Monthly Newsletter of URARA, the Utah Rock Art Research Association January 2019 May Volume 39 2006 Number Volume 1 26 Number 5 Table of Contents From the Prez... 1 Lake Mountain Field Trip Dec 6-9... 2 URARA Christmas Socials... 6 Bluff Symposium Publications Online. 9 Rock Art in the News... 9 Calendar and URARA Fieldtrips 2019... 9 URARA Board and Contacts... 10 From the Prez Steve Acerson This 40 th year the URARA Board will meet at the Canyons of the Ancients Guest Ranch, Cortez, Colorado, January 11 and 12, starting at 9:00 am. Every member is welcome to attend or contact a board member to present ideas for consideration. This meeting s agenda includes membership numbers, field trips, education, and protection of sites, symposium committee assignments for St. George and 40 year recognition, and possible getting those inspired folks to share their thoughts on how URARA came to be. Possible projects for funding, where members can build structure to protect images, and document other locations so managers know of their existence. Web site upgrades, technology moves forward, so changes need to happen, so processes can connect and function properly. Renewing membership has caused a little anxiety for some members. The web site automatically sends out renewal requests, member s process their renewals by credit and status changes as soon as you press pay. Other members still pay by check (which is okay), but this way may take several weeks. These members will get a follow-up email stating their membership has been closed. Once the mail gets to Salt Lake City and picked up, then forwarded to our Treasurer, she will renew your status. So if you know when your membership expires, and you don t want this process to keep you from signing up for field trips, send in a check a month before. The easiest way is to just pay by credit, with pay-pal or directly by credit card. Thanks again for your help the last two years, see you on the path, Steve January 2019
Lake Mountain Field Trip Dec 6-9 Lynn Benson, Steve Acerson The West Mountain fieldtrips were 4 days of snow, cold and cloud. Steve divided the two groups, taking half to Lake Mt and Lynn taking the other half to West Mountain. We took brooms with us to sweep snow, but fortunately didn t need them. We searched amongst many boulders at the shooting lane finding about 10 of the 14 there. At the north end there were two small sites; new member Bess happily found a new boulder-glyph there. We viewed the BYU cave site, a few other sites and even got to the 9 glyphs at the Kilgore mine site that URARA helped save. We visited the boulder that had been moved to the road. We shared the mountain with some shooters who serenaded us with machinegun fire. There was too much see in one day; there are more than 100 boulder-glyphs and a few small panels. The intent was to show the effects of shooting on Lake Mountain which had URARA members working for 20+ years trying to get protection for the images before they were lost or stolen, starting at a site that has been totally destroyed by shooters. 2 January 2019
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Everyone agreed the field trip gave them a better understanding of the conditions, loss, and the lengthy process to get the protection of these non-replaceable cultural images. Diana Acerson shows off new fence and sign Bess O'Brian and Chad Carter with Steve Acerson s knees Photo Dennis Devore 5 January 2019
URARA Christmas Socials Salt Lake Holiday Party The usual suspects Oscar Olson 6 January 2019
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Pre-dinner hike - Moab potluck hosted by Susan McDowell and Leigh Grench Pam Baker St GeorgeChristmas gathering with DAS 8 January 2019
