Upon our arrival at the Shumla ranch we were met with a warm welcome and a delicious meal from the owners Jack and Missy. We couldn't help but be comfortable right off the bat in our new home away from home. The Shumla campus in extremely nice and the landscape is breath taking. Dr. Boyd was a pleasure from the start, she showed a great interest in learning all of our names and our backgrounds. The first night in our bunk room was interesting, a huge storm blew in and we did not know how to close our windows. Luckily no rain came in; however, we almost got blown out of our beds by the 50 mph gusts. The next day we took a trip out to White Shaman and even though everyone was a little tired we were excited to begin our new adventure.
When we got to white shaman, Dr. Boyd tried to tell the students that all of the figures were shamans, but the interns Ben and Charles quickly stepped in and reminded her that the figures were not shamans, (probably in the Arnold voice), just kidding...Dr. Boyd gave her interpretation of the "rosetta stone" panel for the Lower Pecos. Afterwards, the students were sent out in search of peyote....just kidding again.
Even since the field school from 2008, Dr. Boyd has done more amazing research into what the anthropomorphs represent and how the rock art of the lower pecos relates to the archaic lifeways. I can't wait to see what new research she will be able to come up with with another year of field work.
-FMRA class 2009
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