Danielle Romero is the new Director of the WNMU Museum. Born and raised in Southern California, Danielle has spent the last 11 years in Nevada managing archaeological collections and working for the State Historic Preservation Office. A Ph.D. candidate at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, focusing on Mimbres pottery and how it informs prehistoric interaction, she has spent most of her summers for the past 9 years in the Mimbres Valley/Silver City working on various field projects.NMU Museum.”
Background references on Mimbres Culture
Creel, Production and Distribution of Mimbres Pottery
Roth, Gilman, and Anyon: New Perspectives on Mimbres Archaeology
Gilman and LeBlanc: Mimbres Life and Society: The Mattocks Site of Southwestern New Mexico
Nelson and Hegmon, Mimbres Lives and Landscapes
O’Bagy Davis, Treasured Earth: Hattie Cosgrove’s Mimbres Archaeology in the American Southwest
Shafer, Mimbres Archaeology at the NAN Ranch Ruin
Roth and Romero, Great Kivas and Community Integration at the Harris Site, Southwestern New Mexico Link
In Prep Ceramics. In La Gila Encantada site monograph. Edited by Barbara J. Roth.
In Press (Barbara J. Roth, Danielle M. Romero, and Ashley Lauzon)
Pipes, Palettes, and Projectile Points: Kiva Rituals and Ritual Paraphernalia at the Harris Site. In Mogollon Communal Spaces and Places in the Greater American Southwest. Edited by Robert J. Stokes, Katherine A. Dungan, and Jakob W. Sedig. University of Utah Press, Salt Lake City.
2022 (Barbara J. Roth and Danielle M. Romero)
Great Kivas and Community Integration at the Harris Site, Southwestern New Mexico. American Antiquity 87(4): 743-757.
2020 (Barbara J. Roth, Danielle M. Romero, Katelyn DiBennedetto)
Hunting blinds, the Bow and Arrow, and Land Use Strategies in the Mojave Desert: New Insights from Afton Canyon. Journal of California and Great Basin Anthropology 40(2): 214-223.
2018 Excavation Results and Ceramic Analysis. In 2017 Archaeological Investigations at the Elk Ridge Site (LA 79863), Mimbres Valley, Grant County, New Mexico. Edited by Barbara J. Roth. Gila National Forest.
2018(Barbara J. Roth, Aaron Woods, Danielle M. Romero, Malka McNeely, Mary Malainey) Using Residue to Explore Household Activities at the Harris Site, Mimbres Valley, New Mexico. Journal of Archaeological Sciences: Reports 19:270-278.
2018 (Katelynn DiBenedetto, Danielle Romero, Barbara Roth) Class III Non-Collection Survey in Afton Canyon, San Bernardino County, California. Bureau of Land Management, Barstow, CA.
2017 Ceramic Analysis. In 2016 Archaeological Investigations at the Elk Ridge Site (LA 79863), Mimbres Valley, Grant County, New Mexico. Edited by Barbara J. Rothand Darrell Creel. Gila National Forest.
2016 Ceramic Analysis. In Report on 2015 Archaeological Excavations at the Elk Ridge Site (LA79863), Mimbres Valley, Grant County, New Mexico. Edited by Barbara J. Rothand Darrell Creel. Gila National Forest.
2015(Danielle M. Romero and Ashley Lauzon)
The Art of Feasting: Style and Identity in a Ritual Area at the Harris Site. Collected Papers from the 18th Biennial Mogollon Archaeology Conference. Edited by Lonnie C. Ludeman. Printed by Edwards Brothers Malloy.
2015Chapter 7: Plain Ware, Corrugated Ceramics and Worked Sherds.
Chapter 11: Pithouse Rooftop and Floor Assemblages (Barbara Roth, Danielle Romero, and Ashley Lauzon). In Archaeological Investigations at the Harris Site (LA 1867), Grant County, New Mexico. Edited by Barbara Roth. National Science Foundation Grant # 1049434.
