NEWSLETTER OF THE COLORADO ROCK ART ASSOCIATION (CRAA) A Chapter of the Colorado Archaeological Society http://www.coloradorockart.org March 2008 Volume 4, Issue 1 Inside This Issue Letter from the President Happy Spring CRAA Members! We have been Youth Education very busy putting together the May La Junta Symposium ………………………………………….……page 2 and this newsletter is jam packed with all the information you Symposium will need to register for the weekend, sign up as a vendor and ………………………………….……………page 3 learn more about what we have planned. As you might know Historical Fund Grant Awarded this takes a lot of effort and we really need more volunteers ………………………………….……….…..page 8 to step up and support CRAA. Thanks to all of the Meet Our President current board members and committee chairs - your ………………………………….……….…..page 9 dedication and support to CRAA is greatly appreciated Field Trips by us all and is key to the success of this organization. Be ……………………………………....…….page 11 sure to review the proposed by-law changes in this edition. CAS News We will be voting on them at the meeting in May. If you have ……………………………………....…….page 13 issues with any of the changes please contact me in advance. Recommendations Elections are coming up in May and we have a few ………………………………………..……page 14 openings on the board. So please, if you have any interest Update to By-Laws at all in serving on the CRAA board or being a committee ……………………………………………...page15 chair, contact any of the board members on the back page of Ethics the newsletter. I will be stepping down in May and hope …………………………..……………..….page 16 someone else will be able to take over my position. We also Membership Application need a secretary. It's been a lot of fun and a great learning ………………………….……………..…..page 16 experience. Board Members Thanks for your support and look forward to seeing ………………….……………………..…..page 17 you at one of our many activities coming up this spring. Jan Gorski March 2008 Page 1 PICTURES FROM THE PAST Newsletter of the Colorado Rock Art Association The Key to Preserving and Protecting Rock Art is the Education of Today’s Youth by Eileen Gose In conjunction with the Colorado Rock Art Association annual symposium in La Junta this year, we would like to provide an educational experience for students in the area. On Friday afternoon, May 2nd, we will go to a third grade class (or classes) at La Junta Intermediate School. To convey our message of rock art preservation, we will use the Rock Art Legacy Trunk. This educational outreach trunk belongs to the Southeastern Colorado Heritage Center in Pueblo but it was sponsored by the Colorado Archaeological Society, as well as the Pueblo Chapter. You may have seen the Rock Art Rock Art Trunk for Educational Outreach. Trunk displayed at one of our previous meetings. Inside is everything we will need 10:30 to noon. At that time, you will see the to provide an enrichment experience for presentation and become familiar with the students. It is simple to use and is filled with activities. If you would like to help, but photographs of rock art as well as examples can’t attend the training, we can arrange to of minerals, and even replica petroglyphs and meet early on the day of the event in La Junta pictographs. After the slide show (May 2), to go over the classroom plans for presentation to the entire group, volunteers the afternoon. will go into the individual classrooms and Educating students in La Junta about the lead the students in a hands-on activity. The importance of protecting rock art is activity will probably consist of “recording” especially important because of the rock art on paper, using a photograph with a abundance of sites in their area. transparent grid or creating a medallion If you would like to help with the necklace by carving a rock art image into the presentation on May 2nd, or you can attend dried clay. No matter the activity, the the training session on April 1, please contact message will show the importance of Eileen Gose at (719) 676-3249 or at preserving and protecting rock art. [email protected]. If you have close up There will be a training session photographs of rock art you would like available to those who would like to help donate to the project please contact Eileen with this special education event; however, for details. attendance is NOT mandatory. The training The more volunteers we have, the session will be at the Southeastern Colorado more classrooms we can visit, and the more Heritage Center in Pueblo on April 1st from rock art we can protect! March 2008 Page 2 PICTURES FROM THE PAST Newsletter of the Colorado Rock Art Association Colorado Rock Art Association (CRAA) SYMPOSIUM May 2-4, 2008 “ROCK ART ALONG THE ARKANSAS RIVER: COLORADO'S SOUTHEAST” The CRAA Symposium 2008 will convene in La Junta, Colorado at the Koshare Kiva and Museum May 2-4, 2008. The museum houses “a world-class collection of Native American art and artifacts,” focusing on “Plains and Pueblo tribes who inhabited the Great Plains and Southwestern United States.” A variety of activities are planned before and during the weekend. On May 1st at 7pm the Pueblo Archaeological & Historical Society will host a talk entitled “Pigments of the Imagination: Rock Paintings in Canyon de Chelly, Arizona” by Dr. Larry Loendorf. The lecture will be held at the Robert Hoag Rawlings Memorial Library in Pueblo. On May 2nd at ~1:30pm Southeast Colorado 2007 the Education committee will be sponsoring “The Key to (cover photo by Lex Nichols) Preserving and Protecting Rock Art is the Education of Today’s Youth” at the La Junta Intermediate School. To volunteer please contact Eileen Gose at (719) 676-3249 or [email protected]. Symposium participants will be able to register on Friday afternoon. After dinner in town, return to explore the Koshare Museum or grab some dessert and coffee while watching the Koshare Dancers perform in the kiva. Pre-registration forms and vendor applications are available in this newsletter and on the website at www.coloradorockart.org. Pre-registration is encouraged. On May 3rd speakers will present invited and contributed papers on topics related to the rock art, archaeology, and ethnohistory of the region. Keynote speakers will include: Dr. Linea Sundstrom, a renown Plains Indian Archaeologist, University of Wisconsin and Dr. Larry Loendorf, archaeological consultant overseeing the Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site recording project. A call for papers and submission form is available in the December newsletter, and is also available online. Submissions are due March 15, 2008 and can be sent to the Papers Committee: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]. A silent auction will be held on Saturday and the Koshare Mothers will provide the evening banquet - a sumptuous Italian dinner and dessert. Please bring your silent auction items on Saturday morning. Field trips are scheduled for Sunday, May 4th. CRAA organized trips tentatively include: Hicklin Springs/John Martin Reservoir, Picture Canyon/Carrizo Springs, Farrington Springs, Picketwire Canyon, Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site (pending access), Salt Canyon and Black Rock City. More details are included in this newsletter. Self-guided tours include: Vogel Canyon, Big Timbers Museum, Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site, Kiowa County Museum, Kit Carson Museum, Boggsville National Historic District, Sand Creek Massacre Site, and Otero Museum. Discounted lodging will be available (reserve by April 10th) at the La Junta Inn and Suites: 1325 E Third St 719.384.2571 ($40 single/$45 dbl) and the Mid-Town Motel: 215 E Third St. 719.384.7741 ($40 single/$50 dbl). Camping is available at the KOA in La Junta. We look forward to seeing you in La Junta! March 2008 Page 3 PICTURES FROM THE PAST Newsletter of the Colorado Rock Art Association La Junta Symposium Field Trips – May 4th 1. Hicklin Springs Petroglyph Site and John Martin Reservoir Dinosaur Exhibit Description: Drive to the office of the Corps of Engineers at the Reservoir. View the new dinosaur track exhibit, leave as a group to visit the petroglyphs. The Hicklin Springs site (Renaud 1936) is located on Rule Creek, south of John Martin Reservoir. Most petroglyphs are pecked into the vertical sandstone exposure along a 400 m section of the creek area. Images include concentric, bisected circles, rows of dots, phi-like elements, animal tracks, a snake, and a full-bodied bird or turtle figure. There is a front facing sexually distinguished human figure with widely spread fingers. There are some fascinating European-American images including a clipper ship, priest, and a smiling sun. There is also an unusual “transformation figure,” showing a progression from anthropomorph to a birdlike figure. Max #: 15 Activity Level: Drive up to the petroglyphs. From there, it is a walk of no more than a few blocks. Special Equipment Needs: Water, lunch, sturdy shoes, long pants, sun screen, bug spray, hat (hope we have sun!) Vehicle Type: A high clearance vehicle is preferable. If it has rained, the road to the site is usually impassable. Carpooling is recommended. 2. Farrington Springs Description: This site is located on private property, fiercely protected by its owners. with reason!! It is a series of panels, maybe one to two blocks long. The panel density is great, with some truly spectacular examples. One of the more interesting panels graces the cover of the book, “Petroglyphs of Southeast Colorado and the Oklahoma Panhandle,” by McGlone, Barker, and Leonard. The site is multi-cultural. This is a world –class rock art site! Max#: 15 Activity Level: Drive up close to the panels, walking involves no further than a couple city blocks.