NMAC Calendar


Events and deadlines relevant to New Mexico archaeologists and archaeology enthusiasts.

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March 19, 2024
  • Spring Equinox Tour to Los Morteros and Picture Rocks Petroglyphs Archaeological Sites

    March 19, 2024  8:00 am - 12:00 pm
    Marana, AZ, USA

    TOUR FULL – WAITING LIST Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Spring Equinox Tour to Los Morteros and Picture Rocks Petroglyphs Archaeological Sites” with archaeologist Allen Dart will be held on Tuesday, March 19, 2024, from 8:00 am to 12:00 noon. The tour group will meet at and depart from Silverbell Road and Linda Vista Blvd. in Marana, Arizona.

    The 2024 vernal equinox occurs on Tuesday, March 19, 2024 at 8:06 pm Mountain Standard Time (Mar. 20, 3:06 am Greenwich Mean Time). To celebrate the equinox day (but not the exact time!) and explore ancient people’s recognition of equinoxes and other calendrical events, archaeologist Allen Dart (Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s executive director) leads this tour to Los Morteros, an ancient village site that includes a Hohokam ballcourt, bedrock mortars, and other archaeological features; and to Picture Rocks, where ancient petroglyphs include a solstice and equinox calendar marker, dancing human-like figures, whimsical animals, and other rock symbols made mostly Hohokam Indians between 800 and 1100 CE. An equinox calendar petroglyph at the site exhibits a specific interaction with a ray of sunlight on the morning of each equinox regardless of the hour and minute of the actual celestial equinox, so participants in this tour will see that sunlight interaction with the calendar glyph unless clouds block the sunlight.

    For more info:

    https://www.oldpueblo.org/event/spring-equinox-tour-to-los-morteros-and-picture-rocks-petroglyphs-archaeological-sites-2/

March 20, 2024
  • Zoom Presentation: The Cultural and Environmental Context of Pecos River Style Art

    March 20, 2024  11:00 am - 11:30 am
    Online

    Free Lunch & Learn presentation by archaeobotanist Phil Dering, PhD, sponsored by Shumla Archaeological Research & Education Center, Comstock, Texas
           12 pm Central Daylight Time. Free.
    The nonprofit Shumla Archaeological Research & Education Center is “all about the art” but it’s important to remember that the art is a part of and was informed by a wider cultural and environmental context. Archaeobotanist In this Lunch & Learn session Dr. Phil Dering will share findings about the timing of Pecos River style art, the conditions under which it was produced, and the nature of the society that produced it.

    To register go to https://shumla.org/lunchandlearn/. For more information contact Shumla at info@shumla.org.

  • Hopi Quilts and Textiles as Cultural Artforms Presentation

    March 20, 2024  5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
    Western New Mexico University, 1000 W College Ave, Silver City, NM 88061, USA

    “Hopi Quilts and Textiles as Cultural Artforms” fundraising presentation by historian and author Carolyn O’Bagy Davis sponsored by the Grant County Archaeological Society (GCAS) at Western New Mexico University Museum on W. 10th St., Silver City, New Mexico (next to Aldo Leopold Charter School, 410 W. 10th St.)

    5-6:30 pm. Minimum $5 donation at the Museum’s front desk or payable to the Museum via the GCAS's secure PayPal portal (https://www.paypal.com/donate?token=PMLnrr_ThyhkQdGgC33Z9G1Gyt7dYsm2n8UU0pToRq2ELt2XB9eote-NaN0F55FfyKdfKXegWb78Ro0F) supports the WNMU Museum’s curation of its historic documents and photo archives.

    Historian and award-winning author Carolyn O’Bagy Davis in an inducted member of the Arizona Quilters Hall of Fame and founding president of the Tucson Quilters Guild and Old Pueblo Archaeology Center. Drawing on her years of experience with Hopi quilters, Carolyn will introduce the audience to Hopi quilts and textiles as cultural artforms. After the talk she will offer several original 25" x 30" quilted wall hangings with original designs created by Hopi artist Bonnie Nampeyo Chapella for $150 each. Proceeds from the sale of the Butterfly Maiden quilt shown here will be donated to the WNMU Museum.

    For more information contact the GCAS at gcasnm.org@gmail.com.