PRESENTATIONS
2022 Mogollon Conference, Tucson, AZ:
(Darrell Creel, Danielle Romero, Barbara Roth)
The Architecture of Elk Ridge
From Pots to Potters: The Ceramics from the Elk Ridge Site
(Barbara Roth, Danielle Romero, Scott Nicolay)
The Elk Ridge Community
2022 Southwest Kiln Conference, Silver City, NM: Mimbres Sourcing of Clays: The Movement of Objects, Ideas, and People
2022 Silver City Museum Speaker Series, Silver City, NM: The Meaning of Things
2022 Clay Festival, Silver City, NM: Sourcing Clays and Finding Potters
2022 Grant County Archaeological Society, Mimbres, NM: Placing Croteau in Context
2020 Natural History of the Gila Symposium, Silver City, NM: Four Years at Elk Ridge Site: What We Have Learned and Where We Are Going.
2019 SAA Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, NM, Poster: Cache Flow: An Analysis of Vessel Assemblages from the Elk Ridge Site.
2018 Mogollon Conference, Las Cruces, NM: From Pithouse to Abandonment: An Analysis of the Ceramics from the Elk Ridge Site
2018 Grant County Archaeological Society, Mimbres, NM: Style and Function of Mimbres Ceramics
2018 Natural History of the Gila Symposium, Silver City, NM: (Danielle Romero, Barbara Roth, Darrell Creel): Home Is Where the Hearth Is: The Pithouse to Pueblo Transition at the Elk Ridge Site, New Mexico
2017 Three Corners Conference, Las Vegas, NV (Barbara Roth, Katelyn DiBenedetto, Danielle Romero, Dylan Person): Hunting blinds, the Bow and Arrow, and Land Use Strategies in the Mojave Desert: New Insights from Afton Canyon
2017 SAA Annual Meeting, Vancouver CA, Poster (Danielle Romero, Barbara Roth, and Darrel Creel): Chasing Tlaloc and Dragonflies in the Mimbres Valley: An Analysis of Ceramic Motif Distributions
2016 SAA Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, Poster (Danielle Romero, Barbara Roth, and Darrel Creel): Archaeological Investigations at the Elk Ridge Site, Mimbres Valley, New Mexico
2014 18th Biennial Mogollon Archaeology Conference, Las Cruces, NM, Paper (Danielle M. Romero and Ashley Lauzon): The Art of Feasting: Style and Identity in a Ritual Area at the Harris Site
2014 SAA Annual Meeting, Austin, TX, Paper: Corrugated Wares and Their Potential Use as Identity Markers at the Harris Site
2014 SAA Annual Meeting, Austin, TX, Poster (Sara Gabbert, Danielle M. Romero, and Barbara Roth): Ceramic Tools and Other Worked Sherds from the Harris Site, NM
2013 SAA Annual Meeting, Honolulu, HI, Poster: Corrugated Vessels as Signatures: Household Identity at the Harris Site, New Mexico
2013 GPSA Research Forum, UNLV, Poster: Corrugated Vessels as Signatures: Household Identity at the Harris Site, New Mexico
COURSES TAUGHT/TA
ANTH 101 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
ANTH 499 Archaeology Lab Internship
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
01/23-pres Board of Directors, Southwest New Mexico Arts, Culture, and Tourism
2019 Archaeology Day Presenter at Lost City Museum
2018 Co-Organizer of SWABA Conference
2017 NVFCP Archaeology Workshop Fair Organizer and Presenter
GRANTS AND AWARDS
2021 College of Liberal Arts PhD Summer Stipend, $3000
2020 Nancy S. Coinman Award, $1000
2019 UNLV Graduate and Professional Students Association Research Grant, $1240
2019 Friends of World Anthropology, $920
2017 UNLV Graduate and Professional Students Association Travel Grant, $190
2017 UNLV Graduate College Recruitment Scholarship, $6000
2013 Edwards and Olswang Research Grant, $1100
2013 UNLV Graduate and Professional Students Association Research Forum, 2nd place poster
2013 UNLV Graduate and Professional Students Association Travel Grant, $300
2012 UNLV Graduate and Professional Students Association Research Grant, $850
VOLUNTEER HISTORY
