VOLUME 40, NO. 1 SPRING 2012 ISSN ASNM NEWS

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1 VOLUME 40, NO. 1 SPRING 2012 ISSN ASNM NEWS Estancia Basin/Salinas Province Is Theme of ASNM Annual Meeting April in Moriarty The Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Society of New Mexico, jointly sponsored by the Torrance County Archaeological Society and the Friends of Tijeras Pueblo, will be held at the Moriarty Civic Center April 20, 21 and 22. The Civic Center is located at 202 Broadway in east Moriarty and reached from I-40 Exit 196, then south on New Mexico 41 (the route to Estancia and the Salinas Missions known locally as Howard Cavasos Boulevard), across Central (aka Route 66) a long block to Roosevelt, turn right (west) a few blocks to Broadway and the Civic Center on your left (south). Discounted pre-registration ends April 5, but late registration continues (<tcasun.org> for form and more information. Early reservations are advised at the Comfort Inn ( ) for those who prefer a ground-floor room (no elevator). The two-story Comfort Inn is located at 119 Route 66 a short distance east (left) on Central (Route 66) from NM 41. The Comfort Inn is offering ASNM attendees a special discount rate of $71.00 ($81.24 with taxes). This includes complimentary hot breakfasts, long distance calls, and wifi. An innovation this year is the optional buffet supper and introductory program on Friday evening. Registration and viewing of posters begins at 4 PM. A meet and greet time will be followed by the optional buffet. A brief program for anyone interested in learning more about the geologic origin and natural history of the Estancia Basin begins at 7 PM. This program includes A Basin in the Making Geologic History by Ladd Hagmaier, A Basin, an Old Lake and Salt Time, Climate and Geologic Processes by Bill Simms, Ecologic Background by Richard Spencer, and Wrap up and Field Trip Preview by John Hayden. A symposium Estancia Basin and The Salinas Province A Long View of People and Salt in the Land Between Mountains and Plains on Saturday morning features three speakers: Bruce Allen, geologist, on Geology of the Estancia Basin and Late Quaternary History of the Salt Lakes; Bill Reitze, geoarchaeologist, on Early Man in the Estancia Basin; and Richard Flint, archaeologist/historian, on La Salina: A Historical Sketch 1580s to 1930s. The business meeting starts at 1 PM, followed by open session papers. Saturday evening's schedule calls for a social hour and the Awards Banquet, which will include recognition of Carol Condie, our 2012 ASNM Honoree, presentation of awards, and finally, around 8 PM, the Bandelier Lecture by Ted Frisbie, Salt of the Earth: Native American Tales, Trails, Trade, Trials, Tribulations, and More. Sunday field trips include La Salina Grant salt lake, Tijeras Pueblo guided tour, and the Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument. The trips will organize and depart from locations to be designated. Please sign up early on Friday or Saturday the preference on your registration form was not a signup sign waivers (if required) and be prepared on Sunday with the usual water, sunscreen, walking shoes, hat, etc. Election of ASNM Trustees Charlie Barnes, chair of the Nominations Committee, announces a slate of five candidates for the four open Trustee positions. Short biographies of the candidates are on page 4 and ballots on page 7. Members in good standing may vote by mail (see directions on ballot) or turn in their ballots at the Annual Meeting. Postal Ballots should be mailed by April 13.

