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| Program participants on their first hike with Dr. Phil Dering, Dr. Carolyn Boyd, and Red their cowdog. |
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| Dr. Dering identifies and explains uses of local plants. |
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| Lechuguilla is prepared to go into an earth oven. |
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| Neal Stilley starts the fire for the earth oven using a hand friction drill. |
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| The prepared oven is filled with prepared lechuguilla and sotol. |
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| The oven is covered and the plants are left to cook for 24 to 36 hours. |
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| Participants watch the entire process closely. |
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Pecos Experience: The Art and Archeology of the Lower Pecos
November 7–12, 2004
Day 1: Sunday, November 7, 2004 |
| 2:00 p.m. |
Arrival at Seminole Canyon State Historical park. Go to SHUMLA and set up camp.
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| 4:00. p.m. |
Welcome to the SHUMLA campus by Dr. Carolyn Boyd, Executive Director.
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| 5:00. p.m. |
Build an earth oven with Dr. Phil Dering to cook lechuguilla and sotol. Neal Stilley will start the fire using prehistoric technology.
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| 6:30. p.m. |
Dinner.
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Slide presentation and lecture by Elton Prewitt, "Introduction to Lower Pecos Archeology." |
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