Sacred Sites Research

09/27/2025

Dr. Loendorf is mentioned in this clip- https://www.facebook.com/share/r/17PxRpFRvm/

04/11/2025

10 Apr 2025 How Ten Steps began with Lawrence Loendorf Posted at 08:47h in Blog by DaQuanisha 0 Likes In preparation for the upcoming Society for American Archaeology 2025 conference, University of Utah Press is sharing more about Ten Steps for Recording Pictographs and Petroglyphs, designed to acco...

06/05/2024

Sacred Sites working in New Mexico

01/25/2024

Sacred Sites Research is coordinating with the Society for American Archaeology (SAA) Rock Art Interest Group to offer a workshop titled “Ten Steps for Recording a Rock Art Site”. At the upcoming SAA meeting in New Orleans. The workshop will be on Wednesday April 17, 2024, from 10AM to 5PM. Material covered in the workshop includes the up-to-date methods and techniques for recording rock art sites, like use of DStretch, portable XRF, dating procedures and drone mapping. An important portion will be instruction for completing panel drawings form photographs using drawing tablets. Instructors are Larry Loendorf, Amanda Castaneda, Laurie White, and Mark Willis. Aaron Brien, the Crow tribal THPO will offer his thoughts through the workshop. Individuals can sign up on the SAA website. There is a $20 fee

05/04/2023

https://www.marfapublicradio.org/show/nature-notes/2023-04-27/with-careful-science-and-indigenous-input-an-archeologist-unlocks-rock-art-mysteries

As enthralling as it is, prehistoric rock art has long resisted scientific analysis. But one archaeologist is now changing that.

12/02/2020

Congratulations!

04/20/2020

Sacred Sites Research posted its annual report on the web site: www.sacredsitesresearch.org It includes information about the cash awards for 2020.

09/23/2019

Went to the Where there are Writings on the Wall site today with Crow Indians in Junior and Senior classes at Pryor School, Montana. The site has many examples of Crow war deeds. Loren Rausch their teacher took these photographs of crossing the bridge we built over the irrigation ditch. And me talking at the site.

08/26/2019

https://durangoherald.com/articles/290946
Denise Hoth worked with us in the Permian Basin. Glad to see she’s part of this excavation.

A large, extensive network of Native American ruins was recently discovered just outside Durango on top of Florida Mesa, and it’s kind of blowing...

08/26/2019

Greg White setting poles against Mylar film- the static cling and the gentle pressure of the poles is often enough to secure the Mylar without the use of painters tape when we trace the panel. This is a privately owned site in Montana.