NMAC Calendar

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

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February 5, 2025

  • “Archaeology of the Southwest” 14-session online adult education class with archaeologist Allen Dart

    February 5, 2025  6:30 pm - 8:30 pm

    “Archaeology of the Southwest” 14-session online adult education class with archaeologist Allen Dart, sponsored by Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, PO Box 40577, Tucson AZ 85717-0577
    6:30 to 8:30 pm ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time each Wednesday evening January 22 through April 23, 2024. $109 donation ($90 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, Arizona Archaeological Society [AAS], Arizona Site Stewards, and S’edav Va’aki Museum Foundation members) 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.

    Archaeology of the Southwest is an introductory course that provides a basic overview of the US Southwest’s ancestral cultures. Its 14 evening class sessions will cover cultural sequences, dating systems, subsistence strategies, development of urbanization, depopulation of different areas at different times, and the general characteristics of major cultural groups that have lived in the Southwest over the past 13,000-plus years. Besides offering an up-to-date synthesis of southwestern cultures for anyone interested in the archaeology of the Southwest, the class can be taken for certification in the Arizona Archaeological Society (AAS) Certification/Education Program. (It is a prerequisite for certification in all of the AAS’s other courses offered.) Instructor Allen Dart is a registered professional archaeologist and executive director of Old Pueblo Archaeology Center. Minimum enrollment 10 people. For information on the AAS and its Certification program visit www.azarchsoc.org/page-807603.

    Donations are due 10 days after reservation request or by 5 pm Monday January 20, whichever is earlier. To register or for more information contact Old Pueblo at 520-798-1201 or info@oldpueblo.org.
    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 January-April class flyer” in your email subject line.

    -This is not an NMAC event series.

February 12, 2025

  • “Archaeology of the Southwest” 14-session online adult education class with archaeologist Allen Dart

    February 12, 2025  6:30 pm - 8:30 pm

    “Archaeology of the Southwest” 14-session online adult education class with archaeologist Allen Dart, sponsored by Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, PO Box 40577, Tucson AZ 85717-0577
    6:30 to 8:30 pm ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time each Wednesday evening January 22 through April 23, 2024. $109 donation ($90 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, Arizona Archaeological Society [AAS], Arizona Site Stewards, and S’edav Va’aki Museum Foundation members) 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.

    Archaeology of the Southwest is an introductory course that provides a basic overview of the US Southwest’s ancestral cultures. Its 14 evening class sessions will cover cultural sequences, dating systems, subsistence strategies, development of urbanization, depopulation of different areas at different times, and the general characteristics of major cultural groups that have lived in the Southwest over the past 13,000-plus years. Besides offering an up-to-date synthesis of southwestern cultures for anyone interested in the archaeology of the Southwest, the class can be taken for certification in the Arizona Archaeological Society (AAS) Certification/Education Program. (It is a prerequisite for certification in all of the AAS’s other courses offered.) Instructor Allen Dart is a registered professional archaeologist and executive director of Old Pueblo Archaeology Center. Minimum enrollment 10 people. For information on the AAS and its Certification program visit www.azarchsoc.org/page-807603.

    Donations are due 10 days after reservation request or by 5 pm Monday January 20, whichever is earlier. To register or for more information contact Old Pueblo at 520-798-1201 or info@oldpueblo.org.
    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 January-April class flyer” in your email subject line.

    -This is not an NMAC event series.

February 13, 2025

  • Pueblo Identity & the People of Kuaua Pueblo Crow Canyon Webinar

    February 13, 2025  4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

    The term “Pueblo” is problematic. It was used by the Spanish to refer to many different ethnic groups living in the American Southwest at the time of European contact. All of these groups shared the trait of living in villages but had different languages and customs. This presentation explores the multi-ethnic composition of the people referred to as “Pueblo” through the lens of the occupation history of Kuaua Pueblo, known today as Coronado Historic Site.

    For more info: https://crowcanyon.org/programs/pueblo-identity-the-people-of-kuaua-pueblo/

    -This is not an NMAC event.

