HISATSINOM Monthly Newsletter of the Montezuma Valley Chapter of the Colorado Archaeological Societ y P.O. Box 1524, Cortez Colorado 81321-1524 Website: www.coloradoarchaeology.org/Hi satsinom E-Mail Address: hisatsinom _ca [email protected]

VOLUME 24 AUGUST 2012

ISSUE 8

August Meeting 6:30 pm Tuesday, August 7 The August Hisatsinom meeting will be at 6:30 pm, not 7:00 pm. The meeting will be held downstairs at the Cortez Cultural Center. We are accommodating an 8pm group, in case our program runs late. The Hisatsinom Chapter of the Colorado Archaeological Society is pleased to present Paul Reed to discuss Chaos or Order: Salmon and Aztec in the post-Chacoan Pueblo III Period. In his presentation, Paul will discuss how these two successors of the Chaco cultural traditions developed on different tracks: a continuation of the Chaco tradition at the Aztec community, whereas Salmon forged ahead as a non-Chacoan, local community. Paul Reed is a Preservation Archaeologist with Archaeology Southwest. For the past eleven years he has been the Chaco Scholar at Salmon Ruins. Paul has edited and authored numerous works on the Middle San Juan region including the seminal works Chaco’s Northern Prodigies: Salmon, Aztec, and the Ascendancy of the Middle San Juan Region After AD 1100 and Thirty-five Years of Archaeological Research at Salmon Ruins, New Mexico.

With a group of research partners, Paul recently investigated several questions critical to the Chacoan presence in the Middle San Juan. Their findings were published in a dedicated issue of Kiva (Winter 2011). Paul’s current research involves questions related to the complicated post-Chacoan Pueblo III period in the Middle San Juan and exploring the origins of the Acoma Pueblo. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Paul will be interviewed on KSJD (91.5 FM) around 8:30AM on Friday, August 3, on “the Zine”. The interview will be available online later that day for those who miss the live program. To find the replay of an interview online, go to www.KSJD.org, look for “Audio” on the toolbar at the top of the Home Page, then scroll down to "Zine" in the program list. Once there, look for the speaker's name and click “Download File” under the name. The file will then replay the interview. If you miss a meeting, many of our speakers participate in “on air” interviews with Tom Yoder of KSJD prior to their presentations. These interviews are aired during "the Zine" shortly after 8:30 AM on either Monday, the day before our meetings, or on Tuesday, the day of our meeting. If you miss the on-air interview, we have arranged with Tom to have the interview available for replay on your computer. They will usually be available for replay later on the day of the interview. KSJD radio is located at 91.5 FM.

SPEAKERS FOR FUTURE MEETINGS Tuesday, September 4 – Jim Potter

JULY MEETING The July 3rd chapter meeting, with an attendance of 38, was brought to order by President Dave Dove. Marcie Ryan invited any non-members present to JOIN! Bob Bernhart spoke briefly about the last field trip, and how speaker radio interviews will be available for replay online. There was also a general invitation issued for anyone interested in being a chapter officer. The evening’s speaker was Dale Davidson: chapter member, retired archaeologist, and author. His topic, “just Steve”, was a fascinating glimpse into the beginnings of Cortez just 120 years ago. Cortez, then as now, surrounded by prehistoric settlements and villages a thousand years old, had a rough start. Davidson was loaned a “copybook” of over 400 letters written by a Stephen Smith in the 1890s. Smith, at 23, was brought to Cortez as an assistant to a bank developer. His letters to investors and bankers and prospects reveal the difficulties and frustrations of starting a town where water is scarce. Davidson’s enthusiasm about Smith’s work was contagious: many questions followed his presentation. Ed. Note: (The Smith letters were also the subject of an article in the Cortez Journal on July 7)

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______________________________________________________ The 2012 Pecos Conference The 85th Pecos Conference will be held August 9-12 at Pecos National Historical Park 17 miles east of Santa Fe, NM. It is co- hosted by School for Advanced Research, Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, New Mexico State Historic Preservation Office and others. For more information on the conference, please visit the conference website: http://www.s wanet.org/2012_pecos_conference

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Four Corners Lecture Series for August: (all of these presentations are on Fridays at 7pm) 8/3 8/10 8/17 8/24 8/31

Crow Canyon, Rebecca Hammond Crow Canyon, Bruce Hucko Crow Canyon, Laurie Webster Far View Lodge at Mesa Verde NP, Todd Westika Crow Canyon, David Kozak