  • Zoom Presentation: Investigating Middle Preclassic Domestic Occupations of the Puuc Region, Yucatán, México

    March 20, 2024  6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
    Online

    March 20, 8:00 PM ET
    Insitute of Maya Studies Zoom
    "Investigating Middle Preclassic Domestic Occupations of the Puuc Region, Yucatán, México"
    Zoom URL
    https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81100429938

  • Zoom Presentation: The Becoming of Mesoamerican Pigments, The Olmec

    March 20, 2024  7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
    Online

    March 20, 7:00 PM MT
    University of Colorado at Boulder Zoom and in person
    "The Becoming of Mesoamerican Pigments, The Olmec”
    Eaton Humanities #250 and via Zoom
    Register here:
    https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdTmWIq2nYPNlwidr1iKYEphF_-aLZtCVVPEOn0WH8yr2UCEQ/viewform?fbzx=-3984344963370017199

  • “Archaeology of the Southwest” 14-Session Online Adult Education Class

    March 20, 2024  7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
    Online

    Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Archaeology of the Southwest” 14-session online adult education class with archaeologist Allen Dart, will be held on Wednesdays from January 3-April 3, 2024. Each Wednesday evening class will be from 6:30 to 8:30 pm (ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time), with a requested donation of $109 ($90 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, Arizona Archaeological Society [AAS], and S’edav Va’aki Museum Foundation members), which supports Old Pueblo’s education programs about archaeology and traditional cultures. Donation does not include cost of the recommended text or of optional Arizona Archaeological Society membership.

    For more info:
    https://www.oldpueblo.org/event/archaeology-of-the-southwest-14-session-online-adult-education-class/

March 21, 2024
  • Zoom Presentation: The Eyes of the Army: Indian Scouts and the Rise of Military Innovation during the Apache Wars

    March 21, 2024  4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
    Online

    Free online presentation by Professor Felicity Amaya Schaeffer, sponsored by Crow Canyon Archaeological Center, Cortez, Colorado

           4 pm Mountain Daylight Time. Free (donations encouraged).

    This talk explores the question: How has the US-Mexico border become a militarized war zone replete with virtual walls and surveillance? Rather than consider the migrant threat as key to this question, University of California, Santa Cruz Professor Amaya Schaeffer goes back to the Southwest Indian wars to consider how the control of Apache fugitives structured the development of military innovations in surveillance. While Indian scouts were dubbed “the eyes of the army,” Apache visionary practices with land had the power to aid or disorient military control of the Southwest border region. At the same time, Apache and other Native skills maneuvering the land were tied to centuries of adaptations to all the forces of land that she calls a “sacredscience.” Their animated vision and communication across space constituted a powerful tie to land that was dangerous to military-backed settler belonging. Early military innovations, such as the heliograph and binoculars, were created to extend settler seeing in order to track down, contain, and replace Apache fugitives in frontier regions considered remote, wile, untamable, and hostile to the civilizational might of settler presence.

    To learn more and register visit https://crowcanyon.org/programs/the-eyes-of-the-army-indian-scouts-and-the-rise-of-military-innovation-during-the-apache-wars/.

  • Zoom Presentation: Third Thursday Food for Thought

    March 21, 2024  8:00 pm - 9:30 pm
    Online

    Free Zoom online program featuring the presentation “In Search of a Borderland: Archaeological Patterns of Northwest Mexico and Neighbors” by archaeologist Matthew C. Pailes, PhD, sponsored by Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, PO Box 40577, Tucson AZ 85717

    7 to 8:30 pm ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time (same as Pacific Daylight Time). Free.

    In this presentation Matthew Pailes will review recent archaeological research in Northwest Mexico, a region frequently invoked as a tierra incognita in grand schemas of continental history. Was it the origin point for major social movements? A source or destination of populations known from the US Southwest? Or even more basically, is there continuity in traditions from the US Southwest to Mesoamerica? Thanks to decades of work by Mexican and international archaeologists we can now begin to place Northwest Mexico in its rightful place in continental scale narratives. This review will span the traditions of Northwest Mexico, focusing most on the Sierra Madre Occidental. New data suggest this region presents a unique story of persistent occupation for millennia, avoiding the boom and bust political cycles of many neighbors and resisting incorporation into the religious and political tumult that characterized much of the 1200 to 1400s in the US Southwest. Dr. Pailes, Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of Oklahoma, has done extensive archaeological research in Sonora, Chihuahua, and Arizona.

