10/07/2022
Learn about our work at Mesa Verde National Park.
UTSA School of Architecture + Planning UTSA Research Margie and Bill Klesse College of Engineering and Integrated Design at UTSA UTSA Graduate Certificate in Historic Preservation UTSA Civil and Environmental Engineering
Register here: https://secure.givelively.org/event/mesa-verde-foundation/conversations-from-the-mesa-mvf-webinar-series-preliminary-observations-of-site-and-structural-movements-of-cliff-palace-a-scientific-and-engineering-perspective-presented-by-william-a-dupont-faia-james-a-mason-ph-d-p-e?blm_aid=1901568&fbclid=IwAR3cyK4a040rapUsMy6K5pSgpKArXc-pD8x2_Tg2rst5xZ_N1UGHi3SyYAg
One more week until our October Conversations from the Mesa webinar!
Join us NEXT Tuesday, October 11th at 4pm MT for a discussion on Preliminary observations of site and structural movements of Cliff Palace, a scientific and engineering perspective with William A. Dupont, FAIA, Conservation Society of San Antonio, Endowed Professor, The University of Texas at San Antonio and James A. Mason, Ph.D., P.E., Structural, Geotechnical Preservation, and Seismic Engineer, National Park Service.
Cliff Palace in Mesa Verde National Park (MEVE), an inscribed UNESCO World Heritage cultural site, is one of the few Ancestral Puebloan alcove dwelling sites in which the public can have direct guided access. In recent years, on-site documentation conducted by NPS staff has indicated Cliff Palace constructions may be moving downslope and out of the alcove in a slow creeping process. The conditions prompted NPS technical expert staff to investigative. Last year, in May 2021, the National Park Service tasked the University of Texas at San Antonio’s Center for Cultural Sustainability (UTSA-CCS) to collaborate on a 4-year program of research and investigation to support an engineering analysis of structural integrity. Through a cooperative agreement, NPS provides guidance and oversight of the research effort to the highly qualified and experienced research faculty of the UTSA-CCS plus graduate students from the UTSA Historic Preservation, Architecture, and Civil Engineering programs.
The project objective is to recommend appropriate treatments for cultural resource management and protection. The research includes robust and detailed documentation, in the form of marked drawings and photographs, and advanced three-dimensional computer analyses, which include the structures, supporting foundation soils, and downslope stability models. Presently, the team of NPS and UTSA-CCS professionals and students are gaining new knowledge through state-of-the-art research and analysis, employing a variety of diagnostic methods in assessment of the 15th century stone walls. This presentation will review the team’s holistic approach to diagnosis of problems, now in year two of the 4-year effort.
To sign up, visit https://secure.givelively.org/event/mesa-verde-foundation/conversations-from-the-mesa-mvf-webinar-series-preliminary-observations-of-site-and-structural-movements-of-cliff-palace-a-scientific-and-engineering-perspective-presented-by-william-a-dupont-faia-james-a-mason-ph-d-p-e?blm_aid=1901568.