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FIELD TRIP OPPORTUNITIES! TOUR OF WALLACE RUIN We are very pleased to announce that Dr. Bruce Bradley has agreed to lead a tour of the Wallace Archaeological Site for us sometime in August. Wallace Ruin is a multistory, multi-component pueblo site located near Cortez, Colorado and excavated by Dr. Bruce Bradley from 1998-2010. It was built and occupied between A.D. 1045 and A.D. 1125 and reused during the thirteenth century. Architectural and artifactual evidence indicates that at least the main construction episode (Building Phase 3) was either inspired by, or more likely, directed by a person or people from Chaco Canyon or the Chacoan sites in the San Juan Valley in New Mexico. Possible road entry features also indicate a probable link with the Chaco System. It is situated in a valley bottom and is one of several sites that make up the Lake View Community. Two other large sites have been recorded as part of this community, the Ida Jean Site (Brisbin 1973) and the Haynie Site (Bradley 1974). Both of theses sites have now been mined for artifacts and little will ever be known of them. Also present are a number of small

hamlets, a reservoir, and a Great Kiva. (Excerpt from Southwestern Lore, Vol. 54, No. 2, pp.8-33, June 1988) Dr. Bradley will not be able to pinpoint a specific tour date until early August, so for now: 1. It is possible we will only have a week’s notice of the tour date. 2. Parking at the site is scarce, so we must limit the tour to the first 22 signups. Everyone else will be put on a "Wait List ". If cancellations occur we'll take "Wait List" people in the order we received them. 3. The tour is open to Hisatsinom members only. 4. On tour day, Dave Dove will meet us at the Cortez Rec Center parking lot, arrange car pooling assignments, escort us to the site and introduce us to Dr. Bradley, who will then lead the tour. 5. There is a short walk into the site and uneven ground thereafter. 6. Final trip information will be sent to you via e-mail (or phone call if you don’t have email). 7. Sign up now if you are interested. You can drop out later if the final date is not good for you. E-mail signups are preferred, or you can call. Be sure to include both your name and phone number. Jane Williams, Hisatsinom Field Trip Coordinator 970-565-9600 or [email protected]

””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””” THE POINT SITE TOUR The Point Site field trip is scheduled for Saturday, October 6. The destination is the south edge of Farmington, NM – a private ranch near the San Juan River. Participants will leave Cortez at approximately 8 am and return by 5 pm. This will be a guided tour by Linda Wheelbarger, longtime field school director for the property. PI-PIII sites ( including this summer’s excavation), rock art, archaic and Navajo sites are available. We will ride to each area, then walk to sites and panels on exposed bluffs and in canyon bottoms. This trip can accommodate 20 – 25 participants (chapter members). If anyone has, or has access to, a van – include that information when you sign up. The ranch owners prefer as few vehicles as possible on tours.

We can carpool from Cortez or leave some vehicles at the ranch office - then squeeze in for the rides to the sites. A $5.00 fee per person is requested for this tour, payable on day of trip. More trip details will be in the September newsletter. For information on some of the archaeology located on the ranch, go to: www.sanjuancollege.edu/pages/2030.asp To sign up, contact Jane Williams, Field Trip Coordinator, by email at [email protected] or at 970-565-9600. Email preferred, thank you.

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Substantial Progress in Thwarting the Sale of Illicit Antiquities Across the country measures taken to curb the trade in looted artifacts are making it more difficult for collectors of antiquities to donate, or sell, the cultural treasures that fill their homes,

display cases and storage units. Museums typically no longer want artifacts that do not have a documented history stretching back past 1970, a date set by the Association of Art Museum Directors, whose guidelines most institutions have adopted. Drawn up in 2008, the rules have been applauded by countries seeking to recover their artifacts and by archaeologists looking to study objects in their natural settings. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/15/arts/design/antiquitymarket-grapples-with-stricter-guidelines-for-gifts.html?_r=2&ei=5070&emc=eta1 Explore Lesser-known Chacoan Outliers with an Excellent New Archaeology Blog My intent in these articles is to take you places you may be interested in seeing. Most of you will probably never get to these places in person. If you are a professional archaeologist you have probably already been to most of them so it may not be of that much interest to you. But I will highlight some of my favorite archaeological sites that are off the well-beaten, asphalt path or gravel path, okay, barely recognizable marks of tire tracks in the dirt; and in doing so I hope to convey to the interested layman or the involved avocational archaeologist, some of the wonder I feel upon arriving at places of storied history and less storied prehistory for the first time. http://tucsoncitizen.com/armchair-marcaeologist/ Reminder: The 2012 Pecos Conference Starts August 9th The Pecos Conference is an annual conference of archaeologists which is held in the southwestern United States or northwestern Mexico. Each August, archaeologists gather under open skies somewhere in the southwestern United States or northwestern Mexico. They set up a large tent for shade, and then spend three or more days together discussing recent research and the problems of the field and challenges of the profession. In recent years, Native Americans, avocational archaeologists, the general public and media organizations have come to speak with the archaeologists. http://www.swanet.org/2012_pecos_conference/index.html

