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AASRCC Speakers Schedule 2012
January 21: Ellen Brennan, Cultural Resource Program Manager
Grand Canyon National Park, Science and Resource Management
Program: “Grand Canyon Archaeology: Excavations along the Colorado
River” and focuses on the findings of an excavation project that took place along the
Colorado River through Grand Canyon National Park between 2006 and 2009.
February 18: Miles Gilbert,
Program: “Hashknife Cowboy Archaeology”. The USDA-Natural
Resources Conservation Service has funded removal of brushy juniper from many
thousands of acres of rangeland across the length and breadth of the former Hashknife
Ranch. In its heyday it covered some two million acres and had one pasture that
encompassed 900 square miles. Prior to brush removal archaeological surveys were
conducted resulting in the discovery of ancient man sites, prehistoric pueblos, and
cowboy campsites.
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