Thomas C. Windes Records
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents:
The records include field notes, site maps, site forms,
artifact tallies, photographs, memorandums,
correspondence, manuscripts, administration records,
personnel files, conference papers, floppy discs and CD-R.
Dates
- Creation: 1934-2007
Creator
- Chaco Culture National Historical Park (Agency : U.S.) (Organization)
- Windes, Thomas C. (Person)
Biographical / Historical
Biographical/Historical:
Thomas C. Windes devoted his over thirty year National Park Service career to the study of
Chaco Canyon. Windes received his bachelor's degree in anthropology from the University of
North Carolina, Chapel Hill (1965) and his Master’s in Anthropology from the University of
New Mexico (1967). Windes honed his field work skills under the supervision of esteemed
anthropologist/archaeologist of Chaco Canyon, Florence Hawley Ellis. In 1969 Windes worked
on a field crew for Dr. Ellis excavating Sapawe in the Chama country of New Mexico. He also
served as Dr. Ellis' teaching assistant for the excavation of Tsama in the Chama region in 1970.
Tom Windes was employed as an archaeologist by the Chaco Center, from 1971-1985. He was a
key staff member of the Chaco Project and authored many publications (including the Pueblo
Alto and 29SJ 629 excavation reports), reports and manuscripts (see Collection 0002). When the
Chaco Center disbanded, Windes transferred to the Southwest Regional Office, Cultural
Resources Division. For the remainder of his NPS career, he worked on various surveys within
and around Chaco Culture National Historical Park. In 1997 he chaired the Pecos Conference
annual meeting held in Chaco Canyon, just south of the park's boundary.
Thomas Windes' areas of professional expertise are broad ranging (ceramic analyses,
archeomagnetic dating and tree-ring dating, ant mound studies, turquoise craft activities, trading
networks) and are extensively represented within this collection. This collection represents Tom
Windes’ research after the disbanding of the Chaco Project in 1986 and through his retirement in
2005. Windes continues to be an active researcher of the Chacoan region and generously devotes
his time as a volunteer in Chaco Canyon.
Extent
17.3 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
Arrangement/Organization:
Organized into 13 series:
Series I: South Ridge Survey, 1988-1989
Series II: East Community Study, 1987-1997
Series III: PI Valley Study, 1993-1999
Series IV: Pueblo Pintado Study, 1999-2001
Series V: Basketmaker III - Pueblo I Survey, 1990-2004
Series VI: SITE FORMS (from all projects) (1987-2004)
Series VII: Administration Documents
Series VIII: Images
Series IX: Conference Papers
Series X: Archeomagnetic Data
Series XI: General Research
Series XII: CAIRN Research
Series XIII: Digital Data
Series VII: Administrative Records
SERIES VIII: Images
SERIES IX: Conference Papers
SERIES X: Chaco Canyon Sample Set / Archeomag Data
SERIES XI: General Research and Maps
SERIES XII: CAIRN
SERIES XIII: Digital Data
SERIES XIV: Desk Files
Provenance
Provenance:NPS, Thomas C. Windes
- Title
- Finding Aid for Thomas C. Windes Records
- Subtitle
- Coll 0042
- Author
- Chaco Culture National Historical Park, National Park Service
- Date
- 2010
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the NPS Chaco Culture National Historical Park Repository
Chaco Culture NHP & Aztec Ruins NM Museum & Archives Program
Hibben Center Rm 307 - MSC01 1050
450 University Blvd NE
Albuquerque NM 87106 USA