For the past year and a quarter, we have been working on a set of new Vasquez de Coronado sites. They are the first sites from this expedition discovered here in Arizona. The evidence of this earliest European expedition into southern Arizona is robust and unquestionable. This discovery is supported by an abundance of evidence. […]
For the past year and a quarter we have been working on a set of new Vasquez de Coronado sites. They are the first sites from this expedition discovered here in Arizona. The evidence of this earliest European expedition into southern Arizona is robust and unquestionable. This discovery is supported by an abundance of evidence. […]
Jornada Mogollon Conference (acceptance pending). Zoom presentation October 16, 2021 Cañada Alamosa Rock Art Summary, Socorro County, New Mexico Abstract: Before documentation it was assumed that most of the rock art in the Canada Alamosa would be Apache/protohistoric but during on site documentation the team realized there was a Mogollon Red component. Furthermore, after […]
We are pleased to announce that Margaret Berrier has had an article published in the Journal of Texas Archeology and History. Congratulations Margaret!!! TAKING ANOTHER LOOK: An “Iconic” Shelter at Hueco Tanks State Park and Historic Site (41EP2) with DStretch and Photo Tracing
The Jornada Research Institute is now accepting article submissions for an anticipated volume of its Jornada Research Publications series. Topics can range from archaeology, ethnohistory, ethnography, history, geology, geoarchaeology, and biology within the broad region of the Tularosa Basin and adjacent areas of Arizona, New Mexico, west Texas and northern Mexico. We anticipate that this volume […]
The Jornada Research Institute has made a donation to The National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition. Its mission is to “lead in the pursuit of understanding and addressing the ongoing trauma created by the US Indian boarding school policy.” This is broader than the US, it is a North American issue. In Canada, several […]
The tragic history of American and Canadian Native American assimilation policies are being played out recently, as news of hundreds of unmarked graves of Canadian First Nation’s children have been recovered. In the US, 10 sets of human remains from Carlisle Indian Boarding school in Pennsylvania were identified and repatriated to their families. Read more […]
Margaret (Marglyph) Berrier, one of the Jornada Research Institute’s rock art researchers has been elected to the American Rock Art Research Associations (ARARA) board of directors. Marglyph has been a member of ARARA since 1988. Previously Marglyph has served on many of the ARARA committees including the education, scholarship, and awards committees. She hopes to […]
Jornada Research Institute (JRI) and Emery Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU) are excited to offer training in the use of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) (the use of Drones for collecting data) remote sensing. This training has been approved by the NMSHPO for continuing education credits (CEC) for permitting purposes for those who need additional CEC units. […]
JRI to Offer More Training Classes. JRI will be now offering two additional training courses that have been approved by the New Mexico Historic Preservation Division for one hour-per hour workshop continuing education credit for permit renewals. Starting this fall, we will be offering a one-day training course in the Native American Graves Protection Repatriation […]