Professional Presentations and Publications

Presentations

       Mesa Prieta Petroglyph Project volunteers participate in giving presentations to the public as opportunities arise.  Project volunteers are available to address archaeological and other groups in Northern New Mexico.  Recent presentations include:

Janet MacKenzie and Candie Borduin - "Archaic Period Petroglyphs of Mesa Prieta".  New Mexico Archaeological Council, Hibben Center, UNM, Albuquerque, NM, November 10, 2018

Janet MacKenzie - "Historic Period on Mesa Prieta".  BLM Wild and Scenic Rivers Anniversary, Pilar, NM.  September 7, 2018

Janet MacKenzie - "Historic Period Heritage Features at the Northern Terminus of El
     Camino Real de Tierra Adentro in New Mexico".  CARTA Conference, Historic Los 
     Luceros, NM, July 21 2016

Candie Borduin - "Petroglyph Recording on Mesa Prieta".  Radio interview on KRSN Radio,
     Los Alamos, N.M., April 12, 2016  HERE

Janet MacKenzie - "Lost on the Way:  Recording Trails on Mesa Prieta."  2015
     Archaeological Society of New Mexico Annual Meeting, May 1-3, 2015, Taos, New
     Mexico.

Candie Borduin - "Development of a GIS/GPS Based Method of Setting Proveniences." 
     2013 International Federation of Rock Art Organizations (IFRAO) International Rock
     Art Congress, May 26-31, 2013, Albuquerque, NM.

Janet MacKenzie - "Religious Iconography of the Historic Period, Mesa  Prieta  and area,
     Northern New Mexico."  2013 International Federation of Rock Art Organizations
     (IFRAO) International Rock Art Congress, May 26-31, 2013, Albuquerque, NM. 

Janet MacKenzie - "Voices of the Ancestors, Whispers of the Remote Past and the
     Heritage of Yesterday."  Historias de Nuevo Mexico - Histories of Nes Mexico, 
     Academic and Community Conference at Northern New Mexico College, October 12
     & 13, 2012.

Katherine Wells - "The Wells Petroglyph Preserve."  The Archaeological Conservancy,
     October 19, 2011.

Katherine Wells and Janet MacKenzie - "Education = Preservation."  Utah Rock Art
     Research Association, September 25, 2011

Professional Publications

"Rocks of Ages - the Mesa Prieta Petroglyph Project" by Paul Weideman.  Pasatiempo, The Santa Fe New Mexican, September 21, 2018

"Treasure Trove of Petroglyphs at the Terminus of el Camino Real de Tierra Adentro."  by Katherine Wells.  Chronicles of the Trail, CARTA, Los Lunas, NM, Spring/Summer, 2016

"Katherine Wells - The Discovery of a Lifetime."  By Deborah Busemeyer | Photography   
     by Douglas Merriam.  New Mexico Magazine, May, 2016   HERE

Discovering Mesa Prieta:  The Petroglyphs of Northern New Mexico and the People Who 
     Made Them - 4th - 7th Grade Teacher Curriculum.  Judith A. Chaddick, Esta Guitierriez,
     Katherine Wells, Janet MacKenzie.   Mesa Prieta Petroglyph Project, September,
     2015, Velarde, NM

“Development of a GIS/GPS Based Method of Setting Proveniences.”   Candie Borduin, Jeff  
     Toomey, Lee Borduin and Janet MacKenzie.  2013 International Federation of Rock Art
     Organizations (IFRAO) International Rock Art Congress, May 26-31, 2013. 
     Proceedings, Albuquerque, NM.

“Cross Connections: Religious Iconography of the Historic Period, Mesa  
      Prieta and Area, Northern New Mexico.”  Janet MacKenzie, Powerpoint 
      presentation, International Federation of Rock Art Organizations (IFRAO)
      International Rock Art Congress, May 26-31, 2013. Proceedings, 
      Albuquerque, NM.

“Vecinos del Rio Mesa Prieta Petroglyph Project.”  Katherine Wells, Candie Borduin,
      Suzie Frazier.  Between the Mountains - Beyond the Mountains; Papers in Honor of 
      Paul R. Williams.  Papers of The Archaeological Society of New Mexico
      35.  2009.

Discovering Mesa Prieta: The Petroglyphs of Northern New Mexico and the People
     Who Made Them - A Fourth Grade Curriculum.  Judy Chaddick, Janet
      MacKenzie, 2009, Vecinos del Rio Mesa Prieta Petroglyph Project. 

Life on the Rocks:  One Woman’s Adventures in Petroglyph Preservation by
      Katherine Wells, University of New Mexico Press, 2009. 

“Vecinos del Rio Mesa Prieta Petroglyph Project.”  Katherine Wells, Candie
      Borduin, Suzie Frazier.   Set in Stone:  A Binational Workshop on Petroglyph
      Management in the United States and Mexico.  Workshop Proceedings,
      September 19-21, 2007, Albuquerque, NM.  Petroglyph National Monument,
      National Park Service, 2008.