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January 2007 (Pdf) Download Colorado Rock Art Association (CRAA) Pictures from the Past January 2007 Volume 3, Issue 1 President’s Letter Inside this issue: I hope that your holiday conference in Craig, ested in inviting us to season was fulfilling and Colorado, May 18,19, record surveys on their President’s Letter 1 that you had the opportu- and 20th. land. As many of you Dominquez Report 2 nity to spend it with good know this area is also CRAA members in Craig friends and family. I am rich in cultural heritage. Picketwire Report 3 have already started pleased to announce that planning a number of We have also had some Upcoming Trips 4 we have entered into the very interesting field preliminary discussions first phase of our coopera- Upcoming Projects trips which you can read about having a second 5 tive program with CSU, Ft. more about in this news- activity during the calen- Abstract App Collins to archive our re- 6 letter. Craig is an area dar year. Our initial search library. Peter Faris Vendor App that we have had a lot of thoughts are to have a 7 has not only completed the requests for by our weekend retreat, visit Lodging/Camping paper arrangements but 8 membership. The board rock art sites, and top it has actually taken some of will be meeting in Janu- with a good cookout. Membership App 9 our material there for stor- ary and March to further Might throw in a age. We will note some Code of Ethics 10 identify specifics for speaker, but the basic items that we are still in Craig activities. idea is to keep it low key Board Mtg Minutes 11 need of and if you can help and fun—giving people please let one of us know. Another activity in the Board Members 12 a chance to mix and min- We are looking forward for planning stage is a rock gle. this collection to grow and, art recording project in the future, be a source of where CRAA members We will be getting infor- information for study. would work together mation out to you as with Larry Loendorf to soon as possible so that The projects committee has record sites on the you can begin to make been active and are in the plains of the Purgatory your plans. process of forming plans River. We are just in the for this coming year. formative stages of this The board met in October planning. We are hope- Michael Maselli and started the planning ful we will have a group process for the 2007 annual of area ranchers inter- New Mexico Rock Art © Jan Gorski CRAA 2007 Annual Conference Call for Papers “Rock Art in the Cultural Landscape: Colorado’s Northwest” The Colorado Rock Art Association announces a Call for Papers for the Annual Confer- ence May 18-20, 2007, in Craig, Colorado. Presentations will be made May 19. Prefer- ence will be given to presentations that focus on the Northwest area of the state, but all subjects will be considered. Presenters must register for the meeting. We are happy to initiate the practice of honoring those chosen to present with a $50 honorarium. Application deadline is March 15. Application is preferred via email to the committee Paradox Valley Rock Art listed on the application form. Please use the form in this newsletter to submit your ab- stract. Contact Anne Whitfield (719-485-3314) for instructions for hard copy registration. © Carol Georgopoulos Rock Art of Dominguez and Escalante Canyons By Katherine McComb Here is her reply: “There are probably many bear The weekend of September petroglyphs in the Escalante area because it is a 15th, several members of the travel route for both bears and Utes as they migrated Chipeta CAS chapter attended from the wintering hibernation and camps in the val- the CRAA Dominguez Canyon ley up to the high country in the spring and summer. rock art field trip. Our group was led by Glenn and Margaret The Utes honored the bear because they share the Stone, who had hiked Dominguez Canyon last winter and same resources during the summer in the high coun- prior to that, 20 years ago. At that time, the canyon could only try. They do the annual spring bear dance when they be entered from the west side. According to a report pre- hear the first pared while examining the canyon for reservoir potential, sound of thunder Dominguez Canyon was occupied from 8000 BC to approxi- in Spring. That's mately AD 1880 by the Fremont, Utes and prehistoric peo- the sound of the ples. Occupation was seasonal and migratory. Although, the bear rolling over Fremont cultivated corn, beans and squash, there is no evi- in his cave. he dence of agriculture in Dominguez Canyon. The report, pre- emerges hungry pared by the Bureau of Reclamation, found few artifacts, as and grouchy. Dominguez Canyon has been heavily picked over by artifact The Utes hold hunters. 