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GLYPHS The Monthly Newsletter of the Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society An Affiliate of the Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona Founded in 1916 Vol. 64, No. 2 Tucson, Arizona August 2013 HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS ISSUE President’s Message .................................................................................................... 2 Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society 2013 Awards .............................. 4 The Cornerstone ......................................................................................................... 12 Students’ Corner ......................................................................................................... 14 First Pecos Conference, August 29, 1927: Partici- pants (Photo Lot 33: Groups: Pecos Confer- ence 02873700, Na- tional Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution) Next General Meeting: September 16, 2013 7:30 p.m., Duval Auditorium, University Medical Center www.az-arch-and-hist.org Page 2 Glyphs: The Monthly Newsletter of . The Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society Page 3 PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE Plains, which are more often broken. tic or did not create rock art. You can On the other hand, the basin metates imagine the reasons why these pat- common to the desert are works of art terns might occur. ccording to the features that connect a vast portion compared to the ground stone tools But I digress, my French colleague Society’s operations of the American West. Physical bar- A found on the Plains. Also, the North- is bored of waiting for me, and there manual, this message is due riers such as these provide the best ern Plains of Montana have very little is much to do in preparation for to- to Glyphs Editor, Emilee, to- opportunity to sample the cultural rock art compared to the Sonoran morrow. I look forward to seeing day. Don’t worry, “today” diversity of broad landscapes, be- Desert, but not because Blackfeet and many of you in Flagstaff this August. came and went already a month ago, cause both local and distant people other regional groups were not artis- so you shouldn’t worry about are literally forced through them. —Jesse Ballenger whether I will meet the schedule. My Consequently, well-situated places point is that I cannot help but try to have remarkably complete archaeo- predict what will be interesting or logical records, from the exploration AAHS LECTURE SERIES relevant to read about in a month, of formerly glaciated landscapes, in All meetings are held at the University Medical Center, Duval Auditorium which may seem ironic from some- the case of the northern Rocky Moun- Third Monday of the month, 7:30–9:00 p.m. one whose subject matter is the past. tains, to today. The Sonoran Desert I blame the post-processualists for also boasts some crowded places. August 2013: No meeting: Pecos Conference this condition, but the truth is that One example is East Pass through Sept. 16, 2013: David Wilcox, Synergy and Success: Stories of ASM/AAHS the past is completely entangled in the Crater Range, located on the Barry Collaboration and Beyond [sponsored by the Arizona State the present, and vice-versa. This irre- M. Goldwater Range in western Ari- Museum and the Arizona Archaeological and Historical futable fact is especially compelling zona, where the archaeological chro- Society in honor of the museum’s 120th anniversary] in the context of the ancient material nology extends back to Clovis times. Oct. 21, 2013: Laurie Webster, New Research with the Earliest Perishable culture objects that connect the two, It’s always interesting to juxta- Collections from Southeastern Utah but I’m having problems finding ar- pose the post-Pleistocene archaeo- tifacts that predict August 2013. Post- logical records of the Sonoran Desert Nov. 18, 2013: J. Jefferson Reid, Prehistory, Personality, and Place: Emil W. processualism has not clarified our and the Northwestern Plains, be- Haury and the Mogollon Controversy vision of the future, or the past for cause, in my mind, it is the study of Dec. 16, 2013: Stephen H. Lekson, Mimbres: Its Causes and Consequences that matter, but it does predict our quintessential food-gatherers versus creation of them. large animal hunters. Some people The future that the University of would refute this simplistic contrast, Arizona’s Bureau of Applied Re- but the amount of biomass available 2013 PECOS CONFERENCE search in Anthropology (BARA) is between the two regions, and how he 2013 Pecos Conference of Southwestern Archaeology will be held in creating in Glacier National Park this people organized themselves TFlagstaff, Arizona, August 8–11. Information about the conference is avail- summer is one that highlights