NMAC Calendar

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

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May 9, 2026

  • Field Trip to Pueblos Big & Little

    May 9, 2026
    Ponderosa, NM 87044, USA

    Description: Tour an area in the Jemez Ranger District. This field trip will provide us with a two-fold experience. After driving to the site, our Forest Ranger/archaeologist will briefly go over the high points of archaeological field work: Obtaining funding and permit, surveying, measuring, site grid, mapping trenching, pick, shovel and then use of the trowel. At this point we move on to a “Walk and Talk” at some interesting features in the area.​​

    For more information email Pat: Trips.FCHS@gmail.com

    -This is not an NMAC event.

May 17, 2026

  • Conserving Ancient Earthen Architecture and Wall Paintings in the Southwest

    May 17, 2026  2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
    Martha Liebert Public Library, 124 Calle Malinche, Bernalillo, NM 87004, USA

    Angelyn Bass & Douglas Porter
    Architectural Conservators​

    In the ancient Southwest, earth was the primary raw material used for constructing buildings. In addition to it forming walls, it was molded into built-in features, applied as plaster to walls, floors and roofs, and used as paints and washes for wall paintings and to convey overall color and sheen to architectural surfaces. But earthen materials are extremely fragile and prone to weathering and erosion. This talk will cover how these raw materials are analyzed and along with architectural and structural examination, help guide value-based preservation strategies that respect materiality and authenticity.

    Angelyn Bass is a Research Assistant Professor of Anthropology at UNM who focuses on analysis of earthen plaster and building materials. She was the conservator of Maya wall paintings in Guatemala from 2002 – 2024.

    Douglas Porter holds a research faculty position in the School of Engineering at the University of Vermont. His research focuses on the stabilization and repair of precontact structures.

    For more info: https://www.coronadojemezfriends.org/lectures

    -This is not an NMAC event.

May 20, 2026

  • Pottery Demonstration in the Buchsbaum Gallery

    May 20, 2026  11:00 am - 1:00 pm
    Museum of Indian Arts & Culture, 710 Camino Lejo, Santa Fe, NM 87505, USA

    Every Third Wednesday

    Pottery Demonstration in the Buchsbaum Gallery of Southwestern Pottery. Program is included with museum admission.

    Every Wednesday is free for New Mexico Seniors!

    For more info: https://www.miaclab.org/calendar?eventID=7065

    -This is not an NMAC event.

  • MIAC Let’s Take a Look!

    May 20, 2026  12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
    Museum of Indian Arts & Culture, 710 Camino Lejo, Santa Fe, NM 87505, USA

    Third Wednesday of Every Month

    Curators wait in the lobby to identify and explain any artifact or historic object presented to them. Free and open to the public, but please note Federal and State regulations prohibit the monetary appraisal of objects.

    For more info: https://www.miaclab.org/calendar?eventID=6989

    -This is not an NMAC event.

May 21, 2026

  • Crow Canyon Webinar - Putting Cherokee Places Back on the Map Through Collaborative Archaeology

    May 21, 2026  4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

    Prior to the late nineteenth century, the mountain valleys of western North Carolina were marked by dozens of platform mounds and townhouses built by the Cherokee and their ancestors. These monumental structures are important places on the Cherokee cultural landscape, but many have been damaged by looting, development, and modern agriculture. In this presentation, Dr. Ben Steere talks about how collaborative archaeological and archival research and community outreach have led to a better understanding of these sites, and in some cases, have helped combat erasure and put important Cherokee cultural places back on the map.

    For more info: https://crowcanyon.org/programs/putting-cherokee-places-back-on-the-map-through-collaborative-archaeology/

    -This is not an NMAC event.

June 6, 2026

  • Opening Reception: Coiling Kin: The Life of Pueblo Pottery

    June 6, 2026  2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
    Maxwell Museum of Anthropology, 500 University Blvd NE, Albuquerque, NM 87106, USA

    The Maxwell Museum of Anthropology is proud to present a new exhibit, Coiling Kin: The Life of Pueblo Pottery, which presents a comprehensive exhibit of its permanent collection explored through Pueblo artists’ perspectives. It is co-curated by Dr. Lea McChesney, former Curator of Ethnology at the Maxwell Museum, and twenty-three potters from fourteen Pueblos.

    Join us for its Opening Reception in which we will host a panel of co-curators who will discuss their roles in the exhibit, while others will provide small group tours of each of the four exhibit sections. Refreshments will be served (while supplies last).

    For more info: https://maxwellmuseum.unm.edu/news-events/event/opening-reception-coiling-kin-life-pueblo-pottery

    -This is not an NMAC event.

June 7, 2026

  • MIAC Book Club

    June 7, 2026  10:00 am - 11:00 am
    Museum of Indian Arts & Culture, 710 Camino Lejo, Santa Fe, NM 87505, USA

    Join us for our new bookclub to discuss Braiding Sweetgrass, by Robin Wall Kimmerer (Potawatomi).

    Taking place every other first Sunday of the Month in our Docent Library.

    Books available for purchase in the Colleen Cloney Duncan Museum Shop

    Drawing on her life as an indigenous scientist, and as a woman, Kimmerer shows how other living beings―asters and goldenrod, strawberries and squash, salamanders, algae, and sweetgrass―offer us gifts and lessons, even if we’ve forgotten how to hear their voices. In reflections that range from the creation of Turtle Island to the forces that threaten its flourishing today, she circles toward a central argument: that the awakening of ecological consciousness requires the acknowledgment and celebration of our reciprocal relationship with the rest of the living world. For only when we can hear the languages of other beings will we be capable of understanding the generosity of the earth, and learn to give our own gifts in return.

    For more info: https://www.miaclab.org/calendar?eventID=7108

    -This is not an NMAC event.