163 artifacts were catalogued, 15 of which were pro- the bear dance jectile points or pieces of projectile points. Only two projec- ceremony to honor the bear and get in his good tile points were completely intact. The points are Archaic cor- graces. The bear paws are usually going up the ner-notched or stemmed panel, or down the panel that is symbolic of the bear points of the Middle to migrations. The game animals follow the bear in mi- Late Archaic. Choppers, grating up to the high country in spring and back hammerstones and manos down in the fall. The people follow the game animals. were also found. Flakes The bear paws symbolize power in hunting and find- were basalt and quartzite. ing food. Bear paws and baskets are combined to Most of the rock art panels show the association between bears, food and pros- are near the canyon bot- perity. Palmer Gulch is full of bear paws and baskets, tom, where there are some combined.” These bear paws are located in a many natural rock shel- panel in a crevice high up a very steep hillside in ters. There are panels strewn on boulders all along the 5 mile Escalante Canyon. Glenn and Margaret found these hike through the canyon. The hike, itself, is fairly flat, with panels while helping Sally Cole with research for her little elevation gain and on a distinct, easy trail. There are book. They spent 4 grueling hours, up and down the many bear paw petroglyphs in Dominguez and Escalante can- hillside, searching the canyon walls until they found yons. I asked, Carol Patterson, archaeologist and Chipeta the rock art. Luckily for us, we only had to hike up chapter member, why there were so many bear paw petro- this hillside just once! glyphs in the panels? Rock shelter in Dominguez Canyon Clockwise, from top-left: Don Binder, Glenn Stone, David Casey, Katherine McComb, Elizabeth Binder and Margaret Stone. Large panel in Dominguez Canyon Page 2 Colorado Rock Art Association (CRAA) Picketwire Project 4 Report by Anne Whitfield Twelve individuals participated in We learned a lot from them the fourth monitoring session of both. Plus, they were so good- sites in Picketwire Canyon. Hearty natured! Sunday, we finished our souls included Lorraine Barton- site work, and became tourists! Haus, Paul Barton, Kendra Przek- We visited “Battle Rock” and Kelli was, Marsha Perry-Ellis, Karl showed us a panel I had never Minck, Mike Waugh, Laurie and seen there, though I’ve seen that Terry Lee, Warren Nolan, Anne boulder numerous times! We vis- Whitfield, Christine O’Toole, and ited other rock art sites including Kelli Barnes. It was a very success- “Block Rock”. We found a panel of “portable rock art” ful session! We located previously which had fallen from a boulder. It will be removed and recorded panels without undue displayed at the F.S. office in La Junta. Warren showed difficulty and found several new panels and new ele- us a habitation site with numerous house bases. The ments on old panels. Our task has been to digitally weather was good, the “Hog’s Breath” food was deli- photograph all panels, look for any panels ”missed” cious, and the company most pleasurable. It was a during original survey, record the new panels, and as- great weekend! And NO snakes! Wow! sess any site degradation, This site was in good condi- **** Notice to Participants: I’ve found “Bug Rock!”**** tion, generally. In addition to abundant rock art, it was Other notes from the projects committee: We may also remarkable for the number of mano, metates, rock be doing monitoring projects in Picture Canyon, Craig, shelters, and the like. While the majority of the crew and Meeker. Interested? worked at the site down in the canyon, Paul and Lorraine worked on a site at canyon’s edge. Paul re- Picketwire Project 5 : March 17-18 corded a large and difficult panel on a site never be- Sign up by 2/28/07 fore recorded, while Lorraine looked for more Picketwire Project 6: panels in the area. Down October 13-14 in the canyon, we were lucky to have the partici- Sign up by 9/25/07 pation of Kelli and Contact: Anne Whitfield Kendra, professional ar- chaeologists. Their panel 719.485.3314 drawings were inspiring! [email protected] CRAA Board Meeting Field Trip by Charlotte & Peter Faris On Sunday, Nov. 19, CRAA members Ann and investigated by members of the Whitfield, Mike Waugh, Peter & Charlotte Pueblo Archaeological and Historical So- Faris and several young archaeologists ciety in 1966. The rock art panel is on a from the staff of Cultural Resource Analysts, west-facing cliff at the east side of the val- Inc., which is working on a Pueblo reser- ley of the Arkansas River, facing roughly voir project, traveled to a Rock Art site on 240 degrees (magnetic north) toward the the property of Mary Wallace, West of Wet Mountains.
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