2 Membership Renewals Everyone except honorees and other life members needs to renew at the beginning of each calendar year. This is the last newsletter for members who have not renewed for To renew, download the membership renewal form page 7 or the ASNM website and return with your check. Contact Dolores Sundt at P.O. Box 3485, Albuquerque NM or <dfsundt@msn.com> with questions about your membership status. Highlights from the Meeting of the Trustees February 4, 2012 Budget and Finance Committee Report: John Roney, Chair, reported that on February 4, 2012, the ASNM Budget and Finance Committee consisting of CJ Johnson, John Hayden, and John Roney as well as Treasurer Anna Walters conducted a review of the Society s 2011 financial records. The records were accurate and well maintained, and ASNM is on sound financial footing. [Ed. note: 2011 Financial Report and 2012 Proposed Budget on pp. 5-6.] Nominations Committee: Charlie Barnes reported that he is still recruiting candidates. Two current Trustees, Greg Sagemiller and Anna Walters, will run for re-election, and he has a line on others. [Ed. note: Trustees later approved a slate of candidates submitted electronically. New nominees include George N. Ruebelmann, of Grant County, Richard W. (Bill) Simms of Torrance County, and Patricia Wing of Santa Fe.] SiteWatch Program, Historic Preservation Division: Norman Nelson, HPD SiteWatch Coordinator, announced the upcoming Annual SiteWatch Meeting on February 19 to be held in Santa Fe. The following extended report on SiteWatch activities was provided by Nelson: Several newsworthy events have occurred in recent months. At the request of the Western Heritage Museum and the BLM, a first training held in Hobbs on September 10 was attended by 21 people. A second training was held at the Carlsbad Art Museum on January 21 with 13 people attending. BLM and Carlsbad Caverns National Park archaeologists are looking to extend their use of SiteWatch in the immediate area. The Park Service has 21 sites ready to go. The trainings were lively and the site visits very informative for all. An upcoming Basic Training is scheduled for the Santa Fe Forest headquarters on March 24. This will include a number of tribal representatives. Traditional leaders and law enforcement personnel will represent Kewa (Santo Domingo), while Jemez will send representatives and Cochiti has been invited. The Taos Chapter is reorganizing. Long time coordinator CJ Johnson is stepping down, and a new chapter coordinator will be assuming her duties. Many thanks to CJ for her guidance and ideas in assisting the membership to make the Taos Chapter one of the best. The Northeast Chapter has been the last one in New Mexico to get started. Stacie Glassini of the Cibola Forest/Kiowa Grasslands has been working with HPD and SiteWatch to explore the idea. While not up and running yet, the energy is there. The Roswell BLM office has expressed a strong interest in getting SiteWatch started in the area, and a training should be held soon. The Socorro BLM office is also looking to restart the program there and would be a welcome addition to site preservation. There are a number of significant sites in the vicinity. Currently the program has 15 chapters, 384 people trained into the program, and is monitoring over 520 sites across the state for its state and federal partners, as well as a handful of private landowners. Thanks to ASNM, and, in particular, Roger Moore of the Chaco Chapter, for the society's support for the educational programs sponsored for SiteWatch volunteers. Southeastern New Mexico Archaeological Society is New ASNM Affiliate At their February meeting, the Trustees approved the application of SENMAS, based in Hobbs, New Mexico, to become an affiliate of ASNM. The officers are: Bob Southworth, President, Cindy Gates, Vice President, Jessica Tovar, Secretary/Treasurer, and Calvin Smith is their chief advisor. Welcome aboard, SENMAS, and we hope to see some of you at the Annual Meeting! 2

3 NEWS AND NOTES FROM HERE AND THERE El Palacio Magazine s First Ten Years Now Digitized and Online El Palacio magazine, published by the Museum of New Mexico for nearly 100 years, celebrates the digital age just as the state celebrates its centennial, by putting the first 10 years of the magazine online, free to all at The New Mexico State Library's State Document Program, which has long collected and cataloged printed copies of El Palacio, shared the magazine's online, digital goals. That marked the beginning of a partnership that others within the Department of Cultural Affairs were quick to join. Gaps in the State Library's nearly complete collection were filled in part by the New Mexico Museum of Art's library, in part through interlibrary loans, and in part by searches through old issues once saved by the New Mexico Office of Archaeological Studies. El Palacio publisher