its around key resources, are very dif- able online at www.swanet.org/2013_pecos_conference. deep and culturally diverse human ferent. The artifact classes are not so Open to all, the Pecos Conference remains an important and superlative oppor- past, which is easily overshadowed different; both projectile points and tunity for students and students of prehistory to meet with professional ar- by the Euro-american “discovery” of ground stone tools were used in both chaeologists on a one-on-one informal basis to learn about the profession, gain it. “Lewis-and-Clark” is a common areas, but there are interesting and access to resources and to new research opportunities, and to test new methods proper noun in Montana. In archaeo- predictable contrasts. For example, and theories related to archaeology. logical terms, one of the most cogent it’s my perception that projectile aspects of the physical environment points found in the Sonoran Desert The 2013 Pecos Conference is presented by the Museum of Northern Arizona of the park is the multicultural na- are poorly crafted and unusually in- and the USDA Coconino National Forest. The website is updated frequently; ture of mountain passes, landscape tact compared to those found on the please make sure to check periodically for new information. Page 4 Glyphs: The Monthly Newsletter of . The Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society Page 5 1960), Ethnohistory, the Southwestern Nevada Academy of Science, and a ARIZONA ARCHAEOLOGICAL & HISTORICAL Mission Research Center Newsletter, founding member and former SOCIETY 2013 AWARDS and The Anchor & Bull, a newsletter secretary of the Patronato San of the Friends of the University of Xavier, a non-profit corporation Arizona Library. He was also concerned with the conservation of The 2013 Byron S. Cummings Award for Outstanding general editor of the Southwest Mission San Xavier del Bac. From Contributions in Archaeology, Anthropology, or Ethnology Center Series of books published 1974–1976, he served on the under the auspices of the South- Western Regional Advisory Presented to: Dr. Bernard L. (Bunny) Fontana west Center of the University of Committee of the National Park and Arizona. Fontana’s most recent Service, having been appointed to Dr. Jane H. Kelley publication, A Gift of Angels, is a the committee by the Secretary of richly layered account of the artistic the Interior. In that capacity, he treasures that both adorn and visited units of the park system DR. BERNARD L. (BUNNY) FONTANA inhabit San Xavier Mission. throughout the Western Region Scholars are impressed with his and moderated public meetings exhaustive research and compel- related to park matters on behalf of Bernard Lee Fontana was born and a graduate seminar focused on ling interpretations of the religious the Western Regional Director. January 7, 1931, in Oakland, the Tohono O’odham. From 1978 to symbolism behind Spanish colonial Fontana’s awards and honors California. He received his B.A. in full time retirement in 1992, he artwork, while general readers turn are numerous, including: anthropology from the University of served as Field Representative in each page as if they were reading a The Arizona Archaeological and California at Berkeley in 1953. From the University of Arizona Library. sacred text in search of eternal Historical Society’s Victor R. 1953–1955, he served in the United From 1978 until 1982, he was also truths. The book is rightly consid- Stoner Award (1990) States Army. Upon discharge, he a special assistant to then Presi- ered to be Fontana’s magnum opus. Border Regional Library Associa- attended the University of Arizona, dent of the University of Arizona, Fontana is a past president of tion awards for literary excel- where he was awarded a Ph.D. in Dr. John P. Schaefer. the board of directors of the Ari- lence for Tarahumara: Where Night anthropology in 1960. His disserta- Fontana is recognized as the zona-Sonora Desert Museum, the is the Day of the Moon (1979) and tion was titled Assimilative Change: preeminent scholar focused on the Arizona Archaeological and Of Earth and Little Rain (1981) A Papago Indian Case Study. history and ethnology of the Historical Society, the Society for The Edward B. Danson Distin- From 1960–1962, Fontana was Tohono O’odham, as well as Historical Archaeology, the Ameri- guished Associate Award of the Field Historian in the University of interactions between the Spanish can Society for Ethnohistory, the Southwest Parks and Monu- Arizona Library, traveling through- and American Indian populations Southwestern Mission Research ments Association out the state to collect documentary of Arizona and Sonora. He is also a Center, Inc., and of the Friends of The Southwestern Anthropologi- materials for the library and key contributor to the field of the University of Arizona Library. cal Association