The Archaic in New Mexico
When & Where:
Hibben Center, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
Saturday, November 10, 2018
Co-sponsored by the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology, UNM
Subject to change before or during the conference.
Preliminary Event
Friday, November 9, 2018
7:30–9:00 P.M.
A History of Archaic Research
Dr. Bradley J. Vierra
Hibben 105, UNM main campus
Free Public Presentation
Main Event
Saturday, November 11, 2017
| 8:00–9:00 A.M. | On-site registration; continental breakfast (Hibben Atrium) |
| 9:00–9:10 A.M. | Welcome and Announcements: Distinguished Archaeologist Award |
| 9:10–9:30 A.M. | Presentation 1: A Middle Archaic Campsite in the Chuska Valley by Kye Miller, PaleoWest |
| 9:30–9:50 A.M. | Presentation 2: The Presence of Middle Archaic Bison in the San Juan Basin by Robin Cordero, OCA |
| 9:50–10:10 A.M. | Presentation 3: Archaic Dates and Diet in the San Juan Basin, Northwest New Mexico by Timothy M. Kearns |
| 10:10–10:15 A.M. | Questions and Comments |
| 10:15–10:30 A.M. | BREAK |
| 10:30–10:50 A.M. | Presentation 4: Projectile Point Variation at Fresnal Rockshelter by Don Purdon, Graduate Student |
| 10:50–11:10 A.M. | Presentation 5: Boulder Cupules and Archaic Imagery in Pre-Agrarian Northern New Mexico: Production and Meaning by Richard Ford, Museum of Indian Art and Culture |
| 11:10–11:30 A.M. | Presentation 6: Archaic Petroglyphs of Mesa Prieta, Northern New Mexico by Janet MacKenzie and Candie Borduin, Mesa Prieta Petroglyph Project |
| 11:30–11:35 A.M. | Questions and Comments |
| 11:35–11:50 A.M. | NMAC Business Meeting. All members are encouraged to attend. |
| 11:50 A.M.–1:00 P.M. | LUNCH |
| 1:00–1:20 P.M. | Presentation 7: Lithic Assemblages and Site-Function Variation at Archaic Sites on Albuquerque’s West Mesa by Jim Railey, SWCA |
| 1:20–1:40 P.M. | Presentation 8: A GIS Predictive Model for Early Archaic Site Locations on the Taos Plateau by Cassandra Keyes, Graduate Student |
| 1:40–2:00 P.M. | Presentation 9: Presentation 9: Evidence for the Archaic from the Cañada Alamosa Project by Karl Laumbach, HSR and Curtis Monger, NMSU |
| 2:00–2:10 P.M. | Questions and Comments |
| 2:10–2:30 P.M. | BREAK |
| 2:30–2:50 P.M. | Presentation 10: Plant utilization in Southeast NM during the Archaic by William Whitehead, SWCA |
| 2:50–3:10 P.M. | Presentation 11: Archaic and Mesilla phase occupations in the Tularosa Basin of south-central New Mexico by Alexander Kurota, Evan Sternberg, Evan Kay, Scott Gunn, and Robin Cordero, OCA |
| 3:10–3:30 P.M. | Presentation 12: A Digital Survey for Ring-Midden Dogs in the Archaic by Dody Fugate |
| 3:30–3:40 P.M. | Questions and Comments |
Poster Presentations (Hibben Atrium, All Day Saturday, Nov. 10):
The Archaic Occupation at Four Sites in Southwestern New Mexico by Timothy M. Kearns
San Jose Revisited: The Typology, Morphometrics, and Geochemistry of early Middle Archaic Occupation in West-Central, NM by Joseph Birkmann, Bruce B. Huckell, and M. Steven M. Shackley