10,000 Years of Transient Occupation in the Jornada Del Muerto: Excavations at Eight Sites at the Spaceport America Facility, Sierra County, New Mexico ARCHAEOLOGY NOTES 453 VOLUME II MUSEUM OF NEW MEXICO | OffICE OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL STUDIES | SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO 2014 CONTENTS: VOLUME II PART III: LABORATORY ANALYSES (continued) 16 | FAUNAL ANALYSIS | Nancy J. Akins ............................................................................................................................. 431 Methods ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 431 Site Assemblages .......................................................................................................................................................................... 432 Discussion ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 439 Research Questions ...................................................................................................................................................................... 440 Conclusions ................................................................................................................................................................................... 444 17 | ETHNOBOTANICAL ANALYSIS | Pamela J. McBride ..................................................................................................... 445 Methods ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 445 Results ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 446 Discussion ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 470 Summary and Conclusions ......................................................................................................................................................... 480 18 | CERAMIC ANALYSIS | C. Dean Wilson ......................................................................................................................... 485 Descriptive Attributes ................................................................................................................................................................. 485 Ceramic Types .............................................................................................................................................................................. 488 Examination of Trends ................................................................................................................................................................ 492 Ceramic Dating ............................................................................................................................................................................. 493 Pottery Distributions for Spaceport Sites ................................................................................................................................. 494 Summary ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 501 19 | RADIOCARBON ANALYSIS | Jeffrey L. Boyer ................................................................................................................ 503 Methodological Background ..................................................................................................................................................... 503 LA 111422 ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 518 LA 111429 ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 518 LA 111435 ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 541 LA 155963 ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 544 LA 155964 ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 554 LA 155968 ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 556 Discussion ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 556 PART IV: SYNTHESES AND SUPPORTING STUDIES 20 | MODERN PLANT SURVEY | Pamela J. McBride ........................................................................................................... 563 21 | Late Quaternary Stratigraphy, Optical Geochronology, and Associated Prehistoric Sites | Stephen A. Hall and Ronald G. Goble ...................................................................................................................... 567 Methods ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 569 Stratigraphy .................................................................................................................................................................................. 580 Discussion of Stratigraphy .......................................................................................................................................................... 588 Archaeological Geology ...............................................................................................................................................................597 Summary and Conclusions ..........................................................................................................................................................666 22 | INTEGRATING THE RESULTS OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND GEOMORPHOLOGICAL STUDIES | James L. Moore and Stephen A. Hall ........................................................................................................................ 673 The Overall Geomorphological Picture in Relation to the Archaeology ..............................................................................673 Site-by-Site Discussion .................................................................................................................................................................675 Summary and Conclusions ..........................................................................................................................................................682 23 | CHIppED STONE MATERIAL TYPE COLLECTION | James L. Moore .............................................................................685 Prisor Hill .......................................................................................................................................................................................685 Yost Escarpment ............................................................................................................................................................................693 LA 155963 .......................................................................................................................................................................................694 Truth or Consequences ................................................................................................................................................................696 Discussion ......................................................................................................................................................................................697 24 | LARGE ROASTING FEATURES AND BRUSH SHELTERS | Nancy J. Akins ....................................................................701 Large Roasting Features ...............................................................................................................................................................701 Regional Large Roasting Pits .......................................................................................................................................................702 Roasting Pit Types .......................................................................................................................................................................705 Summary of Regional Roasting Pits by Feature Type .............................................................................................................710 Summary of Regional Roasting Pits by Time Period