  • Hibben Center Talk - Fishing Through Flux: Economic Strategies for Managing El Niño Risks in Coastal Peru

    February 13, 2025  6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
    Hibben Center for Archeology Research, 450 University Blvd NE, Albuquerque, NM 87106, USA

    Hibben Center for Archaeology Research, Rm 105 + ONLINE
    Presenter/s: Dr. Jo Elizabeth Osborn

    * This in-person event will also be livestreamed on Zoom, register here *

    Continuing with our annual Ancestors lecture, the Maxwell Museum is honored to welcome Dr. Jo Elizabeth Osborn, UNM Department of Anthropology Visiting Assistant Professor of Archaeology. Event co-sponsored by the UNM Department of Anthropology and the UNM Latin American & Iberian Institute.

    Fore more info: https://maxwellmuseum.unm.edu/news-events/event/fishing-through-flux-economic-strategies-managing-el-ni%C3%B1o-risks-coastal-peru

    -This is not an NMAC event.

February 14, 2025

  • CPRC Meeting

    February 14, 2025
    Historic Preservation Division, 407 Galisteo St #236, Santa Fe, NM 87501, USA

    Meetings are Hybrid in person and on Zoom. Please contact Jessica Badner by telephone at (505) 476-6160 or by email at jessica.badner@dca.nm.gov if you have any questions.

February 19, 2025

  • “Archaeology of the Southwest” 14-session online adult education class with archaeologist Allen Dart

    February 19, 2025  6:30 pm - 8:30 pm

    “Archaeology of the Southwest” 14-session online adult education class with archaeologist Allen Dart, sponsored by Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, PO Box 40577, Tucson AZ 85717-0577
    6:30 to 8:30 pm ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time each Wednesday evening January 22 through April 23, 2024. $109 donation ($90 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, Arizona Archaeological Society [AAS], Arizona Site Stewards, and S’edav Va’aki Museum Foundation members) 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.

    Archaeology of the Southwest is an introductory course that provides a basic overview of the US Southwest’s ancestral cultures. Its 14 evening class sessions will cover cultural sequences, dating systems, subsistence strategies, development of urbanization, depopulation of different areas at different times, and the general characteristics of major cultural groups that have lived in the Southwest over the past 13,000-plus years. Besides offering an up-to-date synthesis of southwestern cultures for anyone interested in the archaeology of the Southwest, the class can be taken for certification in the Arizona Archaeological Society (AAS) Certification/Education Program. (It is a prerequisite for certification in all of the AAS’s other courses offered.) Instructor Allen Dart is a registered professional archaeologist and executive director of Old Pueblo Archaeology Center. Minimum enrollment 10 people. For information on the AAS and its Certification program visit www.azarchsoc.org/page-807603.

    Donations are due 10 days after reservation request or by 5 pm Monday January 20, whichever is earlier. To register or for more information contact Old Pueblo at 520-798-1201 or info@oldpueblo.org.
    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 January-April class flyer” in your email subject line.

    -This is not an NMAC event series.

February 20, 2025

  • Staying Warm in Ice Age Wyoming: Evidence for Clothing Production at the La Prele Site, Crow Canyon Webinar

    February 20, 2025  4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

    Clothing has been a crucial aspect of modern human survival, since the colonization of the northern latitudes of Eurasia over 40,000 years ago, eventually enabling humans to colonize the New World. Although clothing must have existed among Ice Age foragers, direct evidence for it is rare to non-existent in the archaeological record until only several thousand years ago. Archaeologists must instead rely upon proxy measures for clothing, like the tools used to produce it, to infer its presence and characteristics in Ice Age archaeological sites. In this presentation, Dr. Pelton will detail evidence for clothing production from the La Prele Early Paleoindian Site in Wyoming. La Prele is the oldest archaeological site thus far discovered in Wyoming and is a mammoth kill with an associated campsite. Over a decade of investigations at the site have yielded several dozen bone needle fragments indicative of clothing production. Recent zooarchaeology by mass spectrometry (ZooMS) analysis of these artifacts indicates production from fur bearing animals including foxes, cats, and hares. Spencer argues that the evidence from La Prele is among the best archaeologists have for the types of clothing worn by Ice Age foragers in North America.