01/16-12/18 President (beginning 8/17)- Nevadans for Cultural Preservation (non-profit)
01/17-5-17 Nevada State Museum
11/15-2/16 Great Basin Institute, NPS, Boulder City Office
10/15-2/16 Nevada SHPO, Las Vegas Office
7/15-5/17 Analyst, Report Writer
9/11-5/15 Southwest Archaeology Labs, UNLV
ARCHAEOLOGICAL PROJECTS
2019 Cottonwood Pueblo Mapping, NM; PI-Barbara Roth
Analytical: Ceramic analysis including reconstructing vessels, vessel function, corrugated wares, plainwares, miniature vessels, worked sherds, ceramic pipes; lithics; prehistoric and historic artifact curation
Additional: Section 106 review process, NAGPRA
Computer skills
Microsoft Office including Excel VBA programming; PastPerfect; SPSS; FileMaker; Adobe Suite including Photoshop; ArcGIS; QGIS; Metashape; Intuiface
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
American Alliance of Museums
Association of Academic Museums and Galleries
New Mexico Association of Museums
TRAINING AND CERTIFICATES
CITI Social/Behavioral IRB
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Southwest archaeology, Mimbres archaeology, ceramic analysis, archaeological theory and method, technological and design style, communities of practice, identity negotiation, transmigration, interaction, public archaeology
Here is the registration link:
https://wnmu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIoc-uqqjMiEtLl2oWlSYUMrCSfN8Cc5DCh
Danielle Romero is the new Director of the WNMU Museum. Born and raised in Southern California, Danielle has spent the last 11 years in Nevada managing archaeological collections and working for the State Historic Preservation Office. A Ph.D. candidate at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, focusing on Mimbres pottery and how it informs prehistoric interaction, she has spent most of her summers for the past 9 years in the Mimbres Valley/Silver City working on various field projects.NMU Museum.”
Background references on Mimbres Culture
Danielle M. Romero
(575)538-6388
Danielle.romero@wnmu.edu
EDUCATION
ABD PhD in Anthropology- University of Nevada Las Vegas
2014 M.A. in Anthropology- University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Thesis: Corrugated Ware Function and Use as Identity Markers at the Harris Site
2010 B.S. in Anthropology- California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. Graduated Cum Laude.
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
2/22-pres WNMU Museum Director, Silver City, NM
2/21-2/22 NVCRIS Assistant; Nevada State Historic Preservation Office
8/17-2/22 Lab Manager; Southwest Archaeology Lab, UNLV
8/17- 2/18 Section 106 Review & Compliance Archaeologist; Nevada State Historic Preservation Office
3/16-5/17 NVCRIS Technician; Nevada State Historic Preservation Office
10/15 Archaeological Technician; SWCA, Las Vegas, NV
1/12-5/14 Lab Manager; Southwest Archaeology Lab, UNLV
PUBLICATIONS
In Prep (Barbara J. Roth and Danielle M. Romero)
Children in Mimbres Society.
In Prep Ceramics. In La Gila Encantada site monograph. Edited by Barbara J. Roth.
In Press (Barbara J. Roth, Danielle M. Romero, and Ashley Lauzon)
Pipes, Palettes, and Projectile Points: Kiva Rituals and Ritual Paraphernalia at the Harris Site. In Mogollon Communal Spaces and Places in the Greater American Southwest. Edited by Robert J. Stokes, Katherine A. Dungan, and Jakob W. Sedig. University of Utah Press, Salt Lake City.
2022 (Barbara J. Roth and Danielle M. Romero)
Great Kivas and Community Integration at the Harris Site, Southwestern New Mexico. American Antiquity 87(4): 743-757.
2020 (Barbara J. Roth, Danielle M. Romero, Katelyn DiBennedetto)
Hunting blinds, the Bow and Arrow, and Land Use Strategies in the Mojave Desert: New Insights from Afton Canyon. Journal of California and Great Basin Anthropology 40(2): 214-223.
