RESUME OF ARIANE OBERLING PINSON, Ph.D.

Projects at Mission And Pueblo San Marcos, New Mexico

Mission San Marcos Archaeological Project

This archaeological project, headed by David H. Thomas of the American Museum of Natural History, focused on the excavation of the mission complex at the site of San Marcos, in the Galisteo Basin of New Mexico.  As project Geomorphologist, I studied the architectural history of the mission building in terms of the sequence of room construction, occupation, and re-use over four centuries. 

Position Held

Geomorphologist, American Museum of Natural History, Mission San Marcos Archaeological Project, July 1999 to April 2001.

Publications And Manuscripts

• n.d.  “The Geology of Mission San Marcos.”  In Excavations at Mission San Marcos, New Mexico 1998-2000.  edited by David Hurst Thomas, Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History, New York.
• 2000.  “The Geology of Mission San Marcos, New Mexico.”  (combined 1999 and 2000 field seasons).  Unpublished manuscript on file at American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York.
• 1999 . “The Geology of Mission San Marcos, New Mexico”.  Unpublished manuscript on file at American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York.

Professional Presentation

• 2001. (with Lawrence Conyers and David Hurst Thomas)  ”Secular and Sacred Space:  The Stratigraphic and Ground Penetrating Radar Studies at Mission San Marcos, NM.”  Poster presented at the 66th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, New Orleans, Louisiana.

Pueblo San Marcos Archaeological Project

This project, headed by Ann Ramenofsky of the University of New Mexico, focused on the archaeology of the pueblo of San Marcos, which was occupied from about AD 1100 through the Pueblo Revolt of 1680, and then intermittently there-after.  My work focused on using stratigraphic methods to document the architecture and occupational history of two room blocks at the southern end of the site that had been dissected by an arroyo. 

Position Held

Geomorphologist, University of New Mexico, Pueblo San Marcos Archaeological Project, June 1999 through April 2001.

Publications And Manuscripts

• 2001.  (and J. R. Angel).  Room Blocks 28 and 29:  “Occupational History from a Subsurface Perspective.”  Chapter in field report to the Archaeological Conservancy on work conducted at San Marcos Pueblo, Ann Ramenofsky, editor.
• 2000.  “The rise and fall of Room Blocks 28 and 29: Architecture and site formation processes.”  In Report on Archaeological Research at Pueblo San Marcos (LA 98) During 1999 by the University of New Mexico, by Christopher Pierce and Ann F. Ramenofsky, Report to The Archaeological Conservancy and the New Mexico Office of Historic Preservation, pp. 49-76.

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