    For more information contact Old Pueblo at info@oldpueblo.org or 520-798-1201.

    IF YOU WOULD LIKE US TO EMAIL YOU A FLYER with color photos about the above-listed activity send an email to info@oldpueblo.org with “Send March THIRDTHURSDAY flyer” in your email subject line.

March 22, 2024
  • Santa Fe Forest Full-Time Employment Deadline

    March 22, 2024

    The Santa Fe National Forest is looking to hire four permanent/full-time Archaeology Technicians (GS-0102-07) on Jemez/Cuba Zone, Espanola/Coyote Zone, and the Pecos/Las Vegas Ranger District.

    These four positions will be permanent/full-time; One position each at Jemez Springs and Pecos, and two positions at Espanola, New Mexico.

    Please fill out the outreach on this page by March 22, 2024.

    https://fsoutreach.gdcii.com?id=F10AE070218A4D9ABFA2975364BA6D44

    For questions or more information please contact Kathi Turner, Forest Archaeologist kathyrn.turner@usda.gov , Becky Baisden, Zone Archaeologist Jemez/Cuba rebecca.baisden@usda.gov , or Jana Comstock, Zone Archaeologist Espanola/Coyote jana.comstock@usda.gov .

March 24, 2024
  • Friends of Coronado & Jemez Historic Sites Presents: The Penitentes of New Mexico

    March 24, 2024  2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
    Martha Liebert Public Library, 124 Calle Malinche, Bernalillo, NM 87004, USA

    The Penitentes of New Mexico have long been a source of mystery and curiosity along with misconceptions and sensationalism. To better understand the Hermanos de La Luz (Brothers of the Light) and their spiritual devotion, author Ray John Aragon will consider the role of the santeros, carvers of sacred images, along with the unique ablados (hymns) and the role of the Brotherhood in rural Hispanic communities. Their traditions have been passed down through the generations and captured in Aragon’s book. During the lecture, Aragon will clarify the role of the Penitentes in the state’s Hispanic culture and in New Mexican history.

March 26, 2024
  • SfAA Conference

    March 26, 2024 - March 30, 2024  
    Eldorado Hotel & Spa, 309 W San Francisco St, Santa Fe, NM 87501, USA

    The SfAA Annual Meeting provides an invaluable opportunity for scholars, practicing social scientists, and students from a variety of disciplines and organizations to discuss their work and brainstorm for the future. It is more than just a conference: it’s a rich place to trade ideas, methods, and practical solutions, as well as enter the lifeworld of other professionals. SfAA members come from a variety of disciplines -- anthropology, sociology, economics, business, planning, medicine, nursing, law, and other related social/behavioral sciences. Make 2024 the year you’ll spend a few days presenting, learning, and networking in Santa Fe, NM, with the SfAA.

    For more info:
    https://www.appliedanthro.org/annual-meeting

March 27, 2024
  • SfAA Conference

    March 26, 2024 - March 30, 2024  
    Eldorado Hotel & Spa, 309 W San Francisco St, Santa Fe, NM 87501, USA

    The SfAA Annual Meeting provides an invaluable opportunity for scholars, practicing social scientists, and students from a variety of disciplines and organizations to discuss their work and brainstorm for the future. It is more than just a conference: it’s a rich place to trade ideas, methods, and practical solutions, as well as enter the lifeworld of other professionals. SfAA members come from a variety of disciplines -- anthropology, sociology, economics, business, planning, medicine, nursing, law, and other related social/behavioral sciences. Make 2024 the year you’ll spend a few days presenting, learning, and networking in Santa Fe, NM, with the SfAA.

    For more info:
    https://www.appliedanthro.org/annual-meeting

  • Mesa Prieta Petroglyph Project Talk

    March 27, 2024
    Santa Fe Woman's Club, 1616 Old Pecos Trail, Santa Fe, NM 87505, USA

    25 Years on the Rocks with Polly Schaafsma and Bill Frej in Conversation with Anne Frej

    Mesa Prieta Petroglyph Project invites you to join us for an evening of fundraising and conversation in celebration of our 25th anniversary. We are honored to host renowned authors, Polly Schaafsma and Bill Frej, in conversation with editor Anne Frej to discuss their recent publication, Blurred Boundaries: Perspectives of Rock Art of the Greater Southwest.

