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ALL UPCOMING EVENTS

Jun
29
Thu
VIRTUAL LECTURE: An Exploration of Tijeras Canyon Archaeology @ ZOOM
Jun 29 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Please join The Archaeological Conservancy on June 29, 2023 at 6pm MDT for a Virtual Lecture on Zoom Webinars featuring April M. Brown, our new Southwest Regional Director.
Ms. Brown will present a talk on one of our recently acquired New Mexico preserves, LA 580 in Tijeras Canyon. This significant site is located on the eastern edge of Albuquerque and contains the remains of prehistoric structures that indicate a Pueblo occupation dating between 1200 and 1320 AD, as well as historic features.
Stone alignments hidden in the grass at LA 580, TAC’s latest southwestern acquisition.
In the 1970s, extensive excavations occurred because of road construction and many sites in Tijeras were destroyed. While little is known specifically about LA 580, it was part of a larger Pueblo community that spanned throughout the area. This important multi-component site is still intact and holds great research potential. Ms. Brown will discuss the history of this archaeologically rich region and explain the Conservancy’s acquisition and preservation process.

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Sep
2
Sat
TOURS | Chaco Canyon In Depth
Sep 2 – Sep 10 all-day
TOURS | Chaco Canyon In Depth
Explore the vast cultural system of Chaco Canyon and the extensive network of outlying communities that developed in northwestern New Mexico and southwestern Colorado from A.D. 800 to 1130. We’ll visit Pueblo Bonito and other spectacular great houses in Chaco Canyon as well as the great kiva at Casa Rinconada. We’ll also have the unique opportunity to visit many of the most important outlying communities that are integral parts of the entire Chacoan complex still being uncovered by researchers. Scholars are still struggling to understand how this vast system developed and operated, and why it suddenly collapsed in about A.D. 1130. To complete the experience, we will spend two memorable nights camping in Chaco Canyon. Some of the leading Chaco experts will join us.

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Sep
9
Sat
TOURS | Best of the Southwest
Sep 9 – Sep 19 all-day
TOURS | Best of the Southwest
Experience the cultural and scenic diversity of the American Southwest. Our trip explores Native American cultures, both past and present, in New Mexico, Arizona, and Colorado. Expert archaeologists accompany our daily visits to some of the region’s most famous archaeological sites.

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Sep
17
Sun
TOURS | French and Indian War Tour
Sep 17 – Sep 24 all-day
TOURS | French and Indian War Tour
Join us as we travel across New York, Pennsylvania, and Maryland to explore the rich history and archaeology of the French and Indian War. This epic struggle involving Native Americans, the English and French Empires, and Colonial forces was one of the first global conflicts and a defining moment in American history. On our journey we will meet with historians, archaeologists and Native Peoples at a variety of archaeological sites, museums, and interpretive centers.

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Sep
24
Sun
TOURS | Effigy Mounds of the Upper Mississippi Valley
Sep 24 – Sep 29 all-day
TOURS | Effigy Mounds of the Upper Mississippi Valley
In what is now the Upper Midwest, Native Americans constructed thousands of earthen mounds, more than in any other area of comparable size. We’ll visit the best surviving examples of these fascinating constructions, with an emphasis on sites of the Effigy Mound Culture, the characteristic moundbuilder culture of the region which created mounds in the shapes of mammals, birds, and reptiles.

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FEATURED VIDEOS

SHORT FILM | A Site Visit to the Pamplin Pipe Factory Preserve with Kelley Berliner

VIRTUAL LECTURE | Prehistoric Life at the Borax Lake Site: A Western Clovis Locality on California’s North Coast

VIRTUAL LECTURE | Color and Directional Symbolism at Pueblo Bonito, Chaco Canyon

VIRTUAL TOUR | Episode 5: Archaeology at the Sharrow Site

SUMMER 2022 | Vol. 26 No.2