    For more info: https://crowcanyon.org/programs/staying-warm-in-ice-age-wyoming-evidence-for-clothing-production-at-the-la-prele-site/

    -This is not an NMAC event.

February 25, 2025

  • Winter Lecture Series: A Musical Presentation of the Ritual and Tradition of New Mexican Folk Music

    February 25, 2025  5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
    New Mexico Museum of Art, 107 W Palace Ave, Santa Fe, NM 87501, USA

    La Familia Vigil: A Musical Presentation of the Ritual and Tradition of New Mexican Folk Music

    Join us for the El Rancho de las Golondrinas Winter Lecture Series. This long running collaboration explores exciting corners of New Mexico’s history and culture as presented by engaging authors and historians.

    Dr. Cipriano Vigil developed a passion for music at a young age. Growing up in Chamisal, New Mexico, he is a self-taught, highly accomplished, and award-winning musician specializing in the traditional folk songs of northern New Mexico. He has dedicated his life and career to preserving and disseminating the music of his ancestors. Join us for a unique presentation combining musical performances, musical scholarship, and history featuring Dr. Vigil and his family.

    Tickets are available through El Rancho de las Golondrinas at https://golondrinas.org/

    -This is not an NMAC event.

February 26, 2025

  • “Archaeology of the Southwest” 14-session online adult education class with archaeologist Allen Dart

    February 26, 2025  6:30 pm - 8:30 pm

    “Archaeology of the Southwest” 14-session online adult education class with archaeologist Allen Dart, sponsored by Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, PO Box 40577, Tucson AZ 85717-0577
    6:30 to 8:30 pm ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time each Wednesday evening January 22 through April 23, 2024. $109 donation ($90 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, Arizona Archaeological Society [AAS], Arizona Site Stewards, and S’edav Va’aki Museum Foundation members) 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.

    Archaeology of the Southwest is an introductory course that provides a basic overview of the US Southwest’s ancestral cultures. Its 14 evening class sessions will cover cultural sequences, dating systems, subsistence strategies, development of urbanization, depopulation of different areas at different times, and the general characteristics of major cultural groups that have lived in the Southwest over the past 13,000-plus years. Besides offering an up-to-date synthesis of southwestern cultures for anyone interested in the archaeology of the Southwest, the class can be taken for certification in the Arizona Archaeological Society (AAS) Certification/Education Program. (It is a prerequisite for certification in all of the AAS’s other courses offered.) Instructor Allen Dart is a registered professional archaeologist and executive director of Old Pueblo Archaeology Center. Minimum enrollment 10 people. For information on the AAS and its Certification program visit www.azarchsoc.org/page-807603.

    Donations are due 10 days after reservation request or by 5 pm Monday January 20, whichever is earlier. To register or for more information contact Old Pueblo at 520-798-1201 or info@oldpueblo.org.
    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 January-April class flyer” in your email subject line.

    -This is not an NMAC event series.

February 27, 2025

  • Indigenous Archaeology through Consent, Consensus, and Collaboration, Crow Canyon Webinar

    February 27, 2025  4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

    This webinar examines the important role Indigenous Archaeology plays in developing collaborative partnerships that practice the principles of consent, consensus, and collaboration in archaeological projects like the Abiquiú Mesa Project (AMP) in Abiquiú, New Mexico. In the Society for American Archaeology’s Principles of Archaeological Ethics, the phrase “informed consent” is not defined, and the word “consensus” is not found. As more archaeology projects collaborate with Native American communities, defining the concepts of consent, consensus, and collaboration is crucial to incorporate Native American voices and perspectives. In AMP, consent is achieved through communication, voluntary participation, and capacity. Consensus in AMP considers the local context and the distinct levels of agreement by all community partners. Lastly, collaboration serves to build capacity, develop reciprocity, and incorporate Native American community knowledge. Rethinking archaeology with these principles acknowledges historical narratives and knowledge-producing methods that include the voices of the people whose history we study while stepping towards decolonizing the practice of archaeology.

    For more info: https://crowcanyon.org/programs/indigenous-archaeology-through-consent-consensus-and-collaboration/

    -This is not an NMAC event.