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The San Luis ValleyARCHAEO-UPDATEThe Bulletin of the San Luis Valley Archaeological Network Vol. 10 No. 3, August 2005 |
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Upcoming Field Trip Information (Trickle Mt.)
Paleo Fluted Points Inventory
FROM SUBSISTENCE
TO SUPERMARKET: GREAT SAND DUNES
RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM AND CAS ANNUAL MEETING
Adams State College Campus, College Center, October 7, 8 and 9, 2005
The upcoming Great Sand Dunes Research Symposium is a great opportunity to learn more about the archaeology, history, geology, botany, and biology of the San Luis Valley and southcentral Colorado. The Colorado Archaeological Society Annual Meeting will also be a part of the conference.
Summary of Great Sand Dunes Research Symposium Schedule of Events
Friday, October 7.
Papers will be presented from 1:00 P.M. to 5:00 P.M. in Carson Auditorium.
On Friday evening, October 7th, starting slightly after 5:00 P.M., there
will be a no-host, cash-bar Happy Hour at the K-Bob Restaurant, located
at 1310 Main Street (Highway 160) across the street from the Adams State
College Campus
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Saturday, October 8. Papers will be presented from 8:00 AM until
4:00 PM in Carson Auditorium.
Saturday Evening Banquet (Clarian Inn of the Rio Grande, formerly
the Holiday Inn). 5:00 PM Cash Bar ($3.50 Margaritas); 6:30 Fiesta
Buffet ($15.00 per person); 8:00 PM Keynote speaker David White; Traditional
Users of the Sand. There will also be a CAS Silent Auction benefit during
the banquet.
Sunday, October 9. There will be a choice of two tours. Tour
of the Medano and Zapata ranches and the new Great Sand Dunes National
Park and Preserve. Cost is $35. Meet at the Oasis Store & Campground
at 9:00 AM (return at 3:00 PM).The other tour will be of Rock Art of
the Fort Garland area (self driving, no cost). Meet at the Fort Garland
Museum parking lot at 9:00 AM. Return at 1:30 PM.
Great Sand Dunes Research Symposium Program Schedule
Friday,
October 7, 2005 Topic; Early Historic Settlement
1:00 Introduction to History of SLV. Hobey Dixon and Dick Sundstrom
1:20 Pike's Stockade PAAC Survey 2004-2005, from Field Survey to Digital
Data. Bruce Wahle
1:40 Update on PAAC Training Survey at Pike's Stockade, Conejos County,
Colorado. Kevin Black
2:00 Moccasin Bill. Noel Harlan
2:20 Great Sand Dunes Eolian System Anthropological Project: Public
Education and Volunteers. Danielle M. Hoefer
2:40 BREAK
3:00 West Blanca Mining District: A Bajada Base Camp. James Brechtel,
Heidi Guy Hays, Scott Phillips
3:20 Interpreting the Past: A Colorado Battlefield Investigation. Kevin
Walda
3:40 The Teofilo and Pedro Trujillo Homesteads-Archaeology, History
and Architecture of Two Early Hispanic Homesteads in the San Luis Valley
Marilyn Martorano
4:00 From the King to the Baca and Beyond. Dennis Stanford and Pegi
Jodry
5:00 Happy Hour at K-Bob's Restaurant (cash bar)
7:00 CAS Board Meeting
Saturday,
October 8, 2005 Topic; Geologic Foundations
8:00 Introduction. Hobey Dixon, Dick Sundstrom
8:20 A View Towards Understanding the Aeolian System. Fred Bunch,
Adrienne Anderson
8:40 Surficial Geology of the Great Sand Dunes Area. Rich Madole
9:00 Geologic Processes that Control the Development of Great Sand Dunes,
Colorado. Andrew Valdez
9:20 Measuring Changes in Historic Wetlands at Great Sand Dunes, 1936-1955.
Dave Hammond
Topic; Biologic Foundations
9:40 Ecological Systems of Great Sand Dunes. Joe Stevens
10:00 BREAK
10:20 Plant Communities of Great Sand Dunes and Vicinity: Present and
Past. Hobey Dixon 10:40 Of Tiger Beetles and Priests: Father
Bernard Rotger Contributions to the Natural and Cultural History of
the San Luis Valley. Phyllis Pineda Bovin
Topic; Earliest Inhabitants
11:00 Building a Prehistoric Chronology for the Rio Grande Basin. Ted
Hoefer
11:20 Traveling Through Time from Clovis to Bajada. Pegi Jodry
11:40 The Life Giving Waters and Marshes of Big and Little Spring Creeks.