Bluff Symposium Publications Online Dennis DeVore Tom Getts has skillfully uploaded the 2018 Bluff symposium presentations to the URARA website under the menu item: Publications > Symposiums. These can be searched by year or by author name, and are available to anyone without logging into the website. Thanks Tom! Rock Art in the News Ben Everitt Newly discovered Aurignacian engraved blocks Quaternary International, Vol 498, Dec 30, 2018, p. 99-125 (abstract) https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/s1040618216307984?dgcid=raven_sd_via_ema il Thousand-Year-Old Rock Art Likely Served as a Gathering Point for Llama Caravans Crossing the Andes Smithsonian.com, Dec 10, 2018 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/thousand-year-old-rock-art-likely-served- gathering-point-llama-caravans-crossing-andes- 180970982/?utm_source=smithsoniantopic&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20181216- Weekender&spMailingID=37937553&spUserID=NzQwNDU0OTIyMTES1&spJobID=1421601425&s preportid=mtqymtywmtqynqs2 Calendar and URARA Fieldtrips 2019 January 11-13 June 14-17 URARA Board Retreat, Canyon of the Ancients Guest Ranch ARARA Annual Conference, Flagstaff, AZ URARA field trips are available to members only. For information or sign-up, please go to https://urara.wildapricot.org/events, or contact Oscar Olson at 801-485-0862. Registration will open approximately 45 days prior to the start of the field trip. At that time you may register until the set number of participants is filled; then your name will be added to the waiting list. Southern Nevada Rock Art Association (SNRAA) meets on the 4 th Monday of the month; see: http://snraa.org/snraa.org/events.html Dixie Archaeological Society (DAS) meets on the second Wednesday of the month; see: http://www.dixierockart.com/ Colorado Archaeological Association, Grand Junction Chapter meets on the second Monday of the month https://www.meetup.com/cas-gj/ San Diego Rock Art Association (SDRAA) meets at the Kumeyaay Center in Poway every other month, sometimes on the first Sunday, sometimes not. http://sandiegorockart.org/meetings 9 January 2019
URARA Board and Contacts Utah Rock Art Research Association: Box 511324, Salt Lake City, UT 84151-1324. www.utahrockart.org. 2018 URARA Board and Officers Phone Email Steve Acerson, President 385-985-5402 whiteh20rockart@gmail.com Werner Duecker, Vice President 970-685-9630 wdeck.wd@gmail.com Margo Fenton, Treasurer 435-640-2275 fourfen@comcast.net Deloy Norton 801-571-0935 dlnorton5@hotmail.com Dennis DeVore, Publications Ed. 970-256-7887 ddv48@mac.com Keith Fessenden, Conservation 303-907-5184 khfessenden@gmail.com Cheryl Ames 303-940-2043 cheryl_e_ames@msn.com David Carey 707-480-6384 careynordh@gmail.com Lynn Benson 801-602-5549 bettyandlynn@gmail.com Darlene Koerner 435-789-2299 timdar@ubtanet.com Leigh Grench 435-260-9113 lggrench@yahoo.com URARA Appointees Archives Margaret Grochocki 801-282-5850 margaret.grochocki@gmail.com Conservation Keith Fessenden 303-907-5184 khfessenden@gmail.com Database Troy Scotter 801-377-6901 troyscotter@gmail.com Education Gina Hupka 435-772-3383 redrockgina@infowest.com Field Trips Joe Brame 435-414-0457 urara.joe.brame@gmail.com Mailing Barbara Saxon, 720-863-8872 fredbarb900@gmail.com Membership Lois Mansfield 435-634-1787 lem@virginia.edu Symposium chair WernerDuecker 970-685-9630 wdeck.wd@gmail.com editor Ben Everitt 435-986-0075 rockdoc@xmission.com Website Manager Tom Getts 970-533-1861 tomgetts@gmail.com URARA Conservation Coordinators BLM District Field Office Coordinator Phone Email Canyon Counry Moab Pam & Quent Baker 435-259-5558 2pnqbaker@gmail.com Canyon Country Monticello Werner Duecker 970-685-9630 wdeck.wd@gmail.com Carol Duecker 970-985-9233 dueckercm@gmail.com Color Country Cedar City Gina Hupka 435-772-3383 redrockgina@infowest.com Color Country St. George Nina Bowen 801-499-0585 ninadbowen@gmail.com Color Country Kanab Jeff Frey 435-644-8471 condor@kanab.net Color Country Richfield Kent Williams 801-674-2710 willikb15@gmail.com Green River Vernal Tim Sweeney 435-828-3647 dryforktim@gmail.com Darlene Koerner 435-789-2299 timdar@ubtanet.com Green River Price Layne Miller 435-820-4326 laynemiller@yahoo.com West Desert Fillmore DeLoy Norton 801-571-0935 dlnorton5@hotmail.com West Desert Salt Lake Diana Acerson 435-262-7044 dace1950@gmail.com 10 January 2019