Angelyn Bass
Research Assistant Professor
Principal Investigator, Archaeological Sites Conservation Grants
Department of Anthropology, University of New Mexico
MS, University of Pennsylvania (1998)
Research:
2024-2027 Cavate Conservation Treatment Assessment and Recommendations for the Archeological Management Plan Preservation Guide for Frijoles Canyon Cavates, Bandelier National Monument; National Park Service, CESU, PI: A Bass
2023-2028 Prepare Climate Change Vulnerability Assessments and Implementable Adaptation Plans at Mission Parks; National Park Service, CESU, PI: A Bass
2022-2027 Preliminary Evaluation of Structural Condition and Survey of Earthen Architecture and Plasters at Mummy Cave, Canyon de Chelly National Monument; National Park Service, CESU, PI: A Bass
2020-2025 Stabilize and Preserve the Historic Walls of Officers’ Quarters HB-15, and the Historic Plaster in HB10-14 and HB-18, Fort Davis National Historical Park, Fort Davis, TX. National Park Service, CESU, PI: A Bass
2017-2019 Plaster Treatment Planning at Tonto and Montezuma Castle National Monuments. National Park Service, CESU, PI: A Bass
2015-2019 Documentation and Implementation of Treatment Plans at Casa Grande Ruins and Montezuma Castle National Monuments. National Park Service, CESU, PI: A Bass
2014-2019 Archaeological Analysis, Documentation, and Development of Pilot Conservation Treatments for the Great House, Casa Grande Ruins National Monument. National Park Service, CESU, PI: A Bass
2014-2018 Documentation and Preservation of Inscriptions, El Morro National Monument. National Park Service, CESU, PI: A Bass
Recent Publications:
2025. Román Ramírez, Edwin, Lorena Paiz Aragón, Angelyn Bass, Thomas G. Garrison, Stephen Houston, Heather Hurst, David Stuart, Alejandrina Corado Ochoa, Cristina García Leal, Andrew Scherer and Rony E. Piedrasanta Castellanos. “A Teotihuacan altar at Tikal, Guatemala: central Mexican ritual and elite interaction in the Maya Lowlands.” Antiquity, 99(404), 462–480. doi:10.15184/aqy.2025.3
2025. Bass, Angelyn, Douglas Porter, Larry Nordby, Matthew DeJong, and Matthew Guebard. “Powers of ten: analyzing ancient earthen architecture and plasters in the American Southwest.” World Congress on Earthen Architecture Santa Fe, N.M.), 2022 :, and Getty Conservation Institute. 2025. Terra 2022 : Proceedings of the 13th World Congress on Earthen Architectural Heritage : Looking Back, Moving Forward : Advances in Conservation, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA, June 7-10, 2022. Edited by Leslie Rainer, Frank G. Matero, Lauren Meyer, and Luis Fernando Guerrero Baca. Los Angeles: Getty Conservation Institute. ISBN 978-1-60606-916-5.
2021. Bass, Angelyn, Porter, Douglas. Conservation of Decorative Spanish Colonial Plaster: Preventive and Remedial Treatments, Paper No. 5 in Manual for Best Practices in Stone Building Preservation Management, San Antonio Mission National Historical Park ed. UTSA Center for Cultural Sustainability.
2020. Porter, Douglas., Mehrota, Anjali., DeJong, Matthew., Bass, Angelyn., Ochsendorf, John. “Material and Seismic Assessment of the Great House at Casa Grande Ruins National Monument, Arizona”, ASCE Journal of Architectural Engineering, Vol. 26 Issue 1. March 2020.
2020. Woodham, David., Citto, Carlo, Porter, Douglas, Bass, Angelyn, and Anthony, Ronald. “Investigation, Analysis, and Treatment Testing for the Mission Church, Tumacácori National Historical Park”, ASCE Journal of Architectural Engineering, Vol. 26 Issue 1. March 2020.
2019. Bass, Angelyn, Douglas Porter, Katharine Williams, Shari Kelley, Talon Newton, and Steve Baumann. 2019. Preservation of the Historic Inscriptions at El Morro National Monument, New Mexico. Monuments in Monuments 2019 Conference Proceedings, ed. Ewan Hyslop, Christa Gerdwilker, Vanesa Gonzalez, Historic Environment Scotland.
