Administrative Report on the Status of the Anasazi Origins Project (AOP I) Collections Curated at Eastern New Mexico University

The Anasazi Origins Project was initiated by Cynthia Irwin-Williams as part of a long-term research program to identify the Archaic hunting and gatherers predecessors of the Anasazi. This work was conducted in the Arroyo Cuervo Region area located to northwest Albuquerque, NM near Rio Rancho. The fieldwork of the Anasazi Origins Project (AOP I) began during the summer of 1967 and was completed by the summer of 1971; however, the work conducted during the summers of 1970 and 1971 also included long range surveys into adjacent Puerco River Valley. Excavations of 18 major archaeological sites, consisting of both open air and rockshelters: Armijo Shelter, Casa Redondo, Collier Dune, Cuervo Shelter, Dunas Altas, En Medio Shelter, Mosca Dunes, Mud Lump, Ojito Dune, Ojito Shelter, Sandoval Springs, Shelten’s Shelter, Sky Village, Tompsett Shelter and Westover Shelter. All of these sites are located in the Arroyo Cuervo area; however, work was also conducted at Moguino and Jackpiles sites near the Laguna, New Mexico, and analysis of previously collected materials from La Bajada site near Cochiti, New Mexico. Besides the excavations, a number of sites were tested and surveyed with archaeological materials were also collected. A second field campaign, referred as AOP II, was conducted during the summers of 1982 to 1986. Most of the work consisted of survey and infield analysis with limited excavations and some re-documentation of earlier AOP I sites. This report presents the preliminary results of the inventory and assessment of the AOP I collections curated here at Eastern New Mexico University.

阿纳萨齐起源项目（Anasazi Origins Project）由辛西娅·欧文-威廉姆斯（Cynthia Irwin-Williams）发起，作为一项长期研究计划的一部分，旨在确认阿纳萨齐人的古风时期（Archaic）狩猎采集先民群体。该项目的工作开展于新墨西哥州阿尔伯克基西北侧、里奥兰乔附近的克韦罗冲沟（Arroyo Cuervo）区域。
阿纳萨齐起源项目第一阶段（AOP I）的田野工作始于1967年夏季，至1971年夏季完成；不过1970年与1971年夏季开展的工作还涵盖了对相邻普韦科河谷（Puerco River Valley）的大范围考古调查。项目对18处主要考古遗址展开了发掘，这些遗址涵盖露天遗址与岩棚遗址两类，分别为：阿米乔岩棚（Armijo Shelter）、红环遗址（Casa Redondo）、科利尔沙丘（Collier Dune）、克韦罗岩棚（Cuervo Shelter）、达纳斯阿尔塔斯（Dunas Altas）、恩梅迪奥岩棚（En Medio Shelter）、莫斯科沙丘（Mosca Dunes）、泥堆遗址（Mud Lump）、奥希托沙丘（Ojito Dune）、奥希托岩棚（Ojito Shelter）、桑多瓦尔泉（Sandoval Springs）、谢尔滕岩棚（Shelten’s Shelter）、天空村（Sky Village）、汤普塞特岩棚（Tompsett Shelter）以及韦斯特弗岩棚（Westover Shelter）。
上述所有遗址均位于克韦罗冲沟区域内；不过项目还在新墨西哥州拉古纳附近的莫吉诺（Moguino）与杰克派尔斯（Jackpiles）遗址开展了工作，并对新墨西哥州科奇蒂附近拉巴哈达（La Bajada）遗址此前收集的考古材料展开了分析。除发掘工作外，项目还对多处遗址进行了试掘与调查，并收集了相关考古材料。
1982年至1986年夏季开展了第二阶段田野工作（AOP II），该阶段的工作主体为考古调查与现场分析，仅开展了少量发掘，并对阿纳萨齐起源项目第一阶段的部分遗址进行了重新建档。本报告呈现了由东新墨西哥大学馆藏的阿纳萨齐起源项目第一阶段考古藏品的编目与评估初步结果。