SOUTHWEST SEMINARS | Sandal Imagery in the Chaco Road System & Greater Bears Ears

Presented by: Dr. Benjamin Aaron Bellorado

Anthropological archaeologist; Assistant Curator of Archaeology, Arizona State Museum; 25 years research in perishable and textile analyses, dendroarchaeology (tree ring dating), ceramic analysis, and ethnography in the U.S. Southwest. Current research on ways in which Ancestral Pueblo people expressed aspects of their social identities, group affiliations, and status using clothing, building decorations, and rock imagery; Directed  projects in Bears Ears region (SE Utah), Central Mesa Verde and throughout Four Corners with extensive experience in collaboration and consultation with descendant native communities; experience working  in musuem collections.

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