Arizona Archaeology and Historical Society Hosting a “Rock Swap” at This Year’s Pecos Conference The Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society will host an impromptu “rock swap” at our vendor table at the 2012 Pecos Conference in Pecos, New Mexico. The purpose of the rock swap is to facilitate the identification and exchange of raw materials among researchers working in the Southwest. Preference is given to knappable materials such as chert, rhyolite, obsidian, and so forth, but all contributions are welcome. Pecos Conference attendees can participate in

the rock swap for no cost, but raw material contributions are encouraged. Please identify the rock type, geological unit name, provenance, and your name for all rock contributions. In order to minimize the need for on-site reduction, large nodules should be broken into multiple pieces in advance. AAHS strongly discourages the collection of authentic artifacts for raw material reference collections, and none will be included in the AAHS rock swap. If you have ques tions please email Jesse Ballenger ([email protected]) Exploring Canyon de Chelly National Monument The Jeep forges on as Yazzie takes us deeper into the past in a canyon that overflows with human history, reverence, and despair. Though you can gaze down into the canyon from the monument’s road, to reach the inner sanctum you must rely on one of the local Navajo tour guides. Although the monument was added to the National Park System in 1931 by President Herbert Hoover, the agreement left most of the landscape as the property of the Navajo Nation. http://www.nationalparkstraveler.com/2012/06/exploring-canyon-de-chelly-nationalmonument9929

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PAAC Schedule

Please contact Terry Woodrow for info regarding upcoming PAAC classes out of our area: 5601318 or [email protected].

PAAC Events: August–December 2012 August 11.................Denver..............................Site Forms Workshop September 6...................Denver..............................Rock Art Studies (session 1 of 7) 8–9..............Pueblo..............................Field and Laboratory Photography 12.................Denver..............................Site Forms Workshop 13, 20..........Denver..............................Rock Art Studies (sessions 2, 3) 21–24..........Montrose..........................Prehistoric Lithics Description & Analysis 27.................Denver..............................Rock Art Studies (session 4) October 4...................Denver..............................Rock Art Studies (session 5) 5–6..............Boulder.............................PAAC Board meeting at CAS annual meeting 11, 18..........Denver..............................Rock Art Studies (end—sessions 6, 7) 20–21..........Alamosa............................Introduction to Laboratory Techniques 24, 30..........Boulder.............................Historical Archaeology (sessions 1, 2 of 7) November 2–5..............Dolores.............................Basic Site Surveying Techniques

7, 14............Boulder.............................Historical Archaeology (sessions 3, 4) 16–19..........Gunnison.........................Colorado Archaeology 20, 28..........Boulder.............................Historical Archaeology (sessions 5, 6) December 5...................Boulder.............................Historical Archaeology (end, session 7) *7–20..........Denver..............................PAAC Laboratory Project *Lab project occurs on intermittent dates at the North Warehouse in central Denver; call or e-mail for information

COLLEGE CREDIT FOR P.A.A.C. CLASSES Adams State College (in Alamosa) Extended Studies Program (http://www2.adams.edu/extended_studies/) now offers credit for PAAC classes. K-12 teachers may be especially interested in this. It is up to those who want college credit to register with Adams State College in addition to enrolling through Terry Woodrow, Cortez P.A.A.C. Coordinator. Other Notable Events: Pecos Conference, August 9–12, Pecos National Historical Park, Pecos, NM Utah Rock Art Research Association symposium, September 21–24, Vernal, UT Plains Anthropological Conference, October 3–6, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Colorado Archaeological Society (CAS) annual meeting, October 5–6, Boulder Great Basin Anthropological Conference, October 17–20, Stateline, Nevada For more information visit the PAAC website at: http://www.historycolorado.org/oahp/program-avocational-archaeological-certificationpaac

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Finances

Treasurer's Report as of 7/25/12: Checking: $2590.70 CD: $1051.48 Total Assets: $3642.18 Income: Dues: $27.00 Interest .05 Expenses: Newsletter: $10.00

State Dues: $226.00 Office Supplies: $10.00

Membership State Membership Type Student $8.00 (No SW Lore) Individual $16.00 Family $20.00 Senior (over 55) Half of Above Category (No SW Lore) Plus Local Membership $10 New members joining between May 1st and September 30th should pay HALF the total dues amount, as membership renews in October of each year.

2012 Executive Board President David Dove…………………….. 565-8758 Vice President Bob Bernhart…………………… 565-0980 Treasurer Marcie Ryan .............................. 882-3391 Recording Secretary Diane McBride ……………….. 560-1693 C.A.S. Representative Terri Hoff..................................... 882-2191 P.A.A.C Coordinator Terry Woodrow .......................... 560-1318 Field Trip Coordinator Jane Williams ……………….. 565-9600 Newsletter Editor Nancy Evans … ……………… 564-1461 Assistant Patricia Lacey ............................ 570-1690 Assistant (in charge of snail-mail) Marcie Ryan…………………..… 882-3391 Webmaster Terri Hoff………………………… 882-2191

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