Principal:
Karl W. Laumbach |
Karl W. Laumbach is project archaeologist. A native New Mexican, Karl has directed hundreds of archaeological projects in southern New Mexico over the past 30 years. He currently holds the position of Associate Director for Research and Public Education at Human Systems Research, Las Cruces. His broad research interests extend beyond the archaeology of the prehistoric southwest to the Apache Wars, Hispanic/Anglo relations, and New Mexico range wars and political feuds. Karl is CAP’s intellectual architect, excavations director, lab supervisor, and chief analyst and synthesizer.
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Principal:
 Stephen H. Lekson
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Stephen H. Lekson is curator of anthropology at the University of Colorado Museum of Natural History and member of the faculty of that school’s depart- ment of anthropology. Steve and student crews from Boulder have undertaken the multi-year investigation of the Pinnacle Ruin. His comprehensive grasp of the prehistory of the American southwest has been instrumental to understanding Cañada Alamosa in the context of the wider world of which it was a part. |
Principal:
Toni Laumbach
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Toni Laumbach is chief curator at the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum in Las Cruces and the project’s ceramics specialist. Her encyclopedic knowledge of the characteristics and histories of the pottery made by New Mexico’s prehistoric cultures has been critical to deciphering the identities and occupation dates of the canyon’s first settlers.
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Principals:
Trudy and Denny O’Toole
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Trudy and Denny O’Toole retired to Monticello Box Ranch, the project’s home base, in 1999. Their Cañada Alamosa Institute was established the same year. They pursue life-long interests in history, education, the environment, art, historic preservation and human service at the ranch and the greater community. They act as advisors and support staff to the Cañada Alamosa Project.
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Principal:
Ginger Mclemore
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Virginia T. McLemore is senior economic geologist at the New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, a division of New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology in Socorro, New Mexico. Ginger has brought her extensive knowledge of New Mexico’s natural resources and its tectonic evolution to bear on questions regarding the formation, alteration and geologic characteristics of Monticello Canyon and on how those who lived there used its resources for their needs.
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Principal:
John Fitch
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John Fitch grew up in El Paso, Texas, and moved to Las Cruces after his retirement from government service in 1995. John has been part of CAP since the first excavation in 1999. He serves as project photographer and general assistant in the field. In Las Cruces, he assists in the curation of project collections and archives. |
Crew Chiefs Earthwatch:
Seamont, Schue, O'Toole, Eakes, Estes, Toni L., Fitch, Hood, Karl L. 2007
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John Schue, Morgan Seamont, Dean Hood, Delton Estes, Michael Wylde, Annette Eakes, Eleanor Dahlin, Caerillon Thomas CU: Curtis Nepstad-Thornberry, Devin White, Brian Yunker, Gail Bleakeny, Brenda Todd, Michelle Butler, Morgan Seamont |
Crew Support:
  Scott Mackenzie and Marc Bacon - Left Randy and Donna Furr- Right
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Scott Mackenzie, Marc Bacon, Randy and Donna Furr, Mary Lou Estes, Zoe Wiseman
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Crews: |
Students of Eastern New Mexico University and the University of Colorado; Earthwatch Institute vols.; HSR lab volunteers and workstudy helpers; Institute of Historical Survey Foundation vols.; CAP vol. oral history interviewers |
Special Thanks To: |
Jeff Ferguson, Eric Blinman, Gary Hein, Martin Hoffmeister, Caerie Thomas, Peggy Nelson, Michele Hegmon, Jerry Eagan, Catherine Bailey, Phil Shelley Evan Davies, Jim Wakeman, Linda Cordell, Richard Holloway, David Cain, John Hunner, David Hill, Lynne Sebastian, Meade Kemrer, March Thompson, Glenna Dean, Neal Ackerly, Catherine and Yarrow Mackenzie, Catherine Slick, Peter Pino, Estevan Rael Galvez, Beth O’Leary, James Brooks, Chris Adams, Courtney White, Richard Chapman, Donna McFadden, Jeff Houser, Joy Poole, Frances Levine, John Kantner, Roy Underhill, David Phillips, Mark Santiago, Alan Ferg, Sherry Robinson, Eddy Montoya, Kathy Wiseman, Dave Love, Curtis Monger, Jerry Eagan, Carol Chamberland, LeRoy Unglaub, Kitty Porterfield, Michael Darrow, Brian Halstead, Deb Dennis, Dave Kirkpatrick, Helen Pettit, Scott Andrae, Dabney Ford, Paul Anderson, Marcella Catoni | |
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