THE FUTURE OF THE MESA PRIETA PETROGLYPH PROJECT:
IMPACT OF YOUR GIFT
1. Your donation expands the impact of the Mesa Prieta Petroglyph Project’s award-winning educational programs that already reach hundreds of Native American, Hispano and Anglo children in Northern New Mexico. Reconnecting these underserved children with their ancestral cultures through images incised on the Mesa’s boulders instills a sense of cultural pride and curiosity about themselves, their heritage and the world. The S.T.E.M. (Science, Technology, Engineering and
Math) based material these fourth graders learn strengthens their academic performance. Our Summer Youth Intern Program, now in its 20th year, offers high school students professional training as archeological recorders right on the Mesa.
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2. Your donation supports MPPP’s vast program to discover, record and archive the thousands of petroglyphs that have not yet been found. Our volunteers have recorded more than 65,000 images and we suspect there are a total of 100,000 images on the Mesa, making Mesa Prieta the largest petroglyph site in New Mexico.
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3. Your donation provides for the processing and archiving of all the information collected on the Mesa, making it part of the New Mexico Historical Records Advisory Board so that it will be available to researchers and other important national and international archives.
4. Your donation enables MPPP to provide tours and public access to the Mesa.
Our efforts are a step towards greater knowledge and a sense of cultural ownership and pride in the surrounding Pueblo and Hispano communities. Although most of the Mesa is privately owned, MPPP provides access to the 156-acre Wells Petroglyph Preserve, which has the highest concentration of images on the Mesa - over 11,000.
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5. Your donation aids in the protection of this unparalleled archeological treasure. MPPP has an active Site Steward program on the Wells Petroglyph Preserve and continues to strengthen protection elsewhere.
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6. Your donation helps expand research into petroglyph images to discover their relationship and importance in the context of Puebloan and Hispano cultures and history in Northern New Mexico.
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this site, the largest petroglyph site in New Mexico, and an unsurpassed showcase for Archaic, Ancestral Pueblo and Hispano history and culture, is deserving of this classification.
