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White Sands National Monument
Selected Bibliography

Selected bibliography of publications relating to White Sands National Monument and the Tularosa Basin, New Mexico (Revised l989)

Archaeology

  • Boll, J. E. l980. A preliminary archaeological surface survey of Section 8, Township 19 S, Range 6 E., of White Sands National Monument, New Mexico. New Mexico State Univ. report submitted to National Park Service, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
  • Clifton, D. E. 1985. Preliminary report of an archaeological survey of approximately 70 miles of a proposed communications line in White Sands Missile Range, Dona Ana and Otero Counties, New Mexico. Office of Installation Support. White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico.
  • Eidenbach, Peter L. (ed). l983. The prehistory of Rhodes Canyon, New Mexico. Human Systems Research, Inc.
  • Eidenbach, P. L. and M. L. Wimberly. l980. Archaeological reconnaissance in White Sands National Monument, New Mexico, l978. Human Systems Research, Inc., Tularosa, New Mexico.
  • Human Systems Research, Inc. l973. Evaluation of the archaeological and related resources of the Dog Canyon detached portion of White Sands National Monument, New Mexico. Unpubl. manuscript: Contract CX700030220, National Park Service, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
  • Human Systems Research, Inc. l973. Evaluation of the archaeological potential of White Sands National Monument. Unpubl. manuscript: Contract CX700030220, National Park Service, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
  • Human Systems Research, Inc. l973. Technical manual, 1973 survey of the Tularosa Basin, the research design. Albuquerque, New Mexico.
  • Sanders, Joe Ben. l985. An archaeological survey of road- realignments at White Sands National Monument. Human Systems Research. Tularosa, NM.
  • Stuart, Trace and M. Sullivan. l984. Archaeological clearance survey of approximately 15 miles of fence line at White Sands National Monument. Dept. of Sociology and Anthropology, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico.
  • Wimberly, M. L. and P. Eidenbach. l972. The archaeology of the Tularosa Basin. Human Systems Research, Inc.
 

History

  • Harrison, Laura Soulliere. 1985. Interview with Cecil J. Doty, retired National Park Service Architect. National Park Service, Southwest Regional Office. Santa Fe, New Mexico.
  • Schneider-Hector, Deitmar. 1993. White Sands: the history of a National Monument. University of New Mexico Press. Albuquerque.
  • Welsh, Michael. 1995. Dunes and Dreams: a history of White Sands National Monument. Intermountain Cultural Resource Center Professional Paper No. 55. National Park Service. Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Satellite photo of dune field  

Did You Know?
Only a handful of gypsum dune fields exist and the white sands dune field is by far the world's largest, covering 275 square miles.

Last Updated: September 18, 2007 at 19:08 EST