1939-1940 Excavation Project at Quarai Pueblo and Mission Buildings Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument, New Mexico
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SOUTHWEST REGIONAL OFFICE OPOLOGY DIVISION OF HISTORY I 29.116:29 The 1939-1940 Excavation Pr. i..L- 1707-17^ EXCAVATION PROJECT AT QUARAI PUEBLO AND MISSION BUILDING Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument, New Mexico PUP' IC DOCUMENTS Clemson University DF JiM ITEM 3 1604 019 699 729 OCT 2 3 1990 CLEIMISON «•»•• *« 4P&* ;^*5il WESLEY R. HURT National Park Service Southwest Cultural Resources Center Professional Paper No. 29 Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2012 with funding from LYRASIS Members and Sloan Foundation http://www.archive.org/details/19391940excavati00hurt THE 1939-1940 EXCAVATION PROJECT AT QUARAI PUEBLO AND MISSION BUILDINGS SALINAS PUEBLO MISSIONS NATIONAL MONUMENT, NEW MEXICO PUBLIC DOCUMENTS DEPOSITORY ITEM OCT 2 3 1990 CLEMSON Wesley R. Hurt LIBRARY. 1990 Division of History Division of Anthropology National Park Service Santa Fe, New Mexico Southwest Cultural Resources Center Professional Papers Number 29 PUBLISHED REPORTS OF THE SOUTHWEST CULTURAL RESOURCES CENTER 1. Larry Murphy. James Baker, David Buller, James Delgado, Rodger Kelly. Daniel Lenihan, David McCulloch, David Pugh; Diana Skiles; Brigid Sullivan. Submerged Cultural Resources Survey: Portions of Point Reyes National Seashore and Point Reyes- Farallon Islands National Marine Sanctuary . Submerged Cultural Resources Unit. 1984. 2. Toni Carrell. Submerged Cultural Resources Inventory: Portions of Point Reyes National Seashore and Point Reyes- Farallon Islands National Marine Sanctuary . Submerged Cultural Resources Unit, 1984. 3. Edwin C. Bearss. Resources Study: Lyndon B. Johnson and the Hill Country, 1937-1963 . Division of Conservation, 1984. 4. Edwin C. Bearss. Historic Structures Report: Texas White House . Division of Conservation, 1986. 5. Barbara Holmes. Historic Resource Study of the Barataria Unit of Jean Lafitte National Historical Park . Division of History, 1986. 6. Steven M. Burke and Marlys Bush-Thurber. Southwest Region Headquarters Building. Santa Fe. New Mexico: A Historic Structure Report . Division of Conservation, 1985. 7. Toni Carrell. Submerged Cultural Resources Site Report: Noquebay. Apostle Islands National Lakeshore . Submerged Cultural Resources Unit, 1985. 8. Daniel J. Lenihan, Tony Carrell, Thorn Holden, C. Patrick Labadie, Larry Murphy, Ken Vrana. Submerged Cultural Resources Study: Isle Royale National Park . Submerged Cultural Resources Unit. 1987. 9. J. Richard Ambler. Archeological Assessment: Navajo National Monument . Division of Anthropology, 1985. 10. John S. Speaker. Joanna Chase, Carol Poplin. Herschel Franks. R. Christopher Goodwin. Archeological Assessment: Barataria Unit. Jean Lafitte National Historical Park . Division of Anthropology. 1986. 11. James E. Ivey. Marlys Bush-Thurber. James T. Escobedo. Jr.. Tom Ireland. The Missions of San Antonio: A Historic Structures Report and Administrative History . Divisions of Conservation and History, 1987. 12 Roger E. Coleman. The Arkansas Post Story . Division of History. 1987. 13. Toni Carrell, James E. Bradford. W.L. Rusho. Submerged Cultural Resources Site Report: Charles H. Spencer Mining Operation and Paddle Wheel Steamboat. Glen Canyon National Recreation Area . Submerged Cultural Resources Unit, 1987. 14. Hal Rothman. The Bandelier National Monument: An Administrative History . Division of History. 1988. 15. James E. Ivey. In the Midst of a Loneliness . Division of History, 1988. 16. Richard W. Sellars and Melody Webb. An Interview with Robert M. Utley on the History of Historic Preservation in the National Park Service: 1947-1980 . Santa Fe. 1988. 17. Laura S. Harrison and Beverley Spears. Historic Structures Report. Chinle Trading Post. Thunderbird Ranch and Custodian's Residence . Division of History, 1988. 18. James P. Delgado and Stephen A. Haller. A Golden Gate National Recreation Area. Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary and Point Reyes National Seashore . 1989 19. Judith K. Fabry. Guadalupe Mountains National Park: An Administrative History . Division of History, 1988. 20. J. Peter McKenna and Scott E. Travis. Archeological Investigations at Thunderbird Lodge . Division of Anthropology, 1989. 21. Peter J. McKenna and James E. Bradford. The TJ Ruin. Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument. New Mexico , Division of Anthropology, 1989. PUBLISHED REPORTS OF THE SOUTHWEST CULTURAL RESOURCES CENTER 22. C. Patrick Labadie. Pictured Rocks National Lakcshore. Submerged Cultural Resources Unit, 1989. 23. Daniel J. Lenihan. USS Arizona Memorial and Pearl Harbor National Historic Landmark . Submerged Cultural Resources Unit, 1989. 24. Robert H. and Florence P. Lister. Aztec Ruins National Monument Administrative History . 1990. 25. Jill-Karen Yakubik. Archeological Investigations of Six Spanish Colonial Period Sites: Barataria Unit. Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve. Division of Anthropology. 1989. 