Southwest Seminars presents
Novmber 2023 Lectures
Southwest Seminars is offering four new lectures in November. Call or email Southwest Seminars to find out more and register for the series. Seating is limited so reserve your space today.
SOUTHWEST SEMINARS
219 Ojo de la Vaca, Santa Fe
New Mexico 87108
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NOVEMBER 6 | Anatomy of the 1680 Pueblo Revolt: Self-Determination, Sovereignty, and Autonomy
Presented by | Jon Ghahate (Laguna/Zuni) Turkey and Badger Clans
Educator, Crow Canyon Archaeological Center (CCAC); former Museum Cultural Educator, Indian Pueblo Cultural Center (IPCC); lecturer, public speaker on Ancestral Puebloan cultures, Pueblo & New Mexico history and Indigenous civilizations of the Western Hemisphere for Nature Conservancy, Abq Public Schools, IPCC, World Council of Churches, Smithsonian Associates, CCAC, Nat’l. Park Service.
NOVEMBER 13 | A Canary in the Coal Mine: Is Great Salt Lake Disappearing?
Presented by | Dr. Bonnie Baxter-Clark
Professor of Biology, Founder and Director, Great Salt Lake Institute (GSLI), Westminster College; Ph.D. in Genetics and Molecular Biology from University of North Carolina. Postdoctoral research in biochemistry and biophysics at Washington State University. Currently studying microbial communities of Great Salt Lake and physiology of microorganisms which has led to many discoveries relating to DNA damage and repair mechanisms, photobiology, astrobiology, microbial diversity and mircobialite formation. She and colleagues have published the first book on the biology of Great Salt Lake and co-authored the first children’s book on Great Salt Lake. GSLI pulls together researchers around the world.
NOVEMBER 20 | Baskets to Pots in the Upper San Juan
Presented by | Dr. Eric Blinman
Archaeologist, Archaeological Support Services; Former Director, NM Office of Archaeological Studies (OAS), Department of Cultural Affairs; Participant, 2007 Colloquium, Past Human Responses to Climate Change, hosted by King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden; Former Acting Director, Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, Museum of New Mexico. Involved in Western American archaeology since 1967; Joined OAS 1988. Specialties include pottery technology, paleoclimate studies, yucca & basketry textiles.
NOVEMBER 27 | Anti-Chaco in the Upper San Juan
Presented by |Dr. Eric Blinman
Archaeologist, Archaeological Support Services; Former Director, NM Office of Archaeological Studies (OAS), Department of Cultural Affairs; Participant, 2007 Colloquium, Past Human Responses to Climate Change, hosted by King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden; Former Acting Director, Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, Museum of New Mexico. Involved in Western American archaeology since 1967; Joined OAS 1988. Specialties include pottery technology, paleoclimate studies, yucca & basketry textiles.