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(Santa Fe, New Mexico) – In celebration of International Archaeology Day, Saturday, October 19, the Center for New Mexico Archaeology (CNMA) will open its doors to the public, providing an opportunity to learn about New Mexico’s fascinating...
(Santa Fe, New Mexico) - The Museum of Indian Arts & Culture/Laboratory of Anthropology and the Office of Archaeological Studies is hosting International Archaeology Day, October 20th, and simultaneously opening a ...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE—September 28, 2016 (Santa Fe, NM): A celebration of World Archaeology Day will be held at the Center for New Mexico Archaeology, 7 Old Cochiti Road in Santa Fe, on Saturday, October 15. Please joi...
Santa Fe, NM—The Friends of Archaeology are sponsoring a series of five lectures on Fridays, January 9 through February 6, 2009 at 5: 30 p.m. as their contribution to the Museum of New Mexico’s 100th. They...
The Friends of Archaeology (FOA) is holding its annual Holiday Party and Silent Auction, Sunday, November 5, from 3 to 6 pm, at the Hotel Santa Fe. This festive and informative event provides a rare opportunity for the public to learn about how New Mexico’s first inhabitants lived, their not-so-primitive technologies, and some of the …
Recent archaeological evidence from Ireland sheds light on Bronze Age burial sites which indicate the beginnings of the later Celtic rituals and traditions of Samhain (SAH-win) which precedes that later Christian celebration of All Saints’ Day – translated into the New World as “Dia de los Muertos.” This talk delves into the ancient European past …
Dia de los Muertos: Pre-Columbian Past to Present Brown Bag Talks Read More »
The Office of Archaeological Studies, in collaboration with the Santa Fe Chapter of the Archaeological Institute of America and other organizations in northern New Mexico, will host an open house at the Center for New Mexico Archaeology (7 Old Cochiti Road, Santa Fe, NM 87507) on Saturday, October 21, 2017 from 10 am to 4 pm. Visitors will have …
International Archaeology Day at the Center for New Mexico Archaeology Read More »
Most archaeological enthusiasts venture north along US 550 on their way to explore the Ancestral Pueblo world, and most turn to the west, conscious only of the Great Houses of Chaco Canyon, Salmon Ruins, and Aztec Ruins. Few travelers turn to the east and take the less traveled path into the Dinetah, known best as …
Into the Dinetah Labyrinth: Exploring Pueblo I and Navajo Archaeology Read More »
Despite nearly 4,000 years of ceramic technology in the Southwest, the common use of pottery for cooking only dates within the past 2,000 years. The history of innovation in cooking jar design is fairly sophisticated, starting with the simplest of forms and clay-temper combinations and ending with the use of micaceous clay for the ultimate …
Cooking Jar Technology in the Ancient Southwest Brown Bag Talk Read More »
More formally known as “The Creston,” a prominent volcanic dike forms a curtain across the landscape in the southwestern portion of the Galisteo Basin. Famous in the pantheon of great New Mexico rock art locations, the south face of the top of The Creston is the canvas for a remarkable array of pecked images, most …
The traditional picture of early Pueblo history (pre-AD 900) has been broadly recreated by archaeological research in the Four Corners region. The early Pueblo history in the greater Dinetah region does not conform to this model in ways that are important for understanding the cultural diversity of modern Pueblo peoples. This bag lunch is background …
The Early Pueblo Occupation of the Dinetah Region Brown Bag Talk Read More »
Shelby Jones-Cervantes will give a presentation on her current archaeomagnetic dating research and the methods behind this very important mode of dating archaeological material. Over the past six decades, a number of scientists have devoted their careers to collecting and measuring the magnetic properties of archaeological burned sediments, such as hearths, bricks, kilns, and pottery. …
Ulysses Reid of Zia Pueblo will demonstrate traditional Zia Pueblo pottery making and firing methods at the Center for New Mexico Archaeology (CNMA) beginning on Saturday, August 19 at 9am. Ulysses will continue this two-day workshop on the following day, Sunday, August 20th. This is a free event and will certainly be popular so make …
Ulysses Reid traditional pottery firing demonstration Read More »
On Thursday, August 17th, Hopi kachina carvers from the Third Mesa village of Hotevilla will be giving a day-long demonstration at the Center for New Mexico Archaeology highlighting their traditional methods of carving. The carvers will give presentations on the types of materials they use, the manner in which they collect their materials, how they …
Dr. Eric Blinman will present a lecture on his theory countering the current idea that the modern Tewa-speaking people migrated, en masse, from the Mesa Verde region of Colorado. Eric states: Archaeology proceeds by the proposal and then testing of ideas. The most influential idea of the past decade has been the model formulated by …
Suspension of Belief: Why I Don’t Believe Mesa Verde became Tewa Brown Bag Talk Read More »
Early ceramics place the date of Vallecitos Pueblo to the early part of the area’s history, around 1250 to 1350. It is located three and a half miles northeast of Jemez Pueblo within the boundaries of the reservation. It is one of the villages found at the lower elevations of the Jemez Province and contains …
Jemez Sites tour Vallecitos Pueblo Tour and Lecture Read More »
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