Pegi Jodry
12:00 LUNCH BREAK
Topic; Late Prehistoric Peoples
1:00 The 2005 Cultural Resource Inventory of the Baca Land Exchange
Biedell Creek Parcels: Comparative Data from the Western San Luis Valley.
Chris Bevilacqua
1:20 Prehistoric Shell Cache. Fred Oglesby
1:40 An Analysis of a Small Collection of Stone Pestles from the San
Luis Valley. Diane Rhodes.
2:00 Volcanic Quarries and Broken Rocks: Identifying Material Sources
in the Taos. Valley. Jeffrey Boyer
2:20 Results of Archaeological Investigation at Open Camp Site: Great
Sand Dunes. Sean Larmore
2:40 BREAK
Topic; Ethnohistoric Groups
3:00 Jicarilla Apache in the San Luis Valley and Surrounding Area. Lorene
Willis, Bryan Vigil
3:20 So Hungry They Ate a Tree: Culturally Peeled Ponderosa Pine Trees
at Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve. Marilyn Martorano
3:40 Rock Art of the San Luis Valley: A Regional Comparison of Styles.
Vince Spero/Ken Frye
4:00 Conical Timbered Lodges and Other Aboriginal Structures at Great
Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve Marilyn Martorano
End of Papers
4:30 Colorado Archaeological Society Annual Meeting (College Center)
5:00 Happy Hour-Clarion Inn of the Rio Grande
6:30 Fiesta Buffet Banquet-Clarion Inn of the Rio Grande (pre-registration
required)
7:00 CAS Silent Auction to benefit the Alice Hamilton Memorial Scholarship
Fund
8:00 Traditional Users of the Sand Keynote Address by Dr. David White
Great Sand Dunes Research Symposium Registration Form (due Sept 1)
There is a block of 40 rooms reserved for CAS and other Symposium participants at the Clarion Hotel. The cost is $69.95 plus 10.8% tax per night. Each additional adult is $10.00 per night; children can stay free. Each registered adult will receive a free breakfast voucher at the Clarion Restaurant for each day of registration, a $4.00 per person value. Also, each registered adult will receive a complimentary drink coupon good for your first drink at the Saturday banquet! The Clarion Hotel will also provide complimentary transportation to and from the Carson Auditorium (but not an all day shuttle). To reserve your room, call the Clarion at (800) 669-1658, or (719) 589-5833 or FAX (719) 589-4412. Ask for the "Colorado Archaeological Society" or the "Sand Dunes Symposium" rate.
Volunteers for the Great Sand Dunes Research Symposium Needed
Volunteers are needed for a variety of tasks during the symposium. Everything from helping with equipment to giving out registration materials. If you would like to volunteer for any amount of time during the event please call or e-mail Vince Spero at 719-873-5916 (home) 852-6242 (work) or vspero@peoplepc.com by e-mail by September 1, 2005
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PLEASE NOTE THAT IT IS ASC HOMECOMING WEEKEND SO PARKING MAY BE TRICKY
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UPCOMING FIELD TRIP INFORMATION
Saturday August 20 Trickle Mountain Quartzite Source and Stone Structure Village. On this trip to we will visit the site of the Trickle Mountain Quartzite quarry, on BLM land to the west of Saguache, where the stone for many of the quartzite artifacts in the Saguache area originated. Nearby is a stone structure village that we will also visit. High clearance vehicles are needed. We will meet at the park in Saguache at 9:00 AM. For more information please call Vince Spero at 719-852-6242 or contact him by e-mail at vspero@peoplepc.com
Paleo Fluted Points Inventory
Tom Hoff, past CAS President is working with Dennis Stanford and Steve Holen on a project to inventory Paleo Fluted Points in private collections in Colorado. They have put together a questionnaire which I have attached for your review and would like to get it out to our membership. This will be published in Southwestern Lore and is being distributed by the Loveland Archaeological Society.
Colorado
Fluted Point Survey Form.doc (Word format)
Colorado Fluted Point Survey
Form.rtf (Rich Text format)
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