    The event will take place the evening of March 27, 2024
    at the Santa Fe Woman's Club, 1616 Old Pecos Trail,
    in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

    More info coming soon:
    https://www.mesaprietapetroglyphs.org/events.html

  • Zoom Presentation: Hopi View Finder: An Exploration of Hopi Landscape and Photo History

    March 27, 2024  7:30 pm - 8:30 pm
    Online

    Free online presentation featuring Native photographer Charnelle Leslie, sponsored by the Arizona State Museum (ASM), Tucson

           6:30-7:30 pm ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time. Free.

    Charnelle “Nellie” Leslie is from the Hopi village of Sitsom'ovi (Sichomovi). After graduating high school, she attended the Art Institute of Phoenix where she set off on her photography journey. In this program she will talk about the relationship Hopi people have had with photography and how the landscape inspires her work. This talk is presented in conjunction with the Arizona State Museum’s exhibit Light Handlers: Indigenous Photographers in the Southwest, on display through July 20, 2024.

    To register for the Zoom program go to https://arizona.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_uzO2AZUnRkWC4ZAhyaSmUQ#/registration.

  • “Archaeology of the Southwest” 14-Session Online Adult Education Class

    March 27, 2024  7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
    Online

    Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Archaeology of the Southwest” 14-session online adult education class with archaeologist Allen Dart, will be held on Wednesdays from January 3-April 3, 2024. Each Wednesday evening class will be from 6:30 to 8:30 pm (ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time), with a requested donation of $109 ($90 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, Arizona Archaeological Society [AAS], and S’edav Va’aki Museum Foundation members), which supports Old Pueblo’s education programs about archaeology and traditional cultures. Donation does not include cost of the recommended text or of optional Arizona Archaeological Society membership.

    For more info:
    https://www.oldpueblo.org/event/archaeology-of-the-southwest-14-session-online-adult-education-class/

March 28, 2024
  • SfAA Conference

    March 26, 2024 - March 30, 2024  
    Eldorado Hotel & Spa, 309 W San Francisco St, Santa Fe, NM 87501, USA

    The SfAA Annual Meeting provides an invaluable opportunity for scholars, practicing social scientists, and students from a variety of disciplines and organizations to discuss their work and brainstorm for the future. It is more than just a conference: it’s a rich place to trade ideas, methods, and practical solutions, as well as enter the lifeworld of other professionals. SfAA members come from a variety of disciplines -- anthropology, sociology, economics, business, planning, medicine, nursing, law, and other related social/behavioral sciences. Make 2024 the year you’ll spend a few days presenting, learning, and networking in Santa Fe, NM, with the SfAA.

    For more info:
    https://www.appliedanthro.org/annual-meeting

  • Zoom Presentation: Aztec Archaeological Sites in Mexico

    March 28, 2024  4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
    Online

    March 28, 4:00 PM MT
    Crow Canyon Archaeological Center Zoom
    "Aztec Archaeological Sites in Mexico"
    with Dr. Michael Smith

    Register here:
    https://4454pp.blackbaudhosting.com/4454pp/Aztec-Archaeological-Sites-in-Mexico-with-Dr-Michael-Smith

    Ancient Americas Lectures on You Tube
    https://mikeruggerisyoutube.tumblr.com

March 29, 2024
  • SfAA Conference

    March 26, 2024 - March 30, 2024  
    Eldorado Hotel & Spa, 309 W San Francisco St, Santa Fe, NM 87501, USA

    The SfAA Annual Meeting provides an invaluable opportunity for scholars, practicing social scientists, and students from a variety of disciplines and organizations to discuss their work and brainstorm for the future. It is more than just a conference: it’s a rich place to trade ideas, methods, and practical solutions, as well as enter the lifeworld of other professionals. SfAA members come from a variety of disciplines -- anthropology, sociology, economics, business, planning, medicine, nursing, law, and other related social/behavioral sciences. Make 2024 the year you’ll spend a few days presenting, learning, and networking in Santa Fe, NM, with the SfAA.

