Presentations
Sharing Shumla’s Mission and ResearchBrowse our library of presentations on topics related to the rock art of the Lower Pecos. At Shumla, we travel the state, country and the world to share our mission and research at conferences, symposia, and with the general public.
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Hearthstone Project
Lunch & Learn: Hearthstone Project Results 1 of 4: The Rule of Paint Sequencing
Join Shumla Preservation Archaeologist David Keim will start our four-part series on the results of this ambitious project by sharing the results of the microscopy analyses and the unbelievable lengths the painters went to in order to follow the rules of paint sequencing.
Date: April 17, 2024
Presenter: David Keim, M.A.
Lunch & Learn: The Cultural and Environmental Context of Pecos River Style Art
Join Shumla Collaborator Phil Dering for this Lunch & Learn where he will share about the timing of Pecos River style art, the conditions under which it was produced, and the nature of the society that produced it.
Date: March 20, 2024
Presenter: Phil Dering, PhD.
Lunch & Learn: Gestures of Meaning
Join Shumla Collaborator Ashley Busby as she presents on the elements of composition in Lower Pecos murals in Gestures of Meaning – An analysis of composition, representation, and process in Pecos River Style Art.
Date: October 18, 2023
Presenter: Ashley Busby, M.A.
Lunch & Learn: Conversations with Indigenous Consultants
Join Shumla’s Founder Dr. Carolyn Boyd for this Lunch & Learn where she will be retelling her experience traveling to the Huichol community of San Andrés Cohamiata.
Date: March 15, 2023
Presenter: Carolyn Boyd, PhD.
Lunch & Learn: Shumla’s Past, Present, and Future
Join Shumla Executive Director Jessica Hamlin for this Lunch & Learn where she shares pictures and stories of Shumla’s beginnings, our years of growth impact, where we are today and where we are headed in our next great 25 years.
Date: February 15, 2023
Presenter: Jessica Hamlin, M.A.
Lunch & Learn: Examining Process – A Compositional Analysis of Pecos River Style Murals
Join Shumla Collaborator Ashley Busby for this Lunch & Learn where she will share her findings on the visual elements that Lower Pecos artists used to organize space and develop complex works of art.
Date: November 16, 2022
Presenter: Ashley Busby, M.A.
Lunch & Learn: Introducing the Hearthstone Project
Join Shumla’s Science Director Karen Steelman for this Lunch & Learn where she will be sharing the goals and methods of Shumla’s newest effort, The Hearthstone Project.
Date: November 17, 2021
Presenter: Karen Steelman, PhD.
Iconographic & Interpretive Analyses
Lunch & Learn: Color Engenders Life: The White Shaman Mural
Shumla’s Monthly Lunch & Learn presentation.
Date: July 19, 2023
Presenter: Carolyn Boyd, PhD.
Lunch & Learn: Understanding Lower Pecos Feline Imagery
Shumla’s Monthly Lunch & Learn presentation.
Date: April 19, 2023
Presenter: Diana Radillo Rolón, PhD.
Soul Expressions: Speech and Breath in the Rock Art of the Lower Pecos
Webinar for Pre-Columbian Society of Washington DC.
Note: presentation begins at min. 1:25
Date: January 6, 2023
Presenter: Carolyn Boyd, PhD.
Introduction to the Visual Culture of the Lower Pecos Canyonlands
Webinar for Colorado Rock Art Association.
Note: presentation begins at min. 2:09
Date: November 2, 2022
Presenter: Carolyn Boyd, PhD.
Lunch & Learn: Saving Texas’s Oldest History Books
Shumla’s Monthly Lunch & Learn presentation.
Date: July 13, 2022
Presenter: Jessica Hamlin, M.A.
Lunch & Learn: The Skill and Genius of Ancient Artists
Shumla’s Monthly Lunch & Learn presentation.
Date: February 16, 2022
Presenter: Jessica Hamlin, M.A.
Lunch & Learn: Rock Art 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
Shumla’s Monthly Lunch & Learn presentation.
Date: September 15, 2021
Presenter: Jessica Hamlin, M.A.
A Painted Landscape Myth and Ritual in Lower Pecos Rock Art
Public lecture at UCLA’s Cotsen Institute of Archeology. Note: presentation begins at min. 11:10
Date: February 12, 2019
Presenter: Carolyn Boyd, PhD.
El Estilo Lower Pecos de Arte Rupestre
Translation: Layers of Meaning: Border Canyonlands Archeological Project.
Note: sound begins at 7 min.
Date: February 18, 2015
Presenter: Carolyn Boyd, PhD.
Estilo Lower Pecos pt. 2
Presented in both English and Spanish
Date: February 18, 2015
Presenter: Carolyn Boyd, PhD.
Chemical Analyses
Lunch & Learn: The Science of Radiocarbon Dating
Join Shumla’s Science Director Karen Steelman as she discusses the basics of radiocarbon dating for a general audience. Radiocarbon dating is used in archaeology to estimate the age of organic materials.
Date: September 20, 2023
Presenter: Karen Steelman, PhD.
Lunch & Learn: How Old is Lower Pecos Art?
Join Shumla’s Science Director Karen Steelman and the director of our 14C plasma oxidation laboratory, as she shares the science of dating Lower Pecos murals to determine when they were painted.
Date: June 9, 2021
Presenter: Karen Steelman, PhD.
Chemical Archaeology of Lower Pecos Pictographs
Radiocarbon dating of rock art (pictographs) in southwest Texas. Presented as part of ARARA online lecture series.
Date: July 11, 2020
Presenter: Karen Steelman, PhD.
Portable X ray fluorescence Analyses at the Meyers Spring Pictograph Site
Originally presented at the 2019 American Rock Art Research Association Annual Conference in Flagstaff, AZ
Date: May 14, 2020
Presenter: Karen Steelman, PhD.
Radiocarbon Dating the Red Linear Style within the Guadalupe Mountains & Lower Pecos Canyonlands
Originally presented at the 2018 American Rock Art Research Association Annual Conference in Grand Junction, CO
Date: April 27, 2020
Presenter: Karen Steelman, PhD.
Alexandria Project
Lunch & Learn: What’s the Rush?
Shumla’s Monthly Lunch & Learn presentation.
Date: March 16, 2022
Presenters: Jessica Hamlin, M.A.
A Look Back at the Alexandria Project
Presentation about Shumla’s endeavor to document and preserve the rock art of the Lower Pecos, and their experiences during the project.
Date: October 17, 2020
Presenter: Vicky Roberts, M.A.
Now What? The Alexandria Project is Just the Beginning
Presentation on Shumla’s plans beyond the project, including the sharing of all the newly accumulated rock art data.
Date: October 17, 2020
Presenters: Audrey Lindsay, M.A. & Tim Murphy, M.A.
The Alexandria Project
Webinar for Colorado Rock Art Association
Date: May 21, 2018
Presenters: Charles Koenig, M.A., Project Archeologist & Amanda Casteneda, M.A., Assistant Project Archeologist