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1 June 2017 May Volume Volume 26 Number 5 Number 5 Monthly Newsletter of URARA, the Utah Rock Art Research Association Table of Contents From the Prez... 1 Rock Art in the News... 1 URARA Symposium Call for Papers... 2 Nine Mile Canyon Fence Project... 3 Western Colorado Trip... 4 Gary and Janet Burningham... 6 Calendar and URARA Fieldtrips URARA Board and Contacts... 8 From the Prez Steve Acerson The BLM Vernal field office has cancelled the site steward training sessions for June, posted on last month s calendar. Not enough sign-ups. June is just too busy. They will consider rescheduling in September. Registration is now open for the URARA s Range Creek field trip June 24-25, and the Vernal area field trip, July We contine to prepare for our Symposium in Green River, so make your reservations now. Go to the URARA web page and see what is going on, use the forum tab to present ideas and discuss topics. If you do Facebook, check that too. Rock Art in the News SITLA sells Needles Outpost for 2.5 million dollars; deed covenant protects rock art. The 2017 Rock Art Studies Bibliographic Database update now contains 35,000 citations to the world's rock art literature. The project is newly hosted on-line in a partnership between the Bay Area Rock Art Research Association and the Museum of Northern Arizona. (Leigh Marymor) eum_of_northern_arizona The on-line bibliographic data search engine is open-access and available at: June 2017

2 URARA 37th Symposium Call for Papers 2 June 2017

Nine Mile Canyon Fence Project Diana Acerson URARA members Troy Scotter, and Steven and Diana Acerson, assisted Joel Boomgarden, Archeologist for Utah s State Institutional Trust Lands Administration

SITLA initiated this project which required some pole replacement and re-staining of all the fencing at the site.

3 Nine Mile Canyon Fence Project Diana Acerson URARA members Troy Scotter, and Steven and Diana Acerson, assisted Joel Boomgarden, Archeologist for Utah s State Institutional Trust Lands Administration (SITLA), at Nine Mile Canyon with the staining of buck and pole fencing around the Great Hunt petroglyph panel. This panel is one of the highly visible and most visited in the canyon. SITLA initiated this project which required some pole replacement and re-staining of all the fencing at the site. Joel and one of his staff from SITLA, along with three people from the State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO), plus Troy and the Acersons, spent over 5 hours working to repair and stain the fencing. Although cool, the weather was perfect for this project. Partly cloudy and bug free, with an occasional light breeze. Work went quickly in spite of frequent visitors to the site as the day wore on. We were surprised by the number of people who came to see the panel. Bicyclists, hikers, tourists, and even a bus load of elementary school children. Two nearby washes were flowing rapidly with spring runoff making them dangerous to cross on foot. Some visitors carefully drove through the washes, others parked before the washes and hiked in from the side. The school bus drove through the water with a flourish that had the children screaming with delight as the water splashed in great sprays away from the bus. Troy impressed us with his Tour guide abilities as he took the teaching opportunity to answer questions about the panel and Nine Mile Canyon for most of the visitors as they came and went. URARA thanks Joel and SITLA for the opportunity to help with these projects that ensure protection of these artifacts created by a long forgotten hand. 3 June 2017

Western Colorado Trip Dennis DeVore The Colorado trip was held May 19-22 and was intended to be the second half of a similar trip we did two years ago based out of Grand Junction.

4 Western Colorado Trip Dennis DeVore The Colorado trip was held May and was intended to be the second half of a similar trip we did two years ago based out of Grand Junction. This year we moved 60 miles south to the Town of Naturita, and picked up where we left off. Naturita is the trade-center for the old uranium mining district of western Colorado. Our meeting place was north of town at a large campground maintained by the local historical society. Most of us stayed there, along the banks of the San Miguel river, beneath the old cottonwoods. The campground is free and our group virtually had it to ourselves. We lined the river with at least ten different camps, and in the evenings, we gathered around the fire for some lively talk. The campground is the former ballpark for Uravan, the company town that served a big uranium - vanadium mill from Uravan no longer exists. It was leveled as part of a federal superfund cleanup that is still ongoing. But the ballpark lives on as a memorial to the town (a flag flies daily) and a great place to camp. The weekend started out a bit stormy and wet, but that seemed to clear out by Saturday morning. We had three perfect days of cool sunshine for our hiking. The rock art in this part of the world overlaps several cultures and we saw examples of all, including Archaic Uncompahgre, Basketmaker, Fremont, Ute, and a few Barrier Canyon figures. On Saturday we did the high loop in Paradox Valley and visited eight rock art sites. The going was steep and rocky all day long. On Sunday, we had an easier day, and went back to Paradox stopping at the rock art sites along the valley floor. On Monday we headed over to the Big Gypsum valley, to more sites and an overlook of the Dolores River. All in all, a successful long weekend. High panel in Paradox Valley. Dennis Devore 4 June 2017

Worley, Dennis DeVore, Keith Fesseden, Kirk Robinson, Carol Duecker, Diane Orr, Lee Grench, Lynn Hardies,

5 Group photo, State-line panel - Steve Acerson Front kneeling: Jim King, Glenn and Margaret Stone Back standing: Leslie Wertz, Geoff Hardies, Werner Duecker, Ed Delay, Nina Bowen, John & Deb Mitchell, Michael Worley, Dennis DeVore, Keith Fesseden, Kirk Robinson, Carol Duecker, Diane Orr, Lee Grench, Lynn Hardies, Randy Johnson, Joe Brame, Diana Acerson, Oscar Olsen. Camp under the cottonwoods at the ball park Photo Dennis DeVore 5 June 2017

Old-Timers: Gary and Janet Burningham Oscar Olson Gary thinks he and Janet joined URARA in 1988, about the time he retired from the Hercules Powder Company (Now ATK).

