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This context is the first effort at evaluating a WWII period building at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, for nomination to the National Register. The building was used as the Black Officers' Club in the time before integration of the forces. The document includes an appendix discussion of German POW stonework at Fort Leonard Wood.
A Historic Context Statement for a World War II Era Black Officers' Club at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri - Report (Legacy 93-0945) (1998)
This context is the first effort at evaluating a WWII period building at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, for nomination to the National Register. The building was used as the Black Officers' Club in the time before integration of the forces. The document includes an appendix discussion of German POW stonework at Fort Leonard Wood.
Making and Keeping Secret Knowledge at Xultun, Guatemala (2016)
As repositories for scientific secrets and ritual expertise, the four extant Maya codex books have proven an indispensable source for understanding ancient systems of religion and socio-political thought. But despite the undoubted existence of codex books during the much earlier Late Classic period (600-900 C.E.), the tropical climate’s decay-inducing effect on organic material has thus far prevented their recovery in the archaeological record. In this paper, I discuss the Los Sabios mural at...
Photos of Two Murals on Randolph Air Force Base (2003)
Photos of two murals at Randolph Air Force Base.
Pigments in Peril: Degradation of pre-Columbian Mesoamerican Murals (2016)
Pre-Columbian Mesoamerican murals are cultural representations of numerous civilizations, often mirroring the lifestyles, beliefs, rituals, and traditions of various peoples such as the Olmec, Maya, Toltec, and Aztecs. The pigments used to create these murals are highly susceptible to degradation. Degradation not only affects the appearance of the murals, but can result in the breakdown of the chemical structure of pigments causing flaking, powdering, and foundation issues. This project aims to...
Randolph Air Force Base Project Metadata
Project metadata for resources within the Randolph Air Force Base cultural heritage resources collection.
Sabios in Situ: Art-making and Representing Authority at Classic Period Xultun (2015)
The study of mural art has moved beyond analytical approaches that isolate these highly meaningful works from the anthropological contexts that produced them, toward approaches that underscore their inseparability from the complex circumstances surrounding their production. However, such contexts in the ancient world are not directly observable and therefore cannot be studied using ethnographic methods. Instead, sociological dimensions of ancient art must be reconstructed through careful...
WPA Murals as Artifacts: Archaeological Roles in the Preservation, Protection, and Analysis of Historic Art (2024)
This is an abstract from the session entitled "Paper / Report Submission (General Sessions)", at the 2024 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. The Works Progress Administration (WPA) was created in 1935 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt as part of the New Deal with the goal of rescuing the United States from the Great Depression. The new legislation and agencies produced a flurry of new jobs that resulted in extensive public infrastructure as well as providing money for...