Archaeological Society of New Mexico Chaco Rock Art Field School Collection
Collection
Identifier: Coll 0026
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents:
Includes photographs, negatives, slides, site forms, and drawings associated with rock art documentation of Chaco Canyon.
Includes correspondence relating to the 1995 Archaeological Society of New Mexico Field School reunion in Chaco Canyon. Many negatives are missing, as are some field site records. The negatives were probably kept by the field school student taking the actual photograph. Contributors to this collection include Col. James Bain, Paul P. Steed, Jr., Norman Wehrli, Mrs. Ann Wood Dunn, and F. Joan Mathien. This collection does not have negatives for all prints as each year students took film home to be developed and sent prints only to Col. Bain.
Includes photographs, negatives, slides, site forms, and drawings associated with rock art documentation of Chaco Canyon.
Includes correspondence relating to the 1995 Archaeological Society of New Mexico Field School reunion in Chaco Canyon. Many negatives are missing, as are some field site records. The negatives were probably kept by the field school student taking the actual photograph. Contributors to this collection include Col. James Bain, Paul P. Steed, Jr., Norman Wehrli, Mrs. Ann Wood Dunn, and F. Joan Mathien. This collection does not have negatives for all prints as each year students took film home to be developed and sent prints only to Col. Bain.
Dates
- 1974-1995 (bulk dates: 1975-1982)
Creator
- Archaeological Society of New Mexico (Organization)
Biographical / Historical
Historical:
From 1975-1981, the Archaeological Society of New Mexico ran a Rock Art Field School in Chaco Canyon, under the direction of Col. James Bain. The survey crew consisted of students from the ASNM rock art recording field school. The selection of sites surveyed was based on the Chaco Center's list of sites known to have rock art. Over 400 rock art sites were recorded during the course of this project. The main goal was to photographically record all rock art sites in the canyon; a secondary goal was to train students in field recording techniques. Among the students were Paul Steed, Norman Wehrli, Albert W. Wood, Jay and Helen Crotty, Anna Sofaer, Donna Yoder, and Jane Kolber. At the end of each season, Bain collected all the notes, photographs, and negatives and turned them over to the Chaco Center; duplicate sets were provided to the Laboratory of Anthropology. Records are filed by Smithsonian site number. Paul Steed, a field crew member, prepared line drawings of the rock art panels he surveyed. A number of the drawings were published in 1980 by the El Paso Archaeological Society. A reunion of field school participants was organized in 1995 by Paul Steed and held in Chaco Canyon.
From 1975-1981, the Archaeological Society of New Mexico ran a Rock Art Field School in Chaco Canyon, under the direction of Col. James Bain. The survey crew consisted of students from the ASNM rock art recording field school. The selection of sites surveyed was based on the Chaco Center's list of sites known to have rock art. Over 400 rock art sites were recorded during the course of this project. The main goal was to photographically record all rock art sites in the canyon; a secondary goal was to train students in field recording techniques. Among the students were Paul Steed, Norman Wehrli, Albert W. Wood, Jay and Helen Crotty, Anna Sofaer, Donna Yoder, and Jane Kolber. At the end of each season, Bain collected all the notes, photographs, and negatives and turned them over to the Chaco Center; duplicate sets were provided to the Laboratory of Anthropology. Records are filed by Smithsonian site number. Paul Steed, a field crew member, prepared line drawings of the rock art panels he surveyed. A number of the drawings were published in 1980 by the El Paso Archaeological Society. A reunion of field school participants was organized in 1995 by Paul Steed and held in Chaco Canyon.
Extent
11589 items
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
Arrangement/Organization:
Organized into 4 Series:
SERIES 1: Photographs; SERIES 2: Field Notes and Site Forms; SERIES 3: Paul Steed Papers; SERIES 4: ASNM 1995 Chaco Rock Art Field School Reunion
Organized into 4 Series:
SERIES 1: Photographs; SERIES 2: Field Notes and Site Forms; SERIES 3: Paul Steed Papers; SERIES 4: ASNM 1995 Chaco Rock Art Field School Reunion
Provenance
Provenance: ASNM ROCK ART FIELD SCHOOL, PAUL STEED, MRS. ANN DUNN, NORMAN WEHRLI, F. JOAN MATHIEN
Creator
- Archaeological Society of New Mexico (Organization)
- Title
- Finding Aid for Archaeological Society of New Mexico Chaco Rock Art Field School Collection
- Subtitle
- Coll 0026
- Author
- Chaco Culture National Historical Park, National Park Service
- Date
- 2012
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the NPS Chaco Culture National Historical Park Repository
Contact:
Chaco Culture NHP & Aztec Ruins NM Museum & Archives Program
Hibben Center Rm 307 - MSC01 1050
450 University Blvd NE
Albuquerque NM 87106 USA
Chaco Culture NHP & Aztec Ruins NM Museum & Archives Program
Hibben Center Rm 307 - MSC01 1050
450 University Blvd NE
Albuquerque NM 87106 USA