6 Old-Timers: Gary and Janet Burningham Oscar Olson Gary thinks he and Janet joined URARA in 1988, about the time he retired from the Hercules Powder Company (Now ATK). They became one of the most prolific petroglyph chaser teams in our midst. They remember early trips with Clifford Rayl, Kirk Nielson, Jim Olive, Dorde Woodruff, Jesse and Judy Warner, Bill Hirt, and Craig and Nina Bowen. Gary met URARA members Earl and Shirley Vitus in Green River, who bagan to show him how much rock art he hadn t seen yet. Gary has led many field trips for URARA. He got us in to the ATK property a year or so ago to see sites that are ordinarily closed to the public. He has been to Grand Gulch, Paradise Flats, Caborca Mexico, Texas, New Mexico, Baja California (where he met Polly Schafsma), and the Vernal and Moab areas. He has hiked extensively in the Wind River Mountains of Wyoming where he did some fishing as well. Gary has a DVD library that would be the envy of anyone. It includes rock art sites in Utah and the neighboring states of Arizona, Colorado, Wyoming (and the Dinwoody sites there), Nevada, and California. He is still in the process of transferring his 35mm slides into digital format which will take some time, he says. Besides rock art, Gary has always been a rock-hound. He collects fossils, petrified wood, agate, obsidian, and works lapidary in his shop, cutting and working with stones. Gary is from a large family. He and Janet have four children, 12 grandchildren, and 35 or so greatgrandchildren. He and Janet live in Davis County, and spend the winters in Quartzite, Arizona. They both have petroglyph vests knitted by Pearl Baker of Green River and the Robber s Roost area. Although they don t get out much any more, Gary and Janet are still an enthusiastic and valued part of URARA, and an indispensable knowledge-resource for us. Right to left: Gary and Janet Burningham, Diana and Steve Acerson Photo Oscar Olson 6 June 2017

7 Calendar and URARA Fieldtrips 2017 June 1-5 ARARA annual conference, Redmond, Oregon June USAS Annual Conference, Vernal; June URARA Guided 2-day field trip Range Creek $85 July URARA Field trip, Vernal area August th Pecos Conference, Pecos, NM August URARA summer picnic, Blanding area September 9-10 URARA Field Trip, Cedar City area Sep Nine-Mile Coalition gathering October 6-10 URARA Symposium, Green River Oct CAS Annual Meeting, Denver November 4 San Diego Rock Art Conference, San Diego November 4-5 URARA Field trip McElmo Canyon December 9-10 URARA Field trip, St George area 2018 Jan URARA Board Retreat January URARA Field trip, Mesquite URARA field trips are available to members only. For info or sign-up, please go to or contact Oscar Olson at Registration will open approximately (45) days prior to the start of the field trip. At that time you will be able to 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 4th Monday of the month; see: Dixie Archaeological Society (DAS) meets on the second Wednesday of the month; see: San Diego Rock Art Association (SDRAA) meets at the Kumeyaay Center in Poway every other month, sometimes on the first Sunday, sometimes not; see: 7 June 2017

8 URARA Board and Contacts Utah Rock Art Research Association: Box , Salt Lake City, UT Please address all membership applications/renewals and checks to URARA, Box 1351, Washington, UT UT URARA Board and Officers Steve Acerson, President Layne Miller, Vice President Margo Fenton, Treasurer Nina Bowen, Secretary James Farmer Deloy Norton Dennis DeVore, Publications Ed. Keith Fessenden, Conservation Cheryl Ames Werner Duecker David Carey URARA Appointees C&P Committee Field Trips Archives Database Education Mailing Membership Symposium chair editor Website Manager Oscar Olson Margaret Grochocki Troy Scotter Gina Hupka Barbara Saxon, Lois Mansfield Layne Miller Ben Everitt Tom Getts URARA Conservation Coordinators BLM District Field Office Coordinator Coordinator Lead - All Districts Keith Fessenden Canyon Counry Moab Pam & Quent Baker Canyon Country Monticello Werner Duecker Carol Duecker Color Country Cedar City Gina Hupka Color Country St. George Nina Bowen Color Country Kanab Jeff Frey Color Country Richfield Sue Player Green River Vernal Green River Price Lane Miller West Desert Fillmore DeLoy Norton West Desert Salt Lake Randy Griffin 8 June 2017 margaret.grochocki@gmail.com troyscotter@gmail.com redrockgina@infowest.com fredbarb900@gmail.com lem@virginia.edu laynem@priceutah.net rockdoc@xmission.com tomgetts@gmail.com Phone khfessenden@gmail.com 2pnqbaker@gmail.com wdeck.wd@gmail.com dueckcm@gmail.com redrockgina@infowest.com ninadbowen@gmail.com condor@kanab.net rodandrelic@gmail.com laynem@priceutah.net dlnorton5@hotmail.com randalgriffin1@gmail.com

BOATS IN THE DESERT - PAP.ri

Nina Bowen BOATS IN THE DESERT - PAP.ri Each individual, based on exposure to rock art and background and experience, will interpret petroglyphs and pictographs differently. What may appear to be a boat