Shelley Thompson, who has seen to purchasing needed software for the project, praised the State Library's determined effort to put 10 years of searchable El Palacios online and in time for the state's centennial and promised to support the continuing effort until the next 90 years and beyond are available to all. The publication began as a broadsheet in November 1913 and evolved over the decades into a magazine. In its early years, El Palacio printed articles on architecture by Carlos Vierra, findings from archaeological excavations by A. V. Kidder, poetry by Alice Corbin Henderson, memorials to New Mexico soldiers lost in WWI, art criticism by Marsden Hartley, and early photographs of Poh-We-Ka (Little Blue Corn Flower), later known as the famous potter Maria Martinez. A representative issue, Volume 8, Numbers 7-9, published in July 1920 included a financial statement showing how the School of American Research and Museum of New Mexico spent $43, to complete a museum building, pay salaries, cover maintenance, and more, as well as, a lengthy report from Director Edgar Lee Hewett (who often wrote long articles for the publication) covering the previous year s successes and plans for the coming year. [Ed. note: El Palacio originated as a publication of the Archaeological Society of New Mexico.] Putting nearly a century s worth of a publication online presented many challenges, among them conflicting policies or laws regarding publication of culturally sensitive material and of archaeological site locations. The old El Palacios are in themselves their own archaeological site. Digging through the volumes online will unearth idiosyncratic social morés, dated cultural norms, and quaint customs. El Palacio enters its centennial year in 2013 when the balance of the publication will be available online. [Adapted from a press release.] IN MEMORIAM David Alan Breternitz November 12, 1929 to March 5, 2012 Dave Breternitz was a towering and well-loved figure in Southwest archaeology. Among his many achievements was his doctoral dissertation, a groundbreaking association of prehistoric Southwest pottery types with associated tree ring dates. The published version of his dissertation continues to be widely cited over 50 years later. In 1962 he began a successful academic career as a professor in the Department of Anthropology at Colorado University. While at CU, Dave mentored hundreds of undergraduate and graduate Anthropology students, many of whom went on to have successful careers of their own. For 13 summers he did field work with students in Southwestern Colorado, based out of Mesa Verde. The work included a complete inventory of Mesa Verde National Park, excavations at Wetherill Mesa, Mummy Lake, BLM lands in southeastern Colorado, and work at Chimney Rock, Lion, and Johnson canyons during the development of the Ute Mountain Ute Tribal Park. In 1978 the University of Colorado was awarded the Dolores Archaeological Project (connected to the construction of the McPhee Dam), at that time was the largest project in the country. Dave moved from Boulder to Dove Creek to serve as the Principal Investigator of the DAP for the next eight years. Upon completion of the project he retired from CU in 1986 and remained in Dove Creek. The Breternitz family camp was always a popular and crowded place at the annual Pecos Conferences. For many years Dave conducted the business meetings with humor and grace. It is hard to imagine a Pecos Conference without him. 3

4 CANDIDATES FOR TRUSTEE POSITIONS 2012 George N. Ruebelmann (Grant County Archaeological Society) holds degrees in Anthropology from Idaho State University (BA) and the University of Idaho (MA) and was an archaeologist with the BLM for 20 years in Idaho, Montana, California, New Mexico (Carlsbad), and Wyoming before becoming a Consultant/Contract Archaeologist from 1995 to 2007 in Wyoming and the Four Corners area of Colorado. During his career he directed large and small surveys, excavation projects on bison kill site, burial sites, tipi ring site, and small pueblo sites and wrote reports, monographs, and journal articles on small and large projects including the fieldwork mentioned above. He served as President of the Hisatsinom Chapter, Colorado Archaeological Society, 2008; President, Sheridan County Archaeological Society, Wyoming 1998, 1999; Chairman, Sheridan County Historic Preservation Commission Greg Sagemiller (Taos Archaeological Society) has been a member of both ASNM and the Taos Archaeological Society since As an avocational archaeologist, he has served in numerous volunteer field and administrative capacities with both societies. Currently, he is Chair of the ASNM Scholarship Committee and a member of the ASNM Nominating Committee. He attended one session of the ASNM Field School at the Vidal Site in Heaton Canyon near Gallup. Greg has participated extensively in