    For more info:
    https://www.appliedanthro.org/annual-meeting

March 30, 2024
  • SfAA Conference

    March 26, 2024 - March 30, 2024  
    Eldorado Hotel & Spa, 309 W San Francisco St, Santa Fe, NM 87501, USA

    The SfAA Annual Meeting provides an invaluable opportunity for scholars, practicing social scientists, and students from a variety of disciplines and organizations to discuss their work and brainstorm for the future. It is more than just a conference: it’s a rich place to trade ideas, methods, and practical solutions, as well as enter the lifeworld of other professionals. SfAA members come from a variety of disciplines -- anthropology, sociology, economics, business, planning, medicine, nursing, law, and other related social/behavioral sciences. Make 2024 the year you’ll spend a few days presenting, learning, and networking in Santa Fe, NM, with the SfAA.

    For more info:
    https://www.appliedanthro.org/annual-meeting

March 31, 2024
  • Friends of Coronado & Jemez Historic Sites: Easter Sunrise Service

    March 31, 2024
    Jemez Historic Site, 18160 NM-4, Jemez Springs, NM 87025, USA

    On Easter Sunday, Jemez Historic Site hosts an all-faiths sunrise service hosted by local churches.  After the service, enjoy the picturesque ruins and scenic vistas.  Enjoy a sense of place.  The site is closed for the remainder of the cay.  Contact: Jemez Historic Site: 575 829-353. Tentative plan.

April 1, 2024
  • NMAC Grant Deadline

    April 1, 2024

  • PaleoWest CRM Field School Application Deadline

    April 1, 2024

    Announcing the PaleoWest Foundation’s 2024 Cultural Resource Management Field School (Now Accepting Applicants)

    We’re excited to announce our first-ever Cultural Resource Management (CRM) Field School. This intensive course, which takes place over two weeks in southwest Colorado, will provide up to 10 students with a complete foundation in CRM survey techniques, plus real-world experience in field survey and site documentation pivotal to expediting and expanding early career opportunities in archaeology.
    For the application:
    https://www.paleowestfoundation.org/

    For questions and to submit your application, please contact Executive Director Dr. James Potter at JPotter@PaleoWest.com.

April 3, 2024
  • “Archaeology of the Southwest” 14-Session Online Adult Education Class

    April 3, 2024  7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
    Online

    Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Archaeology of the Southwest” 14-session online adult education class with archaeologist Allen Dart, will be held on Wednesdays from January 3-April 3, 2024. Each Wednesday evening class will be from 6:30 to 8:30 pm (ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time), with a requested donation of $109 ($90 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, Arizona Archaeological Society [AAS], and S’edav Va’aki Museum Foundation members), which supports Old Pueblo’s education programs about archaeology and traditional cultures. Donation does not include cost of the recommended text or of optional Arizona Archaeological Society membership.

    For more info:
    https://www.oldpueblo.org/event/archaeology-of-the-southwest-14-session-online-adult-education-class/

April 6, 2024
  • Garden Canyon, Fort Huachuca, and Camp Naco: Pictographs, Archaeology, and History Tour

    April 6, 2024  8:30 am - 3:00 pm
    Van Deman Gate Visitor Control Center, Hatfield St., Fort Huachuca, Arizona

    On Saturday, April 6, 2024, join Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Garden Canyon, Fort Huachuca, and Camp Naco: Pictographs, Archaeology, and History” tour with archaeologist Stanislava Romih and historic architect R. Brooks Jeffery. This tour will be held from 8:30 am to 3:30 pm and will begin at the Van Deman Gate Visitor Control Center, Hatfield St., Fort Huachuca, Arizona.

    Located on the historic Fort Huachuca Army Post, the Garden Canyon site is a precontact American Indian settlement near where the Mogollon, Hohokam, and Trincheras archaeological cultures came together. Limited excavations at this site revealed remnants of pithouses and above-ground dwellings, funerary features, and pottery and other artifacts. Farther up Garden Canyon, a few hundred feet above its floor, are rockshelters that contain pictographs that may have been painted in the 1700s by Apaches. In part 1 of this Old Pueblo tour, Fort Huachuca Cultural Resources Manager Stanislava “Sasha” Romih will guide our visit to these sites and the Fort Huachuca Museum, which focuses on the region’s military history. After visiting Fort Huachuca, the tour group will take a lunch break then caravan from Sierra Vista to Naco, Arizona to visit historic Camp Naco. This early twentieth-century Buffalo Soldiers installation is now the target of a City of Bisbee rehabilitation effort to explore a wide range of future uses that commemorate history, expand cultural opportunities, and serve as a resource for the communities of Naco and southern Cochise County. Tour participants need to bring picnic lunch and water, wear sturdy hiking shoes, and be able to hike along a short, narrow mountain trail.

