An Assessment of Transect Recording Unit Survey and Subsurface Testing Methods at Four Sites in the Permian Basin, New Mexico

While the subject matter, recording, and evaluating prehistoric archaeological sites can be considered to be “dry,” these activities can lead to exciting new avenues of knowledge and understanding. By focusing on a small area of the ground surface the TRU survey method also brings into focus the reality that the distribution of artifacts and features across the landscape is not always neatly divided into well-defined sites.