Southwestern Archaeology, Inc. (SWA) " Got CALICHE ? " Newsletter Archaeology, Anthropology, and History of the Greater Southwest! Thursday November 14, 2002 Reply to Reply to ***************************************** REQUEST FORT ASSISTANCE From: Nancy B Hello -- Do you know where we could find a diagram of the inside of an Indian Mound? My son is doing a project and has built an Indian Mound but he has to label the inside and we cannot find a picture of the inside... Please advise. Thanks, Nancy B Georgia. Editor's Note: Someone send her a drawing, please. GREATER SOUTHWEST From: Marvin Jeter http://www.swanet.org/zarchives/misc/seac_pecos_resolution.pdf Herein please find a copy of my Resolution which was read and approved at the Southeastern Archaeological Conference Meeting last weekend at Biloxi MS (in a casino hotel on the "Redneck Riviera"), congratulating the Pecos Conference and our Southwestern colleagues for the 75th Anniversary of the PC, and noting certain historical connections between the PC and SEAC. I might add that I am currently working on a review, for our regional journal SOUTHEASTERN ARCHAEOLOGY, of the recent book on "Great Towns and Regional Polities" in the SW and SE (Jill Neitzel, ed., UNM Press), and I am pleased to note several other recent examples of SW and SE folks talking with each other and talking about each other's subject matter (e.g., see the new AMERICAN ANTIQUITY, articles by Lekson, by Cobb & Butler, and Kozuch). COLORADO From: Mark D. Varien "Seeking the Center Place: Archaeology and Ancient Communities in the Mesa Verde Region" Edited by Mark D. Varien and Richard H. Wilshusen: The continuing work of the Crow Canyon Archaeological Center has focused on community life in the northern Southwest during the Great Pueblo period (AD 1150-1300). In this new book, researchers document the dispersed communities and large villages of the Great Sage Plain, which stretches across southwestern Colorado and into southeastern Utah. Their work at Sand Canyon Pueblo and more than sixty other large contemporary pueblos has examined reasons for population aggregation and why this strategy was ultimately forsaken in favor of a migration south of the San Juan River, leaving the area depopulated by 1290. Researchers draw from a common database derived from extensive investigations at the 530-room Sand Canyon Pueblo, intensive test excavations at thirteen small sites and four large villages, a twenty-five square kilometer full-coverage survey, and an inventory of all known villages in the region. Topics include the context within which people moved into villages, how they dealt with climatic changes and increasing social conflict, the nature of community social and political organization, and how they became increasingly isolated from the rest of the Southwest. Seeking the Center Place is the most detailed view we have ever had of the last Pueblo communities in the Mesa Verde region, providing a better understanding of life during the final decades of occupation in the area and the factors that precipitated the migration of thousands of people. NEW MEXICO From: Glenna Dean RE: Sandy Grieves' letter to SWA -- I'm writing you with an update on this situation so you can help tailor sensitive information for GC's wider audience if you feel that a published follow-up is appropriate. Basically, this site is LA 4937, "Kwilleylekia Ruins." The site is listed on the State Register of Cultural Properties (1971 nomination). A letter we (NM Historic Preservation Division) have in our files fromlandowner Richard Ellison dated November 1986 indicates that all of the site has been dug except for 6 rooms in one block and about 30 rooms in another block. In 1989 the NPS visited the location and indicated Mr. Ellison and his wife had been excavating the site for the last 35 years. Mr. Ellison operated the site, and its daily excavation, as a publicized tourist attraction and built a small museum nearby. He constructed a gravel road to lead to the site, and it's my suggestion that this might have been the road that Sandy Grieves saw. It's on private land, as near as I can find out. The "CMR" (county-maintained road?) Sandy refers to veers off to the north at what is probably the property line on our (outdated) maps. The site likely got the name "Salado Site" because of human cremations found in large pots and Al Schroeder's thought that a ball court might be present at the site. There has been no professional work done at the site that I know of. I don't know if excavation is still ongoing - maybe it's all been dug up by now. A Richard Ellison is listed in the Silver City, New Mexico phone book but I don't know if it's the same person and I haven't made a phone call to find out. That's about all I know... Glenna Dean NEW JOB OPPORTUNITY (NM) http://www.swanet.org/zarchives/jobs/jobs2002/trc111302.pdf http://www.swanet.org/jobs.html Current Opportunities ARIZONA From: Homer Thiel Arizona Historical Society offers Downtown Underground: Archaeological Clues to Tucson's Past teacher's workshops: The Arizona Historical Society offers IN-SERVICE TEACHER WORKSHOPS WHEN: Days and times to be arranged WHO: Available to teachers in the Tucson metropolitan area (minimum ten teachers) COST: The 2 hour workshop is free! The 4 hour workshop will cost a $5.00 materials fee per person WHAT YOU'LL GET: 1. Each participant will receive a free copy of Downtown Underground: Archaeological Clues to Tucson's Past, written by Kyle McKoy of the Arizona Historical Society. The guide contains historical background information, timeline, black line reproducible maps and handouts, and twelve lesson plans. 