SLV Archaeological Network Program Planning Meeting
The
annual San Luis Valley Archaeological Network activity-planning
meeting, held on February 22, 2002 in Monte Vista, was well attended
with about 20 people taking part. As a result of the meeting we
now have an exciting schedule of spring, summer, and fall events.
Thanks to all who participated. Trips and activities planned include:
Saturday,
April 6, Research Design Session. Writing
research designs will be the topic of this all day session to be
held at the Rio Grande National Forest Supervisors Office in Monte
Vista. The recently issued Rio Grande Context will be used to formulate
both a general research design for the SLV Archaeological Network
and a specific research design relating to the planned September
test excavation of stone structure features at site 5SH73 near Saguache.
We will meet at 9:30 AM and will be done at 3:30 PM. Bring your
lunch (microwave available). The office is located 1.8 miles west
of Monte Vista on the north side of US Highway 160. For more information
please contact Vince Spero at: 719-873-5916, Vince Spero, 28 Wendar
Drive, South Fork, CO 81154, e-mail (vspero@peoplepc.com).
Saturday,
April 20, Rock Art Recording Field Day. Lee
Coats, of San Luis, will conduct a field workshop on the recording
of rock art sites at a site near Fort Garland. Lee, who has recorded
many rock art sites in New Mexico and other locations, is very interested
in the further recording of rock art sites in the San Luis Valley.
We will meet at the Fort Garland parking lot at 10:00 AM and travel
to the nearby site. Attendees are asked to bring cameras, pencils,
and metric tape measures if they have them, along with personal
gear and lunch. The site is on private land and permission is presently
being sought for us to record the site therefore, people should
call Lee after March 17 at 719-672-4010 to make sure permission
was granted.
Sunday,
May 19, Piedrosa Canyon Archaeological Inventory.
Piedrosa Canyon, in the western foothills of the SLV, is proposed
for a prescribed fire by the Rio Grande National Forest therefore,
an archaeological inventory must be done to document sites that
have the potential to be damaged. This remote area, including three
beautiful canyons with areas of rock walls, will be inventoried
for rock art and for stone structure sites. We will hike several
miles and rock walls will be scaled to look for sites. We will meet
at the church parking lot in Capulin at 10:00 AM. Capulin is located
10 miles to the west of La Jara on Colorado Highway 15. The church
is located on the south side of the road. For more information please
contact Vince Spero at: 719-873-5916, Vince Spero, 28 Wendar Drive,
South Fork, CO 81154, e-mail (vspero@peoplepc.com).
Saturday,
June 16, Sentinel Mountain Fortification and Hike to Lost Lake Fortification.
The Sentinel Mountain Fortification, immediately adjacent to the
town of South Fork, is an intriguing stone fortification discovered
and reported by an area schoolteacher in 1985. Its purpose is unknown
but there are several theories as to its origin, which we shall
discuss at the site. The trip will involve climbing a short, but
steep ridge side over rocky ground. The Lost Lake site is a series
of small stone structures high on a rocky ridge overlooking the
SLV. The rather rigorous hike is characterized by climbing steeper
slopes for about one hour. Plan to meet at 9:30 AM at the South
Fork Visitors Center. We will visit the Sentinel Site first and
will begin the climb to Lost Lake about 11:30 AM. For more information
please contact Vince Spero at: 719-873-5916, Vince Spero, 28 Wendar
Drive, South Fork, CO 81154, e-mail (vspero@peoplepc.com).
July
14, Velarde, New Mexico Rock Art Site Trip.
The area of Velarde, New Mexico is the home to what is considered
to be some of the best rock art in the state. It is very concentrated
and dates from archaic times to after the Spanish arrived. Velarde
is location near Ojo Caliente to the north of Espanola. Lee Coats,
who is very familiar with the area, will lead this trip to some
of the premier rock art in New Mexico. More information on this
trip will be presented in future Archaeo-Updates. See the Velarde
Rock Art page for images from a more recent (April 6, 2003)
field trip.
Other
activities planned for later in the summer include a tour of the
Chimney Rock Archaeological
Area, the most isolated and remote of the Ancestral Pueblo
communities associated with Chaco Canyon. Also planned for September
13,14, and 15 is the test excavation of stone structures at
site 5SH73, located to the west of Saguache. Lab analysis and test
excavation report writing will follow in October and November. Look
for more information on these activities in the next Archaeo-Update.
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SIXTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE SOCIETY OF AMERICAN ARCHAEOLOGY
DENVER, COLORADO, MARCH 20 TO 24, 2002
The
Society of American Archaeology (SAA) Annual Meeting will be held
in downtown Denver at the Adams Mark Hotel from March 20 to March
24. SAA is an international organization dedicated to the research,
interpretation, and protection of the archaeological heritage of
the Americas. Meeting focus is the presentation of current research
papers by archaeologists from all over America. The SAA represents
professional, student, and avocational archaeologists working in
a variety of settings including government agencies, colleges and
universities, museums, and the private sector.
Selected presentations of interest include: "Recent Research
in the Late Paleoindian Period", "Recent Developments
in the Peopling of the New World", "Population Movements
in the Northern Southwest", "Paleoindian Foraging Variability
During the Early Holocene of the Great Plains and the Rocky Mountains",
Paleoindian Studies: Clovis and Folsom", The Archaeology of
the Great Basin", and "The Archaic Period of the Southwest".
If you are interested in attending you can get more information
by contacting the Society for American Archaeology at 202-789-8200
or by viewing the SAA webpage at http://www.saa.org/Meetings.
For lodging information contact the Mark Adams Hotel at 800-893-3333
and ask about the SAA rate.
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