EPMArch is thrilled to announce the presenters have been selected and registration for the 24th Biennial Jornada Mogollon, Deep into the Jornada Conference is now officially open! We are also excited to have made the move to a digital platform for registration. Please click the link below to register and pay. Don't worry, we still take payments over the phone as well as checks and cash in person.
Registration
Please use this link to register: https://epmarch.doubleknot.com/event/24th-biennial-jornada-mogollon-conference/3108293
- To take advantage of our Early Registration discount of $10 Off, please use code below before October 17:
- 25Early
- For special STUDENT or MEMBER discounts please email, [email protected] for your $15 off discount code.
If you would like to pay with cash, check, or register in person, please stop by the EPMArch, Tuesday - Saturday, 9am to 4:30 pm.
We are excited about what this year's conference has to offer and hope you'll join us for two packed days of learning and connection!
Conference Schedule
October 17, EPMArch
8:00am-9:00am: Registration
9:00am-12pm: Session 1 of Presentations
12:00pm-2:00pm: Lunch (on your own)
2:00pm-4:00pm: Session 2 of presentations.
(Optional $15): 6:00pm Dinner at the Mexican American Cultural Center, 201 W. Franklin, MACC | Mexican American Cultural Center
October 18, EPMArch
8:50am-1:00pm: Session 3
October 19, Hueco Tanks State Park, 6900 Hueco Tanks Road No. 1
(Optional) 10:00am-1:00pm*: Guided Tour by Sebastian Ribas
(*limited to first 20 to sign up during registration and time subject to change)
Conference Presenters
SESSION ONE
1. Excavations at Pueblo and Pithouse Settlements in Northeast El Paso, by Kelly D. Rush, Tim Graves, Myles Miller, Juan Arias, and Mark Willis, Versar inc.
2. Research Update on El Paso Phase Residential Patterns with Possible Evidence for Social Stratification, by Alexander Kurota and Garrett Lloyd, Office of Contract Archeology, University of New Mexico.
3. Walls, Ceramics, and Frontiers, by William H. Walker, Judy Berryman, and Tuesday Critz, New Mexico State University.
4. The Cree Meadow Site (LA199588), Sierra Blanca Region of New Mexico, by David Greenwald, Jornada Research Institute.
5. Tricks of the Trade: Using Neutron Activation Analysis (NAA) to Reconstruct Ceramic Exchange Networks within the Jornada Mogollon Region, AD 1200-1450, by Tuesday Critz, Alexander Kurota, and Jeffrey Ferguson, University of Missouri at Columbia.
6. Echoes in Clay: The Jornada Mogollon’s Visual Dialogue at White Sands National Park, by Payton Szwaczkowski, White Sands National Park.
7. One Step at a Time. Preliminary Evidence for Human and Mega Fauna Trackways Located Along the Ancient Shorelines of Lake Lucero, White Sands Missile Range, by Michael Stowe, White Sands Missile Range.
8. Radiocarbon Dating Pictographs on White Sands Missile Range: Revised Chronologies for Jornada Style Iconography, by Myles R. Miller, Karen Steelman, Lawrence Loendorf, and Mark D. Willis, Versar, Inc. (Miller) Shumla Archaeological Research and Education Center (Steelman) Sacred Sites Research (Loendorf and Willis).
9. The Ritual and Economic Landscapes of LA 175 and other sites on White Sands Missile Range, by Tim Graves, Juan Arias, Mark D. Willis, and Myles R. Miller, Versar, Inc. (Miller, Graves, Arias) Sacred Sites Research (Willis)
10. Summary of Phase 1 Rock Imagery Survey at Hueco Tanks State Park and Historic Site, by Amanda M. Castañeda, Charles W. Koenig, Mark D. Willis, and Myles R. Miller, Versar Global Solutions (AC, CK, MM); Shumla Archaeological Research and Education Center (AC); University of Texas at Austin (CK); Flinders University (MW).
SESSION TWO
Approaching the Jornada Mogollon at Hueco Tanks: Human Continuity and Indigenous Sovereignty, by Alex Mares, Andrea Everett, and Robert Gunn, Ph.D.
Part I. Hueco Tanks - The cleansing of the Temple : the Sacred and the profane….. by Alex Mares, Alex Mares, Dine, Former Head Ranger at Hueco Tanks State Park and Historic Site.
Part II. Rematriation: Rebraiding our Ancestral Memories, Relationships, and Responsibilities to Hueco Tanks, by Andrea Everett, Tigua.
Part III. Mapping Routes: Pictography, Bouldering, and Indigenous Sovereignty at Hueco Tanks by Robert Gunn, Ph.D., UTEP Department of English.
SESSION THREE
1. A Deeper Understanding of Selden Canyon: Considering the Data on a Prehistoric Corridor Through Southern New Mexico, by Scott Nicolay and Margaret Berrier, Nicolay: New Mexico State Parks; Berrier: Jornada Research Institute.
2. New Insights from Research at the Mares Rockshelter, Doña Ana County, New Mexico, by Robert J. Stokes, New Mexico State Parks.
3. Cuevas-Acantilados en el Corredor Mimbres-Casas Grandes-Mogollón: Arquitectura, Arte y Cultura, by Ignacio Frausto Ojeda, Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Júarez (UACJ) – retired.
4. Considering Evidence of a Mimbres Brew House at NAN Ranch (LA2465), Grant County, New Mexico, by Harry J. Shafer, Professor Emeritus, Texas A&M University, Retired Curator of Archaeology, Witte Museum, San Antonio Tx.
5. Mimbres-Post-Mimbres Transition in Regional Context, by Thatcher Seltzer-Rogers, Chronicle Heritage.
6. Black Mountain of the Mimbres, by Mark Sechrist, Full Circle Heritage Services.
7. New Dates for an Old Framework: Refining La Junta’s Chronology, by Micah Smith, Texas Parks & Wildlife Department, Eastern New Mexico University.
8. That’s Not from Here: Speculative Implications of Exotic Materials in la Junta de Los Rios, by Tim Gibbs, Texas Parks and Wildlife – Big Bend Ranch State Park.
9. Archaeology of the “New Deal” Sites in the Jornada Mogollon Area, by Kelly L. Jenks, New Mexico State University.
10. “…a las aguas del Norte”: Native Pathfinders as Depicted in Gaspar Pérez de Villagrá Historia de la Nueva México, by Troy M. Ainsworth, Fort Bliss, Directorate of Public Works, Environmental Division.
You can download a PDF of this year's conference presenters here.