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CAT Program

The CAT Workshop scheduled for 12 November 2011 has been postponed until January 28th, 2012. Please click here for more information.

The first stage in the revision of the CAT program is complete. A new CAT Guide and Reading List have been posted. Click here to see the new guide.

Field Work Opportunity

The following information was received by ASM and may be of interest to those pursuing field work activities:

 

26-30 March 2012 SHUMLA’s Pecos Experience: Art and Archeology of the Lower Pecos

A WEEK IN WEST TEXAS

SHUMLA’s research team and Dr. Jim Keyser have launched a comparative study of scratched and incised imagery evidenced in the rock art of the Lower Pecos Canyonlands and the Columbia Plateau. This year, participants in Pecos Experience have the unique opportunity to join these experts as they investigate this promising new avenue of rock art research. This is your chance to explore the canyons of the Lower Pecos, to expand your vision of the meaning and function of rock art, and to experience the excitement of making connections through discovery.

For more details, visit our Web-site http://www.SHUMLA.org/, contact the office at programs@SHUMLA.org or call (432) 292-4848.

5-29 June 2012 SHUMLA’s Field Methods in Rock Art Field School (registration deadline: 14 May 2012)

A ROCK ART FIELD SCHOOL

Are you a looking for an amazing field school opportunity? Every summer SHUMLA offers its Field Methods in Rock Art field school course. This year, this unique experience will be held from 5-29 June 2012. Enroll to spend four intense weeks exploring desert canyons and recording world-class rock art while earning three graduate or six undergraduate college credit hours through Texas State University. You will learn:

  • How to establish a field research design and data collection protocols
  • Current theories regarding the meaning and function of rock art
  • Rock art recording methods, laboratory procedures, and data analysis
  • The archeology of the Lower Pecos, hunter-gatherer lifeways, and foraging adaptation

For more details, visit our Web-site http://www.SHUMLA.org/, contact the office at programs@SHUMLA.org or call (432) 292-4847.

 

ASM Field Session 2010

The 2010 Tyler Bastian Field Session is history. Photos and commentary are now posted on the field session page. Additional photos and comments are wellcome. Please send what you have to John Fiveash for editing and posting.

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