic scatter; only point is clearly Archaic
 
I.O. 1 (I) Kin Klizhin Archaic? - - - - - - unidentified Archaic point base unknown
 
I.O. 5 (I) Kin Klizhin Archaic - - - - - - Jay point base Jay
 
29SJ 1606 (C) Chacra Mesa Archaic Lithic scatter 10,150 slab/FCR scatters (3) mesa-bench/
slickrock vdune/
blowout
woodland/
dunes
aeolian/
bedrock
Mid-Archaic point collected by Hayes inventory. Mid-Archaic Recorded by Hayes inventory as possible Archaic
 
29SJ 2872 (C) Chacra Mesa Archaic Lithic scatter 11,500 slab/FCR scatter mesa/other grassland aeolian/
residual
2 Armijo projectile points, 1 En Medio point. Armijo/En Medio
 
29Mc 180 (C) Chacra Mesa Archaic Hearth 180 slab/FCR scatters (2) mesa-dune pinyon/
juniper woodland
aeolian/
bedrock
Basin metate with 1-hand mano unknown 2 FCR areas probably contain hearths; surrounded by lithic scatter
 
28Mc 482 (C) Chacra Mesa Archaic Baking pits 8,000 baking pits (5)
cists (2)
lithic scatters (2)
mesa-dune/
blowout
dunes aeolian/
residual
Armijo projectile point tip; En Medio point Armijo/
En Medio
 
29SJ 2842(I) Chacra Mesa Archaic - - - mesa-cliff edge/
dune bench/slickrock
juniper/
scrub/
dune grassland
aeolian/
residual/
bedrock
Bajada projectile point Bajada Isolated point mis-attributed to 29SJ 2742 in lithic data base.
 
29SJ 2843(I) Chacra Mesa Archaic - - - mesa-dune/
blowout
pinyon/
juniper woodland/
scrub grassland/ dune
aeolian/
residual
Mid-archaic (San Jose) base Mid-Archaic
 
29SJ 2846(I) Chacra Mesa Archaic - - - mesa-dune/
blowout
pinyon/
juniper woodland/
scrub grassland/ dune
aeolian/residual San Jose projectile point San Jose
 
29SJ 2847(I) Chacra Mesa Archaic - - - mesa-dune/
blowout cliff edge
juniper grassland/
scrub grassland/ dune
aeolian/
residual/
bedrock
Mid-archaic projectile point Bajada/
San Jose
 
29SJ 2861(I) Chacra Mesa Archaic - - - mesa-dune/
blowout
juniper grassland/
scrub grassland/dune
aeolian/
residual
Mid-archaic projectile point Bajada/
San Jose
 
29SJ 2890(I) Chacra Mesa Archaic - - - mesa-bench/
slickrock dune/
blowout
pinyon/
juniper woodland/
dunes
aeolian/
colluvial/
bedrock
possible late Archaic projectile point En Medio(?)
 
29Mc 407(I) Chacra Mesa Archaic - - - mesa-dune/
blowout
juniper grassland alluvial En Medio(?) projectile point fragment En Medio(?)
 
29Mc 412(I) Chacra Mesa Archaic - - - mesa-dune/
blowout
dunes aeolian/
residual
late Archaic point fragment late Armijo/early En Medio
 
29Mc 465(I) Chacra Mesa Archaic - - - mesa-dune/
blowout
juniper/
scrub grassland
aeolian/
residual/
bedrock
Bajada projectile point Bajada
C indicates an Archaic component at a site.
I indicates an Archaic artifact at a site or as an isolate.

athe number of features represented is one unless otherwise indicated in parenthesis