Project Awards and Recognition
Since 1999, Mesa Prieta Petroglyph Project has been recognized
with numerous prestigious awards and honors:
Individual Achievement Award
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This year the Mesa Prieta Petroglyph Project is celebrating its 25th anniversary as a nonprofit
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Since then, Candie and Lee have been dedicated to mentoring and organizing recording teams.
Thanks to their meteculous work, we now estimate 85,000 petroglyphs and archaeological features
have been recorded.
Although Lee retired from working in the field, he continues to collaborate with Candie on recording methods, data processing and by financially supporting a portion of the project’s database. Candie has served for many years on the Board of Directors as well as the Recording Coordinator for the project and has dedicated thousands of volunteer hours in the field, training recording teams as well as database processing. This body of work continues to be shared with the New Mexico Archaeological Records Management Section (ARMS) for the use of researchers and communities.
There is no doubt that these recording and preservation efforts will continue to serve as a critical
resource for archaeologists and educators which reflects the rich histories of New Mexico.
2021 - New Mexico Archaeological Society - Richard A. Bice Award to Sue Johnston in recognition of her service to the Mesa Prieta Petroglyph Project and the archaeology of New Mexico.
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Lifetime Achievement Award!
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Since 1992, Katherine Wells has been inextricably linked the Mesa Prieta Petroglyph Site located an hour north of Santa Fe. With her partner Lloyd Dennis, she built a small straw-bale house on 188 acres and soon discovered she was literally surrounded by thousands of petroglyphs dating to the Archaic, Puebloan, and Historic periods. Described in her memoir Life on the Rocks, Wells beautifully recaptures her efforts to safeguard the site eventually donating 156 acres to the Archaeological Conservancy to establish the Wells Reserve. By 1999, Wells had established the Mesa Prieta Petroglyph Project with over 100 volunteers to help preserve one of the most significant cultural sites in New Mexico. MORE |
2019 - New Mexico Archaeological Society - Richard A. Bice Award for Archaeological Achievement to Janet MacKenzie in recognition for outstanding leadership of the highly respected Mesa Prieta Petroglyph Project for almost ten years as Project Director and Chief Archaeologist overseeing its recording, preservation and educational programs. For improving the scientific quality of recorded data preservation including state-of-the-art upload of data to three professionally staffed servers across the nation. Her work has led to national recognition for the largely avocational non-profit archaeological Project. MORE
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2019 - New Mexico Excellence in STEM Awards
The Mesa Prieta Petroglyph Project's education programs received an Honorable Mention at the 2019 NM Excellence in STEM Awards from the Air Force Reseach Laboratory. |
The winners and honorable mentions will be celebrated at a banquet on the evening of Friday, February 22nd at the Albuquerque Convention Center. Sandy Romero, our Education Coordinator, will be present to accept this honor.
2017 - New Mexico Archaeological Society - Richard A. Bice Award for Archaeological Achievement to Candie Borduin, MPPP Petroglyph Recording Coordinator - "For her many years of dedicated service to the Mesa Prieta Petroglyph Project as a Board Member, docent, webmaster and coordinator of volunteers, rock art recorders and site stewards. Ms. Borduin's work has been instrumental in recording over 50,000 petroglyphs and in the design of a GIS linked data base that contains the recorded rock art on the mesa."
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2015 - New Mexico Historic Preservation Division - Cultural Properties Review -
Heritage Preservation Awards to:
Janet MacKenzie, Mesa Prieta Project Director - Archaeological Heritage for "elevating the archaeological significance of the Wells Petroglyph Preserve and efforts to move Mesa Prieta into national heritage protective status." MORE
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John Guth, Mesa Prieta Project Board Member - "volunteering to archive thousands of historical records for HPD-ARMS." John is being recognized for his work with ARMS for the second year in a row! MORE |
2014 - Cultural Landscape Foundation - The Wells Petroglyph Preserve listed among the nation's eleven most endangered landscapes. MORE
Katherine Wells named one of "Ten Who Made A Difference"
by the Santa Fe New Mexican
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Founder of the Mesa Prieta Petroglyph Project and preservationist of images on Mesa Prieta for the past 20 years, Katherine Wells received the well-deserved recognition as one of “Ten Who Made a Difference” by the Santa Fe New Mexican. Featured for her work with the Project, Katherine also received well-deserved accolades for the two award-winning educational programs the Project sponsors – Summer Youth Intern Program and the 4th – 7th Grade Curriculum.
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2014 - New Mexico Historic Preservation Division - Cultural Properties Review -
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Shown left to right: Candie Borduin, Petroglyph Recording Coordinator; Jon Hunner, Interim Director of the New Mexico History Museum; Katherine Wells, President of Mesa Prieta Petrolgyph Project; and Janet MacKenzie, Mesa Prieta Project Coordinator. |
2014 - Archaeological Society of New Mexico - Richard A. Bice Award for Archaeological Achievement: Katherine Wells.
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Katherine Wells accepting the Richard A Bice. Award from John Hayden, ASNM, and CJ Johnson, ASNM President |
2008 - American Rock Art Research Association - First Annual Education Award for the 4th Grade Curriculum "Discovering Mesa Prieta: The Petroglyphs of Northern New Mexico and the People Who Made Them".
2006 - Santa Fe Community Foundation - Piñon Award for Educational Service
2005 - American Rock Art Research Association - Katherine Wells, Committee Chair for the Mesa Prieta Petroglyph Project, received the Conservation and Preservation Award.
2004 - American Heritage Alliance - Mesa Prieta named one of the most endangered sites in New Mexico
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Katherine Wells accepting the
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