Dr Robert Dello-Russo presents Geoarchaeology and Paleo-Environment of the Water Canyon Paleoindian Site

  • 12 Nov 2019
  • 7:00 PM

Geoarchaeology and Paleo-Environment of the Water Canyon

Paleoindian Site

by

Dr Robert Dello-Russo

Since 2008, interdisciplinary research at the Water Canyon site, utilizing data from landform geomorphology, paleoclimatic research, paleoenvironmental reconstructions, chronometrics and a host of other specialized investigations, has led to provocative new archaeological discoveries. The site is significant in that it is characterized by intact cultural deposits that provide evidence for Clovis, Folsom, Cody, Allen-Frederick, and other components – all extant during the late Pleistocene-early Holocene transition (ca. 13,000 to 8,000 years ago) – and because it contains Bison sp. bone beds and rare open-air processing areas. Beyond that, we see a potential for buried Folsom, Clovis and, possibly, pre-Clovis materials. Together, these attributes make this site unique west of the Pecos River in New Mexico.

Dr. Dello-Russo has over 30 years of experience in the archaeology of western North America, including special interests in the Paleoindian geoarchaeology, rock shelter archaeology, and paleoclimatic/paleoenvironmental reconstructions. He received a BA from Bucknell University and both an MA and a PhD from the University of New Mexico. After creating the Section 106 compliance program for the NM Department of Game & Fish, he later served as the Deputy Director of the NM Office of Archaeological Studies, Department of Cultural Affairs in Santa Fe. Currently, he is the Director at the Office of Contract Archeology at the University of New Mexico, where he also serves as a Research Associate Professor. Since 2008, he has been the Principal Investigator for interdisciplinary research at the Water Canyon Paleoindian site in west-central NM.


Meet Robert at dinner at Guadalajara Grill South at 5 pm.

Order and pay for your dinner and join us in the back dining room.





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