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NEXT MEETING: Wednesday, April 16, 2025, 6:00 PM at 2045 Memory Lane in Silver City, New Mexico. The GCAS's next monthly IN-PERSON ONLY meeting features speaker geoarchaeologist Dave Rachal PhD of Tierra Vieja Consulting in Las Cruces NM. Doors open at 6:00 PM with light refreshments on offer. Socializing and a brief-to-nonexistent business meeting will immediately precede Dave's presentation of: How Did The Seeds Get There? Ruppia cirrhosa Ecology, Depositional Context and Accurate Radiocarbon Dating at White Sands: "The stratigraphic and geomorphic contexts, and ultimately the chronometric determinations, at White Sands Locality-2 (WHSA-2) are topics of controversy that stem from conflicting interpretations of the processes that deposited the Ruppia cirrhosa (Ruppia) seeds within the paleo-Lake Otero footprint site....[O]ur interpretation depicts the shoreline as an unstable, dynamic lake margin to which Ruppia seeds...were transported from deep-water, offshore growth beds during storm events and deposited on the lake shore in seed balls. These unusual aggregates, known to mix seeds of wide-ranging ages, were gradually broken apart by several cycles of wave action and erosion and redeposited in layers....[W]e will delve into both the ecology and the depositional context of Ruppia and discuss why the Ruppia seeds at paleo-Lake Otero are problematic materials for radiocarbon dating." Check out Dave's and Tierra Vieja Consulting's YouTube videos (links are on our Events page) and bring your questions for him!

NEXT FIELD TRIP: Sunday, April 6, through Tuesday, April 8, 2025: Lyman Lake State Park/Springerville/Casa Malpais AZ. Sunday-Monday, explore Lyman Lake's petroglyphs & archaeological site on your own or with a group. On Tuesday 4/8, we have guided tour of Casa Malpais archaeological site. Reservations are required for ONLY the guided tour to the Casa Malpais site but we must give them a final tally no later than March 23, 2025, so please let trip co-leader Torie Grass ([email protected]) or Eduardo Argüello ([email protected]) know to put you on the list. More details available in newsletter and on Events page of this website, and in the blog posts below. As usual for any GCAS field trip, wear sturdy shoes and pack sun protection & water. See you there!

2019 ASNM Call For Papers

CALL FOR PAPERS
ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF NEW MEXICO ANNUAL MEETING
Hosted by the Grant County Archaeological Society
April 26-28, 2019, at the Murray Hotel, Silver City, NM

Papers related to the theme “Mimbres and Beyond: Archaeology of Southwest New Mexico and Connections to the Wider Region” are especially desirable, but papers on other archaeological or anthropological topics are also welcome.  The people living in the Mimbres produced world-renowned pottery, but they did not live in isolation.  There were networks for trade and cultural exchange throughout the Southwest. It is not only the Classic Mimbres period (A.D. 1000-1130) that holds a connection between the Mimbres Valley and surrounding areas. There were cultures here before, and there have been other cultures since. Jornada and other Mogollon cultures, the Hohokam, Ancestral Puebloan peoples, people from northern Mexico, and others may have influenced the culture of the people we call Mimbres. The Apache have called this region their homeland and continue to maintain connections here. 

There will be a limit of 14 presentations of 20-minute duration during the day of Saturday, April 27, 2019.

Please submit your abstract using this form. 

AUTHOR(S): ______________________________________________________________________________________________________

ADDRESS: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________

CITY: STATE: ZIP: ________________________________________________________________________________________________

Phone: _______________________________________________________________________

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AFFILIATION & BIOGRAPHY, (to be included in the program maximum of 100 words): 

 

 

 

 

     

PRESENTATION TITLE: ___________________________________________________________________________________________

ABSTRACT (maximum of 100 words): 

 

 

 

 

 

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We will provide Digital Projection for PC Microsoft PowerPoint.

 

E-MAIL IS THE PREFERRED METHOD OF SUBMITTING YOUR ABSTRACT INFORMATION.

Attach the completed form to your e-mail message and e-mail the information to Marilyn Markel [email protected] with “Paper Submission” in the Subject Line.  It must be received no later than MONDAY, APRIL 1, 2019.

If it is impossible for you to submit by e-mail, please mail a hard copy of this form to:

Grant County Archaeological Society, Attn: ASNM State Meeting Program Committee
PO Box 1713, Silver City, NM 88062

This form is also available in PDF format to view, download, and print: Download CALL-FOR-PAPERS-pdf.pdf (69.3K)