26. Herschel A. Franks and Jill- Karen Yakubik. Archaeological Survey on 65 Acres of Land Adjacent to Bayou des Families : Barataria Unit, Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve. Division of Anthropology, 1989. 27. Walter K. Wait and Peter J. McKenna. Quarai Parking Lot Rehabilitation Archeological Testing Program: Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument, New Mexico. Division of Anthropology. 1990 28. Diane Traylor, Lindi Hubbell. Nancy Wood, and Barbara Fiedler. The 1977 La Mesa Fire Study: An Investigation of Fire and Fire Suppression Impact on Cultural Resources in Bandelier National Monument. Division of Anthropology. 1990. 29. Wesley R. Hurt. The 1939-1940 Excavation Project at Quarai Pueblo and Mission Buildings . Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument. Division of Anthropology, Division of History, 1990. QUARAI EXCAVATIONS 1939-1940 PREFACE The site of Quarai Pueblo has seen a great deal of archeological work over the past one hundred years, yet curiously, little has been published. In order to remedy this situation, The National Park Service contracted with Dr. Wesley Hurt, principle investigator of the 1939-1940 excavations at the site, to dust off his already historical notes in 1985. If Dr. Hurt could have foreseen that it would take fifty years to write up the results of his excavations at the Quarai pueblo and mission, he may never have started work. It may, in fact, be an un-beatable record. The National Park Service is proud to be able to present this volume to Dr. Hurt on the fiftieth anniversery of the WPA sponsored excavations and hopes that it will take its well deserved place among the classics of early Southwestern archeological literature. John Cook Regional Director National park Service Southwest Region QUARAI EXCAVATIONS 1939-1940 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This publication is the result of the encouragment and aid that I received from Thomas B. Carroll, past superintendent of the Salinas National Monument, Mountainair, New Mexico. I am also indebted to the following members of the National Park Service for their comments and proof reading the manuscript: Glenn M. Fulfer, James M. Rancier, Sue F. Schofield, Joseph J. Trott, and James E. Ivey. Appreciation is due the Laboratory of Anthropology, Santa Fe, for the use of the facilities and for permitting the examination of the collections from Quarai. I thank the staff members, Stewart L. Peckham and Regge Wiseman for helping me update the pottery from Quarai. Other individuals who were most helpful in writing the final report were Stuart J. Baldwin, Alden C. Hayes, K. P. Medlin, A. Helene Warren and John P. Wilson. Finally, I acknowledge the patience of Mary Hurt in proof reading the final manuscript and helping me interpret the 45 year old notes that formed the basis of this report. 11 QUARAI EXCAVATIONS 1939-40 TABLE OF CONTENTS page INTRODUCTION 1 Physical setting 1 A Brief History of Quarai 2 The Archaeological and Stabilization Projects at Quarai 5 Goals and Objectives of the 1939-1940 Project 8 The 1939-1940 EXCAVATIONS IN THE AREA OF THE CONVENTO 10 Introduction 10 The West Convento Section 10 The Northeast Convento Section 11 Room 25 12 Room 39 12 Room 33 13 Rooms 23, 32, 34, 35, and Areas 37 and 40 13 Covered stone-lined drain 13 The Southeast Convento Section 14 Period 1 Construction 14 Period 2 Construction 14 Period 3 Construction 15 Period 4 Construction 15 Description of the Rooms 16 Room 36 16 Area 22 17 Room 49 19 Room 50 19 Room 51 19 Room 48 (Area 48) 20 Room 41 21 Room 42 22 Room 43 22 Room 53 23 Room 54 25 Room 52 (Area 52) 26 THE 1939 EXCAVATIONS IN THE QUARAI PUEBLO . 26 Objectives 26 General Descriptions of the Pueblo Mounds 27 Mound F 27 Mound G 28 Mound H 28 Mound I 28 Masonry Styles at Quarai 29 Area A (Section 1) 29 Area B (Section 2) 31 Area C (Sections 3-13) 31 Section 3 32 in QUARAI EXCAVATIONS 1939-40 Section 4 33 Section 5 33 Section 6 34 Section 7 34 Section 8 35 Section 9 35 Section 10 35 Section 11 36 Section 12 37 Section 13 37 Area D (Sections 14, 15, 17, 42 and 45) 37 Section 14 38 Section 15 38 Section 42 38 Section 45 38 Section 17 39 Area E (Sections 16, 18-25) 39 Section 16 39 Section 18 40 Section 19 40 Section 20 40 Section 21 40 Section 22 41 Section 23 41 Section 24 41 Section 25 42 Area F (Sections 26-29) 42 Section 26 42 Section 27 43 Section 28 43 Section 29 43 Strat Trench 3 43 Cross Section 7 44 Cross Section 9 44 Area G (Sections 30-37, 41) 44 Section 30 44 Section 31 45 Section 32 45 Section 33 45 Strat Trench 6 45 Cross Section 6 46 Section 34 46 Section35 46 Section 36 47 Strat Trench 4 47 Cross Section 4 47 Section 37 47 Section 41 47 Cross Section 10 48 Area H (Sections 38-39) 48 Section 38 48 Cross Section 8 48 IV QUARAI EXCAVATIONS 1939-40 Strat Trench 5 49 Section 39 49 Cross Section 12 50 Area I (Sections 40, 43, 46, 47, 52 and 53) 50 Section 40 50 Section 43 50 Section 46 51 Section 47 51 Section 52 51 Section 53 51 Area J (Sections 44, 48-51) 52 Section 44 52 Section 48 52 Section 49 52 Section 50 52 Section 51 53 POTTERY 53 Introduction 53 Glaze Wares 54 Glaze A Wares 55 Arenal Glaze Polychrome 55 St.