numerous archaeological surveys under TAS participation agreements on BLM and USFS land. He served as Crew Chief for a contract archaeological consultant at numerous Biscuitware Sites along the Chama River drainage, and participated in excavation and lab analysis at a Taos pit house site on private land. He served as Program Chair and President of the Taos society for several years in the early 1990s. He has served on the ASNM Scholarship Committee since 1993 and as ASNM President from 1996 to In November, 2011 he introduced a self-published novel set in southeastern Utah. Its theme centers upon SiteWatch stewards and Land Managers capturing looters destroying cultural resources in the Southwest. Richard William (Bill) Simms (Torrance County Archaeological Society) is New Mexico born and raised. He earned a Bachelor of Science and a Masters in Geology from UNM. A career geologist employed by several major energy resource companies, he was involved at various times in exploration of oil, base and precious metals, and uranium in the Southwest US, oil exploration in Alaska, South Texas, and offshore California, and oil and gas exploration in Australia and New Guinea. Bill has been active in the Torrance County Archaeology Society (TCAS) and served as its President for seven years ( ); he has been the co-program and field trip chair for six years ( ). Bill serves as Site Watch coordinator for Torrance County and is TCAS webmaster. Anna Walters (Taos Archaeological Society) has served as an ASNM trustee for nine years, beginning 2003 and as ASNM treasurer for 6 1/2 years, beginning July She holds a BA in Business Administration with an accounting major from Texas Lutheran College and an MS in Computer Science from Boston University, She worked for 33 years for the federal government, the last 27 years of which for the US Air Force, the last 15 years of which she served as a project manager over new computer systems in Germany. Anna has been a member of the TAS since 1999, having served as past Secretary, past and current Public Relations chair, and current Treasurer. She participated in digs in Texas and in Inishmoor, Ireland (with the Expeditions Research Program, University of California at Berkeley) before retiring to Taos in Patricia Wing (Santa Fe Archaeological Society) holds a BA degree in Economics/English from the University of Arizona and an MA degree in Anthropology from Northern Arizona University, where her thesis involved an analysis of country and regional fairs, and how those fairs reflected the local cultures, such as Mormon-LDS, Navajo, rancher, and rural settings. In her career, she was a solar energy specialist and Associate Director of the Arizona Solar Energy Commission. She also worked for the Arizona Governor s Office under Bruce Babbitt, and spent 14 years at Los Alamos National Laboratory. In her retirement, she runs a small bookselling business, frequently attends dances at nearby San Ildefonso and Santa Clara Pueblos, and reads up on archaeology subjects currently on the ancient mounds of the Southeastern United States. She has been a member of the Santa Fe Archaeological Society since 1992, with a seven-year gap somewhere in there. CALENDAR CHECK: UPCOMING CONFERENCES Tularosa Basin Conference May Tularosa Community Center < Mogollon Conference October 4-6, 2012, Western New Mexico University, Silver City. For details see < 4

5 BALLOT FOR MEMBER #1 (Individual or family membership) Vote for four (4) George Ruebelmann Greg Sagemiller Richard (Bill Simms) Anna Walters Patricia Wing Bring ballot to Annual Meeting or mail by April 13 to ASNM Secretary, PO Box 3485, Albuquerque NM BALLOT FOR MEMBER #2 (Family membership) Vote for four (4) George Ruebelmann Greg Sagemiller Richard (Bill Simms) Anna Walters Patricia Wing Bring ballot to Annual Meeting or mail by April 13 to ASNM Secretary, PO Box 3485, Albuquerque NM ASNM 2012 MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION/RENEWAL Name (s): Year: Renewal New Address: Individual, Institution, or Family ($25) $ Contributor ($35 & up) $ Telephone (Opt): Newsletter Address: * Hardcopy Newsletter ($5) $ Extra Scholarship Fund Contribution $ *If you do not wish to receive your newsletter Total Enclosed: $ via , please pay the additional printing and postage surcharge for a print copy via first class mail. *Please be sure your address is legible. If more space is needed, write it again in the space below. Send payment to: The Archaeological Society of New Mexico, PO Box 3485, Albuquerque, NM If your address changes, please contact list manager Gary Hein at garyh@newmexicoarchaeology.org. 7