2018 Excavation Results and Ceramic Analysis. In 2017 Archaeological Investigations at the Elk Ridge Site (LA 79863), Mimbres Valley, Grant County, New Mexico. Edited by Barbara J. Roth. Gila National Forest.
2018(Barbara J. Roth, Aaron Woods, Danielle M. Romero, Malka McNeely, Mary Malainey) Using Residue to Explore Household Activities at the Harris Site, Mimbres Valley, New Mexico. Journal of Archaeological Sciences: Reports 19:270-278.
2018 (Katelynn DiBenedetto, Danielle Romero, Barbara Roth) Class III Non-Collection Survey in Afton Canyon, San Bernardino County, California. Bureau of Land Management, Barstow, CA.
2017 Ceramic Analysis. In 2016 Archaeological Investigations at the Elk Ridge Site (LA 79863), Mimbres Valley, Grant County, New Mexico. Edited by Barbara J. Rothand Darrell Creel. Gila National Forest.
2016 Ceramic Analysis. In Report on 2015 Archaeological Excavations at the Elk Ridge Site (LA79863), Mimbres Valley, Grant County, New Mexico. Edited by Barbara J. Rothand Darrell Creel. Gila National Forest.
2015(Danielle M. Romero and Ashley Lauzon)
The Art of Feasting: Style and Identity in a Ritual Area at the Harris Site. Collected Papers from the 18th Biennial Mogollon Archaeology Conference. Edited by Lonnie C. Ludeman. Printed by Edwards Brothers Malloy.
2015Chapter 7: Plain Ware, Corrugated Ceramics and Worked Sherds.
Chapter 11: Pithouse Rooftop and Floor Assemblages (Barbara Roth, Danielle Romero, and Ashley Lauzon). In Archaeological Investigations at the Harris Site (LA 1867), Grant County, New Mexico. Edited by Barbara Roth. National Science Foundation Grant # 1049434.
PRESENTATIONS
2022 Mogollon Conference, Tucson, AZ:
The Architecture of Elk Ridge
The Elk Ridge Community
2022 Southwest Kiln Conference, Silver City, NM: Mimbres Sourcing of Clays: The Movement of Objects, Ideas, and People
2022 Silver City Museum Speaker Series, Silver City, NM: The Meaning of Things
2022 Clay Festival, Silver City, NM: Sourcing Clays and Finding Potters
2022 Grant County Archaeological Society, Mimbres, NM: Placing Croteau in Context
2020 Natural History of the Gila Symposium, Silver City, NM: Four Years at Elk Ridge Site: What We Have Learned and Where We Are Going.
2019 SAA Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, NM, Poster: Cache Flow: An Analysis of Vessel Assemblages from the Elk Ridge Site.
2018 Mogollon Conference, Las Cruces, NM: From Pithouse to Abandonment: An Analysis of the Ceramics from the Elk Ridge Site
2018 Grant County Archaeological Society, Mimbres, NM: Style and Function of Mimbres Ceramics
2018 Natural History of the Gila Symposium, Silver City, NM: (Danielle Romero, Barbara Roth, Darrell Creel): Home Is Where the Hearth Is: The Pithouse to Pueblo Transition at the Elk Ridge Site, New Mexico
2017 Three Corners Conference, Las Vegas, NV (Barbara Roth, Katelyn DiBenedetto, Danielle Romero, Dylan Person): Hunting blinds, the Bow and Arrow, and Land Use Strategies in the Mojave Desert: New Insights from Afton Canyon
2017 SAA Annual Meeting, Vancouver CA, Poster (Danielle Romero, Barbara Roth, and Darrel Creel): Chasing Tlaloc and Dragonflies in the Mimbres Valley: An Analysis of Ceramic Motif Distributions
2016 SAA Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, Poster (Danielle Romero, Barbara Roth, and Darrel Creel): Archaeological Investigations at the Elk Ridge Site, Mimbres Valley, New Mexico
2014 18th Biennial Mogollon Archaeology Conference, Las Cruces, NM, Paper (Danielle M. Romero and Ashley Lauzon): The Art of Feasting: Style and Identity in a Ritual Area at the Harris Site