2. A detailed walk through of one to two lesson plans, depending on amount of time scheduled 3. How to relate workshop material to the State Standards 4. A new, fresh, FUN way to teach Tucson's multi cultural history in the classroom using cutting-edge archaeological information collected during the City of Tucson's Rio Nuevo Project excavations 5. Continuing education credits (check with your district) To schedule an in-service workshop at your school contact: Kyle McKoy Arizona Historical Society 949 East Second Street Tucson, AZ 85719 (520) 628-5774 ext. 188 kylev@vms.arizona.edu From: Marilyn Sklar Coming up at the Deer Valley Rock Art Center in the next two weeks we have two lectures: This Saturday, November 16, 2002, 2 PM, at the Deer Valley Rock Art Center, 3711 W. Deer Valley Road, BLM Archaeologist Dr. Connie Stone and Agua Fria National Monument Manager Kathy Pedrick will hold a public lecture on "A Visitor's Guide to the Agua Fria National Monument". Stone and Pedrick are soliciting input from the public about recreational opportunities within the Monument. They want the public to tell them what they want and don't want before the Monument management writes its management plan. The lecture is free to everyone. Also, Saturday, November 23, 2002, 2 PM, Allen Dart, Old Pueblo Archaeology, will lecture at the Deer Valley Rock Art Center about ancient Hohokam ceramics. Mr. Dart's lecture is made possible by the Arizona Humanities Council. The event is free with regular museum admission. For more information, call the Center at 623-582-8007. Thanks! Marilyn Sklar Assistant Director Deer Valley Rock Art Center. From: director Tale of Two Dam Cities Featured at Powell Museum: Boulder City, Nevada and Page, Arizona are sister cities entwined in similarities and contrasts stemming from the dams that created the need for towns. From now through Dec. 13, the John Wesley Powell Memorial Museum will display an exhibit called "A Tale of Two Dam Cities." The creation of Hoover Dam in the 1920s and Glen Canyon Dam between 1957-64 brought about these two towns which eventually became thriving cities in their respective states. "Boulder City Hoover Dam Museum created the exhibit which was on display there from March to August 2002," Museum Executive Director Julia P. Betz noted. "They graciously lent us the material to exhibit here in Page. The exhibit also was part of the 2002 Bureau of Reclamation 100th anniversary celebration. Some of the Page/Glen Canyon Dam exhibit items were loaned to the Boulder City Museum by the Powell Museum and Glen Canyon Dam to show the contrast and similarity of the cities. The exhibits consists of photos, text, artifacts and a poster of the Colorado River noting the locations of Boulder City, Nevada and Page, Arizona. "We invite everyone to visit the Powell Museum and see the exhibit as well as other exhibits on Page's history, the building of Glen Canyon Bridge, Major Powell, native American culture, geology and much more," Betz said. The Powell Museum is open Monday-Saturday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in November and Monday-Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in December. Admission is $1 per adult and 50 cents for children ages 5-12. For more information, call 645-9496 or e-mail director@powellmuseum.org. NEVADA From: Martha Blasche Northwest area of Las Vegas, NV. An area 'town meeting is scheduled this evening (Wednesday) to begin the process of deciding what the people want to happen to Floyd Lamb State Park. It is under presure from the State due to lack of funds to keep it going. The State would like the city to take it back. The city has a poor reputation when it comes to open land that is being salivated over by grasping home developers. This park is important for two reasons the first being the site of important paliological fossil finds from the 60s, and second because it is a green rural space with three large fishing ponds and extensive historical buildings. There is lots of public sentiment to keep the park 'undeveloped'. Time will tell if the politicians are listening to the wants and needs of the people... CALIFORNIA http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/state/20021112-1414-wst-400thanniversarymass.html Eighteen years before Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock, three Carmelite friars celebrated the first Roman Catholic Mass in the Western United States on a rocky spit of land they named for Diego, a Spanish saint. ROCK ART From: Layne Miller The Utah Rock Art Research Association finished its annual rock art symposium last weekend in St. George, Utah. Over 140 people from eight states registered for the three-day event and 18 field trips on two different days. Papers on rock art interests were presented Saturday and Sunday. The featured speaker for the event was Ken Hedges from the Museum of Man in San Diego, California. One highlight of the event was the Sunday morning presentation on the rock art of Range Creek, Utah, an area that recently went from over 100 years in private hands to ownership by the Bureau of Land Management. Following three presentations on the canyon, the membership voted to work to develop a 10-year research design to scientifically study the undocumented and unvandalized rock art in the canyon. The group also voted to change its bylaws to change the way group leadership is elected and to qualify as a non-profit 501 (C)3 organization. Layne Miller, URARA Conservation and Preservation Committee chair From: Jane Kolber ARARA Conservation Award: The ARARA Awards Committee is now accepting nominations for the: 2003 Conservation and Preservation Award - Deadline Dec. 31, 2002; 2003 Wellmann Award - Deadline Feb. 15, 2003; 2003 Castleton Award - Dealine Feb. 15, 2003. Information about and qualifications for the awards are available at . Nominations will not be accepted after the deadlines. Nominations for the Wellman Award is to be sent to: Teddy Stickney, President ARARA Castleton Award 201 West Solomon Midland, Texas 79705 stick711@att.net. Nominations for the Conservation and the Castleton Awards are to be sent to: Jane Kolber, chair ARARA Awards Committee PO Box 1844 Bisbee, AZ 85603 jkolber@theriver.com ***************************************** Contact the Newsletter Editor: archaeologist@rocketmail.com dogyears@dogyears.com www.swanet.org (url) 602.882.8025 (cell phone) 603.457.7957 (digital fax) Post letter mail and other media to: Southwestern Archaeology, Inc., P.O. Box 61203 Phoenix AZ, USA 85082-1203. SWA invites you to redistribute SWA's "Got CALICHE?" Newsletter. We also request your timely news articles, organizational activities and events, technical and scientific writings, and opinion pieces, to be shared with our digital community. SWA's daily newsletter deals with quotidian issues of anthropology and archaeology -- cultural survival, time and space, material culture, social organization, and commerce, to name just a few. 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