A New GCAS Internship Opportunity

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: TBA - watch this space and your newsletters for details as they develop.

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A New GCAS Internship Opportunity

05/17/2023

The GCAS is launching a new pilot project to support local high school students interested in learning how to protect archaeological and historical sites. We are offering two summer internships to local high school students ages 14 to 16, to be based at the GCAS's MAREC headquarters at the Mattocks archaeological site, located at the Mimbres Culture Heritage Site in the Mimbres Valley.

The GCAS aims to provide our summer interns with hands-on experience in various aspects of archaeological preservation within our region. Interns may learn the histories of our local archaeological sites and historic structures, organize and record archaeological materials, explain an archaeological/historic discovery to others, and more. Students accepted into the summer program will also have the opportunity to bring their parents to visit the GCAS's library and lab/workroom as well as the co-located Mattocks archaeological site and Mimbres Culture Heritage Site and museum.

This new summer internship program furthers the GCAS's continuing mission to broaden the educational and stewardship opportunities within our community. Please share this information with your students and neighbors. Those accepted into the program receive a stipend to offset transportation costs. By educating our local youth about the historical and cultural significance of our region, we believe that we will help build a strong community who will protect our antiquities for millennia.

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