Research Catalog

Title

Guardian of the trail : archeological & historical investigations at Fort Craig / Peggy A. Gerow ; with contributions by Scott Berger ... [et al.] ; edited by June-el Piper ; design & layout by Donna Carpio.

Author

Gerow, Peggy A.

Publication

Santa Fe : Bureau of Land Management, New Mexico State Office, 2004.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Berger, S. (Scott)
• Piper, June-el.
• United States. Bureau of Land Management. New Mexico State Office.

Description

xii, 452 p. : ill., maps, plans; 28 cm.

Summary

In the fall of 1989, the Archaeological and Historical Research Institute (AHRI) entered into negotiations with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to establish a five-year field school at Fort Craig beginning in June of 1990. The project was designed to serve a number of purposes: (a) to operate an archaeological field school for the training of students and the interested public; (b) to assess the nature and extent of cultural resources at the site and to serve as a guide for any future research that may be undertaken; and (c) to establish a foundation for the BLM's public interpretation program at the site. The five seasons of fieldwork were conducted from 1990 to 1994 during the summer and fall. This report describes the results of the archaeological excavations and historical records search conducted by the AHRI at the Fort Craig National Historic site.

Series Statement

Cultural resources series ; no. 15

Uniform Title

Cultural resources series (United States. Bureau of Land Management. New Mexico State Office) ; no. 15.

Alternative Title

• Archeological & historical investigations at Fort Craig
• Archeological and historical investigations at Fort Craig

Subject

• Excavations (Archaeology) > New Mexico
• Archaeology and history > New Mexico
• Excavations (Archeology) > Fort Craig
• Fort Craig (N.M.) > Antiquities
• Fort Craig (N.M.) > History
• Fort Craig (N.M.)
• New Mexico > Antiquities

Genre/Form

• Census data
• Census data.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 361-372).

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction & project background. Historical context and previous work -- Research issues and excavation strategies -- Data recovery descriptions. Front gate -- Soldiers' quarters and bakery / Peggy A. Gerow & Jeanne A. Schutt -- Officers' quarters -- New hospital -- Old hospital -- . Historical investigations. Guardhouse-headquarters building / Marion Cox Grinstead -- West enlisted men's quarters and post bakery / Marion Cox Grinstead -- East Officers' quarters / Marion Cox Grinstead -- New hospital / Marion Cox Grinstead -- Old hospital, hospital row, and the telegraph office / Marion Cox Grinstead -- Army doctors and frontier medicine -- . Artifact analysis. Introduction to the artifact assemblage -- Glass artifacts -- Metal artifacts / Peggy A. Gerow, Charles Haecker, & Harding Polk II -- Ceramic artifacts / Charles M. Haecker, Harding Polk II, & Peggy A. Gerow -- Ammunition / Jeanne A. Schutt, Scott Berger, & Keith Kofford -- Buttons -- Analysis of wood remains / Richard G. Holloway -- Textiles / Glenna Dean -- Leather and miscellaneous artifacts / Jeanne A. Schutt & Peggy A. Gerow -- Faunal analysis / Marie E. Brown, Kenneth L. Brown, & Martha Binford -- Macrobotanical analyses / Glenna Dean & Richard G. Holloway -- . Synthesis & conclusions. Architecture, artifacts, and room function -- A comparative look at Fort Craig, Fillmore, and Cummings -- Summary and recommendations for future research -- References cited & appendices. Troops stationed at Fort Craig -- Monthly aggregate of troops -- Quarterly return of quartermaster stores for quarter ending 31 March 1858 -- 1860, 1870, and 1880 censuses for Fort Craig.

ISBN

1878178172

OCLC

• 55890693
• SCSB-10444691

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library