SATURDAY AUGUST 11, 2012

8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Registration
Conference Site (Forked Lightning Ranch Field), Pecos National Historical Park

8 a.m. – 5 p.m. Conference
Main Tent, Pecos National Historical Park
Presentations
Remembering Dave Breternitz (10:30 a.m.-11:00 a.m.)
Pecos Business Meeting - Main Tent (11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.)

Symposium - Cultural Crossroads: Contact, Change, and Exchange (1:00 pm - 2:30 pm).

Presenters will include:

Kelly Jenks, Fort Lewis College - The "Gateway" in Perspective: Five Centuries of Cross-Cultural Contact and Trade

Phillip Leckman, Statistical Research,Inc./University of Arizona - Misrecognized Landscapes: "Shared" Land Use Practices in 17th-century New Mexico

Jennifer Boyd Dyer - Jemez/Cuba Resource Area, Santa Fe National Forest – Colono Wares at Pecos: Representing Continuity or Innovation?

Mike Elliot, National Trails NPS Intermountain Region

Elizabeth Oster, Jemez Mountain Research Center

Judith Habicht-Mauche, University of California Santa Cruz - Discussant

Second Tent, Pecos National Historical Park
Book sales
Poster Presentations (multiple sessions)

4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Home Brew Contest ( TBD )

6:30 p.m. Dinner and Dance
Main Tent, Pecos National Historical Park


SATURDAY NIGHT CONFERENCE BBQ DINNER

Dinner presented by Hawkins Chuckwagon. Carl Hawkins will create the atmosphere of a trail camp by setting up his 1890 chuckwagon. Dinner Choices: Chopped, Smoked Beef Brisket with home-made barbecue sauce -- or -- Green Chili Cheese Enchiladas (Dutch oven casserole style). All plates include sides of pinto beans, buttermilk fruit and cabbage slaw, biscuit, and peach cobbler. Drink choices are water, lemonade or tea. Cost: $20 per plate.

Dinner Cost: $20 per plate advanced purchase only using the conference registration form or on-line registration (closing on Friday, August 3).

SATURDAY NIGHT MUSIC & DANCE

The Free Range Ramblers (YouTube Clip)

Download 2012 Conference Schedule Final