Geoarchaeology, Geomorphology, and Radiocarbon Dating in Tularosa Canyon Provide Key Insights into the Peopling of the Tularosa Basin from the Last Ice Age to the Historic Settling of Tularosa Dr. Vance Holiday with the University of Arizona’s Institute of the Environment is both an archaeologist and a geomorphologist. In recent years, Dr. Holiday has been […]
JRI Research Associate Jeffery Hanson has completed his investigation of the distribution of fluteplayers and other fertility-related petroglyph motifs at Petroglyph National Monument. To view a summary of his results, go to the “Research Activity” and scroll to “Plains and Southwest.”
The first volume of the investigations at Creekside Village is back from the printers and available. RECONSIDERING THE MESILLA PHASE IN THE TULAROSA BASIN provides a summary of preliminary investigations at this large village and irrigation community settlement in Tularosa Canyon. In the volume, David Greenwald examines major elements of the site, which are highlighted by a […]
Jornada Research Officers, Research Associates and Members are working closing with the Tularosa Arts and History Council (TAHC) in evaluating the need to update the Tularosa Historic District National Register Nomination and to prepare a nomination for the Tularosa community acequia system. The Historic District was listed in 1979 and could benefit from updating the […]
JRI Research Associate Joan E. Price, MFA, writer, photographer and educator, has been visiting and studying the vast Three Rivers Petroglyph Site fifteen miles north of Tularosa for over 25 years since she moved to Tularosa from Santa Fe. She is offering an in-depth study of the Three Rivers Petroglyph Site during for the Spring […]
The El Paso Archeological Society President Fernando Arias presented Joan Price with their 2018 Award of Distinction “in Recognition of Her Southwest Archaeological Research and Her Love of the Southwest Culture and Its People”at the State Line Restaurant Sept. 15. Price, a research associate with JRI, has worked for more than 20 years at the […]
House Votes in Strong Support of Historic Preservation On Wednesday night, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to increase funding for preservation programs and defeated an effort to reduce funds for the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). Thanks to all of you who have advocated on behalf of historic preservation; your voices make a […]
Since last fall Deni Seymour, with her O’odham colleagues, has been broadcasting a new radio show at KWAK, 102.5 fm: A:cim Wa:k O’odham / Us: Wa:k O’odham. This is a community radio station heard throughout much of the San Xavier del Wa:k and Tucson area. They provide a program on the history and ethnography of the […]
Deni Seymour’s paper, “‘To Take Death From The Enemy’: The Juh-Cushing Battle Site,” was awarded both the Goldwater and the Bufkin prizes at this year’s Arizona History Convention! Each prize comes with a plaque and a cash award. The Goldwater is the award for the Best Convention Paper on Arizona History and the Bufkin is […]
On May 1stand 2nd, JRI Research Associate Jeffery Hanson conducted a training class on the looting and vandalism of archaeological sites. The class combined classroom instruction on the history of archaeological protection laws, the essential provisions of the archaeological Resources Protection Act, federal looting investigations, ethics, the use of site records and reality TV and […]