    For more info:

    https://www.oldpueblo.org/event/garden-canyon-fort-huachuca-and-camp-naco-pictographs-archaeology-and-history-tour/

  • Arrowhead-making and Flintknapping Workshop

    April 6, 2024  9:00 am - 12:00 pm
    Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, 2201 W 44th St, Tucson, AZ 85713, USA

    Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Arrowhead-making and Flintknapping Workshop” with flintknapper Sam Greenleaf will be held on Saturday, April 6, 2024 from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon. Learn how to make arrowheads, spear points, and other flaked stone artifacts just like ancient peoples did. In this workshop, flintknapping expert Sam Greenleaf provides participants with hands-on experience and learning on how pre-European Contact people made and used projectile points and other tools created from obsidian and other stone. All materials and equipment are provided. The class is designed to help modern people understand how Native Americans made traditional crafts and is not intended to train students how to make artwork for sale. Limited to six registrants.

    The workshop will be held at Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, 2201 W. 44th Street, Tucson. There is a $35 requested donation ($28 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and S’edav Va’aki Museum Foundation members; 50% off for persons who have taken this class previously), which supports Old Pueblo’s education programs about archaeology and traditional cultures. Donations are due 10 days after reservation request or by 5 pm Thursday April 4, whichever is earlier: 520-798-1201 or info@oldpueblo.org.

    For more info:

    https://www.oldpueblo.org/event/arrowhead-making-and-flintknapping-workshop-17/

April 10, 2024
  • Zoom Presentation: Making This World a Better Place

    April 10, 2024  7:30 pm - 8:30 pm
    Online

    Free online presentation featuring Native photographer Shannon Stevens, sponsored by the Arizona State Museum (ASM), Tucson

           6:30-7:30 pm ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time. Free.

           Shannon Stevens’s zeal for photography began when she was in seventh grade and her parents gave her a Canon 35mm camera. Photography is her passion, bringing her joy. She especially loves bringing out the beauty in the people she photographs. In this program through her images and a discussion about her background, Shannon (Pueblo of Laguna) will share why photography is the tool she uses to express her Native experience. She will discuss why she is inspired to capture happiness and bring that forth in those who view her photographs. This talk is presented in conjunction with the Arizona State Museum’s exhibit Light Handlers: Indigenous Photographers in the Southwest, on display through July 20, 2024.

    To register for the Zoom program go to https://arizona.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_MlY_tkLsRruPxnGQXdXf9w#/registration.

April 17, 2024
  • SAA Annual Meeting

    April 17, 2024 - April 21, 2024  
    New Orleans, LA, USA

    The 89th Annual Meeting will be held April 17–April 21, 2024, in New Orleans, Louisiana, at the New Orleans Marriott and the Sheraton New Orleans.     

    The program is composed of general sessions, symposia, forums, debates, lightning rounds, posters, and workshops. The SAA Annual Meeting is the largest gathering of archaeologists of the Americas, and it offers unparalleled networking opportunities in its exhibit hall, excursions, and receptions and career-development opportunities.   

    The meeting has a wide audience that ranges from anyone who has interest in archaeology to experts in the field. Attendees come from all over the United States and from over 45 countries! With a wide variety of presentations and events, attendees are able to learn something new, meet new contacts, and reconnect with old friends.

    More info and registration on the website:

    https://www.saa.org/annual-meeting

  • Zoom Presentation: How We Reveal the Paint Sequence of Pecos River Style Murals

    April 17, 2024  12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
    Online

    Free Lunch and Learn presentation by David Keim, MA, sponsored by Shumla Archaeological Research & Education Center, Comstock, Texas*

           12 pm Central Standard Time. Free.

    You’ve heard us say over and over that nothing in Pecos River Style art is random. But how do we know? How do we know the artists, whether 5,000 years ago or 2,000 years ago, followed the same rules about how the murals should be painted? In this Lunch and Learn, David will tell how a portable microscope and a sophisticated diagram software have led to some of Shumla’s  most exciting discoveries.

    To register go to https://shumla.org/lunchandlearn/. For more information contact Shumla at info@shumla.org.