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In this issue:
Tortuous and Fantastic: Cultural and Natural Wonders of Greater Cedar Mesa — William D. Lipe
In Brief: Change through Time in the Northern Southwest — William D. Lipe
A Natural History of Cedar Mesa — Stewart Aitchison
Early Archaeological Expeditions in Greater Cedar Mesa — Fred M. Blackburn
In Brief: Reverse Archaeology — Fred M. Blackburn
Documenting Early Collections of Perishable Artifacts from Greater Cedar Mesa — Laurie D. Webster
Culture History of Cedar Mesa Before 1300: Findings of the Cedar Mesa Project and Its Successors — William D. Lipe
Photo Essay: Canyons of Danger
The Lime Ridge Clovis Site — William E. Davis and Jonathan D. Till
Cedar Mesa Basketmaker II: The Story Continues — R. G. Matson
In Brief: Ancient Turkeys — Brian M. Kemp and William D. Lipe
Monumental Landscapes on Cedar Mesa — Jonathan D. Till and Winston B. Hurst
Photo Essay: Petroglyphs and Paintings of Greater Cedar Mesa — Sally J. Cole
Younger Traces: Other Cedar Mesa Archaeologies — Winston B. Hurst and James G. Willian
The San Juan Mission — Stewart Aitchison
Photographing Cedar Mesa — Donald J. Rommes
Cedar Mesa’s Uncertain Future — Josh Ewing
Poem: Cedar Mesa, Cedar Mesa — Vaughn Hadenfeldt
Back Sight — William H. Doelle
Archaeology Southwest Magazine Vol. 28, Nos. 3 and 4
Issue editor: William D. Lipe, Washington State University
Greater Cedar Mesa’s archaeological record documents thousands of years of human innovation, change, and movement. The rock art, buildings, and artifacts left by the people who made this landscape their own enable today’s visitors to understand something of those past lives. Now, the challenge is to powerfully protect that record while continuing to provide meaningful opportunities for discovery and reflection.
Links of interest related to each article are listed below. A bibliography for this issue is available here (opens as a PDF).
Tortuous and Fantastic: Cultural and Natural Wonders of Greater Cedar Mesa — William D. Lipe
American Museum of Natural History
Nels C. Nelson
Richard Wetherill
Visiting Cedar Mesa (Bureau of Land Management; includes links to activities, regulations, and permit information)
To watch Visit with Respect, click here.
San Juan Mountains Association
Anasazi Heritage Center
Crow Canyon Archaeological Center
More on visitor etiquette
In Brief: Change through Time in the Northern Southwest — William D. Lipe
Image credits, page 6: (top) pair of sandals, cat. no. 1468.164802, Laurie D. Webster, courtesy of the Field Museum; (middle) Clovis point, Jonathan D. Till; (bottom left) petroglyph panel © Donald J. Rommes.
Image credits, page 7: (top) Jeddito Black-on-orange (ancestral Hopi) pottery sherd, Jonathan D. Till; (middle) two-story masonry structure © Donald J. Rommes; (bottom left, and bottom right of page 6) cliff dwellings © Donald J. Rommes; (bottom right) pottery sherds at a site dating to the Pueblo II period, William D. Lipe.
Cliff Dwellers of Cedar Mesa, by Donald J. Rommes and William D. Lipe (Canyonlands Natural History Association, 2013)
More on the Pecos Classification: Archaeology Southwest Magazine Vol. 27, No. 3, “Before the Great Departure”
A Natural History of Cedar Mesa — Stewart Aitchison
Learn more about microbiotic soil crusts
Cedar Mesa Sandstone (U.S. Geological Survey)
Permian Cutler Group (U.S. Geological Survey; opens as a PDF)
Early Archaeological Expeditions in Greater Cedar Mesa — Fred M. Blackburn
A bibliography including works referenced in this article is available here (opens as a PDF).
In Brief: Reverse Archaeology — Fred M. Blackburn
Cowboys & Cave Dwellers: Basketmaker Archaeology in Utah’s Grand Gulch, by Fred M. Blackburn and Ray A. Williamson (SAR Press, 1997)
Documenting Early Collections of Perishable Artifacts from Greater Cedar Mesa — Laurie D. Webster
Webster’s table linking early expeditions to current collections repositories is here (opens as a PDF).
The Field Museum
Martin Ryerson
NEW! October 2015, sideshow, Cedar Mesa Perishables, by Laurie Webster and Paul Stavast (opens in YouTube)
Culture History of Cedar Mesa Before 1300: Findings of the Cedar Mesa Project and Its Successors — William D. Lipe
Cedar Mesa Project web hub at Washington State University
Photo Essay: Canyons of Danger
Adriel Heisey
Donald J. Rommes
The Lime Ridge Clovis Site — William E. Davis and Jonathan D. Till
Davis and Till’s expanded essay on the Lime Ridge Clovis site is available here (opens as a PDF).
Cedar Mesa Basketmaker II: The Story Continues — R. G. Matson
A bibliography including works referenced in this article is available here (opens as a PDF).
In Brief: Ancient Turkeys — Brian M. Kemp and William D. Lipe
Monumental Landscapes on Cedar Mesa — Jonathan D. Till and Winston B. Hurst
Photo Essay: Petroglyphs and Paintings of Greater Cedar Mesa — Sally J. Cole
Cole’s expanded photo essay is available here (opens as a PDF).
Younger Traces: Other Cedar Mesa Archaeologies — Winston B. Hurst and James G. Willian
The San Juan Mission — Stewart Aitchison
Hole-in-the-Rock Foundation
Photographing Cedar Mesa — Donald J. Rommes
Cedar Mesa’s Uncertain Future — Josh Ewing
Read Josh’s Preservation Archaeology blog post, “What Does Protection Really Mean?”
Friends of Cedar Mesa
Antiquities Act of 1906
National monuments
National conservation areas
Poem: Cedar Mesa, Cedar Mesa — Vaughn Hadenfeldt
Back Sight — William H. Doelle
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