6 ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF NEW MEXICO 2011 FINANCIAL REPORT as of 12/31/2011 ITEM CARRY- OVER INCOME TRF/ADJ ITEM EXPENSE TRF/ADJ BALANCE 200 OPERATING ACCOUNT INCOME 250 EXPENSE 211 DUES 11, OPERATIONS 4, OTHER NEWSLETTER TRF 309 ea 6, OTHER SUBTOTAL , SUBTOTAL 5, , ANNUAL VOL ACCOUNT 3, INCOME 350 EXPENSE 311 TRF DUES FR 254 6, ANNUAL VOLUME 6, INV INTEREST POSTAGE SALES/GRANT TRF FR 253 SUBTOTAL , , , CERTIFICATION ACCOUNT INCOME 450 EXPENSE 411 REGISTRATION ADMINISTRATION 412 OTHER OTHER SUBTOTAL SUBTOTAL ENDOWMENT ACCOUNT 18, INCOME 550 EXPENSE 511 ENDOW Principal Gifts 16, GENERAL ENDOW operating gifts 2, OTHER 513 ENDOW CD interest SUBTOTAL 18, SUBTOTAL , PRINCIPAL 16, OPERATING 2, ENDOW INTEREST SUBTOTAL 19, SCHOLARSHIP ACCOUNT 25, INCOME 650 EXPENSE 611 SCHLR Principal Gifts/Int 18, , GENERAL 612 SCHLR Operating Gifts 6, , SCHOLARSHIPS 4, SCHLR Bank Interest TRF FROM SUBTOTAL 25, , SUBTOTAL 4, , PRINCIPAL 19, OPERATING 6, BANK INTEREST SUBTOTAL 26, VIDAL ACCOUNT 32, INCOME 750 EXPENSE 711 Interest GENERAL OTHER SUBTOTAL SUBTOTAL , SPECIAL PUB ACCOUNT 11, INCOME 850 EXPENSE 811 SALES 1, GENERAL OTHER/INTEREST OTHER SUBTOTAL 1, SUBTOTAL , ROCK ART 1, EXPENSE 910 INCOME GENERAL ROCK ART INTEREST 952 OTHER 0.00 SUBTOTAL 0.00 SUBTOTAL TOTAL 93, , , , , ,120.40

7 ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF NEW MEXICO PROPOSED BUDGET CALENDAR YEAR, Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 2012 ITEM CARRY- OVER 200 OPERATING 0.00 INCOME 2012 TRANS- FER 2011 INCOME ITEM EXPENSE 2012 TRANS- FER CARRY FORWARD EXPENSE INCOME 250 EXPENSE 211 DUES 12, , OPERATIONS 4, , OTHER NEWSLETTER TRF 355 DUES 6, OTHER SUBTOTAL 12, , SUBTOTAL 5, , , ANNUAL VOLUME 2, INCOME 350 EXPENSE 311 TRF DUES 254 6, ANNUAL VOL 6, , INTEREST 352 POSTAGE SALES/GRANT TRANSFER SUBTOTAL , SUBTOTAL 7, , , CERTIFICATION INCOME 450 EXPENSE 411 REGISTRATION GENERAL OTHER OTHER 0.00 SUBTOTAL SUBTOTAL ENDOWMENT 19, INCOME 550 EXPENSE 511 PRINCIPAL 16, GENERAL OPERATING 2, OTHER INTEREST SUBTOTAL 19, SUBTOTAL , SCHOLARSHIP 26, INCOME 650 EXPENSE 611 PRINCIPAL 19, , , GENERAL 612 OPERATING 6, , , SCHOLARSHIPS 4, , BANK INTEREST SUBTOTAL 26, , , SUBTOTAL 4, , , VIDAL FIELD SCH. 31, INCOME 750 EXPENSE 711 INTEREST GENERAL OTHER 752 CONTRACTS PUBLICATION 0 SUBTOTAL SUBTOTAL , SPECIAL PUBS. 12, INCOME 850 EXPENSE 811 SALES 1, , GENERAL OTHER 852 PUBLICATION 0.00 SUBTOTAL 1, , SUBTOTAL , ROCK ART TOTAL 94, , , , , , , ,675.11

8 ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF NEW MEXICO P.O. Box 3485 Albuquerque, New Mexico As a New Mexico non-profit corporation, ASNM is one of the oldest of its kind in the United States. The Society has a number of affiliated local societies listed below. ASNM encourages and assists others to preserve, study, protect, and promote appreciation of the prehistoric and historic cultural resources of New Mexico. Membership: Individual, Family, Institution $25, Contributing $35 or more Privileges: Enrolling in ASNM Incremental Certification Program and Seminars, ASNM newsletter, and annual volume of Papers of the Archaeological Society of New Mexico. ASNM Newsletter: Helen Crotty, Editor Papers of the ASNM (Honoree volumes): Emily Brown, editor, Carol Condie, and Helen Crotty Special Publications: David Kirkpatrick, Chair Officers and Elected Trustees Doris Morgan, President John Roney Vice-President Carolyn Johnson, Secretary Anna Walters, Treasurer Karen Armstrong Charlie Barnes Bradley Bowman Emily Brown Carol Condie Hayward Franklin Gary Hein Greg Sagemiller Ex Officio Trustees Jan Biella, Acting NM State Archaeologist Norman Nelson, State SiteWatch Coordinator Doug Dykeman, New Mexico Archeological Council President Executive Secretary Dolores Sundt Advisors Sheila Brewer Dave Brugge Helen Crotty Ted Frisbie John Hayden Dave Kirkpatrick Joan Mathien Roger Moore Nancy Woodworth Albuquerque Archaeological Society PO Box 4029 Albuquerque, NM President: Marc Thompson info@abqarchaeology.org Doña Ana Archaeological Society PO Box Las Cruces, NM President: William Little wmlittle@zianet.com El Paso Archaeological Society PO Box 4345 El Paso, TX President: Lora Jackson-Legare Loraliejackson@yahoo.com Friends of Tijeras Pueblo PO Box 1916 Tijeras, NM President: Dorothy Bender dorothy.bender@gmail.com AFFILIATE SOCIETIES Grant County Archaeological Society PO Box 1713 Silver City, NM President: Bill Hudson whudson43@yahoo.com Midland Archaeological Society PO Box 4224 Midland, TX President: Rick Day Plateau Sciences Society PO Box 2433 Gallup, NM Co-Presidents: Larry Larason and Sheila Brewer larason66@yahoo.com sheilabrewer1963@cnetco.com San Juan Archaeological Society PO Box 118 Flora Vista, NM Contact: Roger Moore maraztec@sisna.com Santa Fe Archaeological Society PO Box Santa Fe, NM President: Ava Fullerton avafullerton@earthlink.net Southeastern New Mexico Archaeological Society President: Bob Southworth 1535 Bradley Court Hobbs, NM Marathon1239@yahoo.com Taos Archaeological Society PO Box 143 Taos, NM President: Carmen Johnson admin@taosarch.org Torrance County Archaeological Society President: Bob Berglund berglund@plateautel.net