TOUR | Spirit of the West
TourThe northern Great Basin and the eastern Sierra are home to some of the most dramatic and harsh landscapes in the world, requiring complex strategies for survival by Indigenous people...
The northern Great Basin and the eastern Sierra are home to some of the most dramatic and harsh landscapes in the world, requiring complex strategies for survival by Indigenous people...
Presented by: Dr. Eric Blinman Archaeologist, Archaeological Support Services; Former Director, NM Office of Archaeological Studies (OAS), Department of Cultural Affairs; Participant, 2007 Colloquium, Past Human Responses to Climate Change,...
Presented by: Dr. Carolyn E. Boyd Archaeologist and Artist; Endowed Research Professor, Texas State University-San Marcos specializing in analysis of the 5,000 yr. old Pecos River style rock imagery found...
Presented by: Verma Nequatewa (Hotvela, Second Mesa Hopi) and Dr. Robert W. Rhodes Verma: Hopi born & raised; distinguished jewelry artist (Sonwai); 25 year apprenticeship w/her uncle, renowned jewelry artist Charles Loloma...
Join us in Oaxaca, Mexico during one of the most unusual festivals anywhere – the Day of the Dead. On this day, people prepare home altars and cemeteries to welcome...
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...
Presented by: Shanna Diederichs, M.A. RPA, AIC Architectural Conservator and Archaeologist, Woods Canyon Archaeological Consultants; former Supervisory Archaeologist/Field Director, Basketmaker Communities Project, Crow Canyon Archaeological Center; A 4thgeneration Coloradan raised...
Presented by: Dr. Pat Gilman Professor Emerita of Anthropology, University of Oklahoma; Publications on social variations within the Mimbres region, Mogollon Great Kivas, and Mimbres iconography and religion; Co-Editor (w/C.W....
Presented by: Dr. Paul Minnis Professor Emeritus of Anthropology, University of Oklahoma; Editor, Author or Co-Author of a dozen books along with numerous journal articles and chapters. After four decades...
Presented by: Dr. Kerry Frances Thompson (Diné) Associate Professor of Anthropology and current Department Chair, Northern Arizona University; Chapter Author (w/R.H. Towner), ‘Navajo Archaeology’ Oxford Handbook of Southwestern Archaeology; (w/O. V. Marek-Martinez), ‘Engaging...