Sacred Sites Research Inc.

“Expenses supplies, postage, printing 4,548 lodging, air, meals 4,953 gasoline/auto 1,457 memberships/registrations 362 field expenses 103 total 11,423”

“Sacred sites research, inc 2019 accomplishments ssri worked with versar, inc., through a subcontract, to finalize the report for recording 21 rock art sites in the permian basin, southeastern new mexico. The final report titled landscapes of stone and paint: documentation and analysis of 21 rock art sites in southeastern new mexico is authored by myles miller, lawrence loendorf, tim graves and mark willis. Segments of the report which is 664 pages in length are currently being abstracted for publication in other formats. One of the obligations, in the permian basin research, was to present a program on the results of the work to the hopi tribe. On june 5, 2019, lawrence loendorf, ssri, made the presentation to the hopi cultural committee in kykotsmovi village, az. The presentation was well received. In july, ssri worked with the wyoming state historic preservation office to continue recording sites on the wold ranch west of kaycee, wyoming. We have now collected enough information to complete a national register nomination form that will be submitted to the wyoming review board for national register sites and if approved to the keeper of the national register of historic places. In august ssri recorded the buffalo high site near the mouth of bear canyon in the pryor mountains, montana. Rock paintings at the site are high in a canyon wall and so faded that they are hardly visible from the valley floor below them. Access was through a series of ropes and safety harnesses to the base of the paintings so dstretch, a software designed to bring out color in faded rock paintings could be used. One recorded figure that stands more than seven feet is a combination human and bison that makes the site one of the more important ones in montana. Also, in august, ssri worked to record 15 panels of petroglyphs on the bruner ranch near ryegate, montana. The site on private land has been off limits to researchers for many years but ssri was allowed access with strict rules about distribution of the results of the research. The site is very large and ssri plans to return for additional work in the coming years. Ssri worked with versar, inc. To record several sites on fort bliss, texas. None of the sites had any rock paintings, but that was not known before the field work.”