North American Database of Archaeological Geophysics

Database Report:

Site Name: Cobble Pueblo Site; Site Number: LA 84429; County: _____; State: NM; Country: USA; Ownership: U.S. Air Force; Landform: Terrace, Colluvial Slope;

Date of Site: AD 900-1360; Period Type: Prehistoric; Culture: Anasazi; Site Type: Pueblo; Site Size: 4,125 m;

Survey Type: Magnetometry-Total Field;

Instrument: Geometrics G858 Cesium Magnetometer; Sampling Interval: 10 readings/second x 1 m; Prospecting Depth: 1-1.5 m; Area Surveyed: 375 sq m; Date of Survey: 24-Apr-1995 to 28-Apr-1995; Land Cover Type: Large Rocks and Thick Vegetation of Cactus, Shrubs, Trees, and Grasses; Ground Truthing: Yes;

Graphics/Imagery:

Magnetic image of survey grids at the Cobble Pueblo Site, from a cesium magnetometer;

A magnetic contour map and three-dimensional surface plot of grid surveyed at the Cobble Pueblo Site, from a cesium magnetometer;

Survey Type: Magnetic Gradiometry;

Instrument: Geoscan Research FM-36; Sampling Interval: 1 m; Prospecting Depth: 1-1.5 m; Area Surveyed: 375 sq m; Date of Survey: 24-Apr-1995 to 28-Apr-1995; Land Cover Type: Large Rocks and Thick Vegetation of Cactus, Shrubs, Trees, and Grasses; Ground Truthing: Yes;

Graphics/Imagery:

Magnetic image of survey grids at the Cobble Pueblo Site, from a fluxgate gradiometer;

A magnetic contour map and three-dimensional surface plot of grids at the Cobble Pueblo Site, from a fluxgate gradiometer;

 

Survey Type: Electrical Resistivity/Resistance;

Instrument: Geoscan Research RM-15, PA5 Multiprobe Array; Sampling Interval: 0.5 x 1 m; Prospecting Depth: 0.5 m; Area Surveyed: 375 sq m; Date of Survey: 24-Apr-1995 to 28-Apr-1995; Land Cover Type: Large Rocks and Thick Vegetation of Cactus, Shrubs, Trees, and Grasses; Ground Truthing: Yes;

Graphics/Imagery:

Resistivity image of survey grids at the Cobble Pueblo Site;

A resistivity contour map, including the placement of Test Unit 1, and a three-dimensional surface plot of the same area at the Cobble Pueblo Site;

Survey Type: Ground Penetrating Radar;

Instrument: GSSI System 2 SIR; Sampling Interval: 1-2 m; Prospecting Depth: 35-80 ns; Area Surveyed: 375 sq m; Date of Survey: 26-Apr-1995; Land Cover Type: Large Rocks and Thick Vegetation of Cactus, Shrubs, Trees, and Grasses; Ground Truthing: Yes;

Graphics/Imagery:

GPR profile (colorized) from a 300 MHz antenna;

 

Project Name: Cobble Pueblo Site (LA84429), NM;

Reference: Abbott, J.T., R.B. Roxlau, and W.B. Butler. (1997). Kirtland Air Force Base: Geophysical Studies. TRC Mariah Associates Inc., Albuquerque, New Mexico. Submitted to Kirtland Air Force Base and National Park Service, Denver, Colorado.

Survey by: William B. Butler and Steven DeVore, National Park Service, Colorado, and Timothy M. Deignan (GPR).

Survey for: Kirtland Air Force Base and U.S. National Park Service;

Report Location: U.S. National Park Service; Report Type: CRM Report;

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