2014 SAA Annual Meeting, Austin, TX, Paper: Corrugated Wares and Their Potential Use as Identity Markers at the Harris Site
2014 SAA Annual Meeting, Austin, TX, Poster (Sara Gabbert, Danielle M. Romero, and Barbara Roth): Ceramic Tools and Other Worked Sherds from the Harris Site, NM
2013 SAA Annual Meeting, Honolulu, HI, Poster: Corrugated Vessels as Signatures: Household Identity at the Harris Site, New Mexico
2013 GPSA Research Forum, UNLV, Poster: Corrugated Vessels as Signatures: Household Identity at the Harris Site, New Mexico
COURSES TAUGHT/TA
ANTH 101 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
ANTH 499 Archaeology Lab Internship
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
01/23-pres Board of Directors, Southwest New Mexico Arts, Culture, and Tourism
2019 Archaeology Day Presenter at Lost City Museum
2018 Co-Organizer of SWABA Conference
2017 NVFCP Archaeology Workshop Fair Organizer and Presenter
GRANTS AND AWARDS
2021 College of Liberal Arts PhD Summer Stipend, $3000
2020 Nancy S. Coinman Award, $1000
2019 UNLV Graduate and Professional Students Association Research Grant, $1240
2019 Friends of World Anthropology, $920
2017 UNLV Graduate and Professional Students Association Travel Grant, $190
2017 UNLV Graduate College Recruitment Scholarship, $6000
2013 Edwards and Olswang Research Grant, $1100
2013 UNLV Graduate and Professional Students Association Research Forum, 2nd place poster
2013 UNLV Graduate and Professional Students Association Travel Grant, $300
2012 UNLV Graduate and Professional Students Association Research Grant, $850
VOLUNTEER HISTORY
01/16-12/18 President (beginning 8/17)- Nevadans for Cultural Preservation (non-profit)
01/17-5-17 Nevada State Museum
11/15-2/16 Great Basin Institute, NPS, Boulder City Office
10/15-2/16 Nevada SHPO, Las Vegas Office
7/15-5/17 Analyst, Report Writer
9/11-5/15 Southwest Archaeology Labs, UNLV
ARCHAEOLOGICAL PROJECTS
2019 Cottonwood Pueblo Mapping, NM; PI-Barbara Roth
Project Assistant
2015-2018 Elk Ridge Pueblo, NM; PI- Barbara Roth
Crew Chief/Ceramic Analyst
2014 Afton Canyon Survey, CA; Supervisor- Aaron Woods
Volunteer/Crew Chief
2012-13 Blacktail Ranch Field School, MT; PI- Rick Martynec
Assistant Lab Manager
2013 Excavation of Harris Site, NM; PI- Barbara Roth
Crew Member
2012 Lost City Field School, NV; PI- Karen Harry
Student
2012 Kansas Archaeological Training Program, KS; PI- Tricia Waggoner
Volunteer
2011 Blacktail Ranch Field School, MT; PI- Rick Martynec
Student
PROFESSIONAL SKILLS
Archaeological Methods
Field: Multiple handheld GPS devices, EDM/total station, excavation techniques, survey, inventory
Analytical: Ceramic analysis including reconstructing vessels, vessel function, corrugated wares, plainwares, miniature vessels, worked sherds, ceramic pipes; lithics; prehistoric and historic artifact curation
Additional: Section 106 review process, NAGPRA
Computer skills
Microsoft Office including Excel VBA programming; PastPerfect; SPSS; FileMaker; Adobe Suite including Photoshop; ArcGIS; QGIS; Metashape; Intuiface
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
American Alliance of Museums
Association of Academic Museums and Galleries
New Mexico Association of Museums
TRAINING AND CERTIFICATES
CITI Social/Behavioral IRB
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Southwest archaeology, Mimbres archaeology, ceramic analysis, archaeological theory and method, technological and design style, communities of practice, identity negotiation, transmigration, interaction, public archaeology
Details
Venue
Silver City, NM 88061 United States + Google Map