Since 1986 New Mexico State University has been conducting archaeology at the site of Fort Fillmore, a Civil War period outpost in southern New Mexico. Part of this project has been a systematic surface survey and collection to locate subsurface deposits on a large and threatened site. Results suggest that a number of natural and human impacts to the site have contributed to complex surface-subsurface relationships. These impacts can nevertheless be recognized and understood. Numerous subsurface features and deposits were located by reference to the surface data, and today the site of Fort Fillmore is protected better.
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