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2026
07
Apr

Looking Back at the Path Laid Down

Join us in-person downtown at the Archaeology Southwest Headquarters or online via Zoom Webinar on Tuesday, April 7, 2026, when Skylar Begay (Director, Tribal Collaboration in Outreach & Advocacy) will discuss “Looking Back at the Path Laid Down.” Since he was a young adult, Skylar Begay has...
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2026
03
Mar

Road Signs and Walking Shoes: Sandals and Sandal Imagery as Part and Parcel of the Chaco Road System

Join us in-person downtown at the Archaeology Southwest Headquarters or online via Zoom Webinar on Tuesday, March 3, 2026, when Benjamin A. Bellorado (Assistant Curator of Archaeology at the Arizona State Museum) will discuss “Road Signs and Walking Shoes: Sandals and Sandal Imagery as Part and Pa...
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2026
03
Feb

Tracking the First Americans

Join us in-person downtown at the Archaeology Southwest headquarters, Tuesday, February 3, 2026, when Vance T. Holliday (Professor Emeritus of Anthropology & Geosciences, University of Arizona) will discuss “Tracking the First Americans.” Recent research in White Sands National Park supports...
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2025
02
Dec

Path of Light: Retracing the Expeditions of Charles L. Bernheimer

Join us in-person downtown at the Archaeology Southwest Headquarters or online via Zoom Webinar on Tuesday, December 2, 2025, when Morgan Sjogren (Writer and Explorer) will discuss “Path of Light: Retracing the Expeditions of Charles L. Bernheimer.” In 1929, explorer Charles L. Bernheimer dre...
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2025
04
Nov

Following Their Footsteps: Indigenous Geography and the Anza Expedition of 1775-1776

Join us in-person downtown at the Archaeology Southwest Headquarters or online via Zoom Webinar on Tuesday, November 4, 2025, when Aaron Wright (Preservation Archaeologist) will discuss “Following Their Footsteps: Indigenous Geography and the Anza Expedition of 1775–1776.” Spanish colonialism ...
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2025
07
Oct

A Very Special Landscape: Trails and the Lava Fields of El Malpais National Monument

Join us either in-person downtown at the Archaeology Southwest Headquarters or online via Zoom Webinar on Tuesday, October 7, 2025, when Paul F. Reed (New Mexico State Director & Preservation Archaeologist) will discuss “A Very Special Landscape: Trails and the Lava Fields of El Malpais Nation...
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2025
01
Apr

Old Dogs, New Tricks: An Overview of Canine Zooarchaeology

Join us in-person at Catalyst Creative Collective in the Tucson Mall, Tuesday, April 1, 2025, when Brandi Bethke (Laboratory Director for the Oklahoma Archeological Survey) will discuss “Old Dogs, New Tricks: An Overview of Canine Zooarchaeology.”   Directions: Catalyst Creative Collec...
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2025
04
Mar

Sled Dogs in the Southwest: Fact or Fable?

Join us in-person at Catalyst Creative Collective in the Tucson Mall, Tuesday, March 4, 2025, when Martin H. Welker (Assistant Professor of Anthropology & Assistant Curator of Zooarchaeology) will discuss “Sled Dogs in the Southwest: Fact or Fable?” Domestic dogs have become deeply embedded ...
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2025
04
Feb

Connecting and Dividing: Dogs and European Colonists, Enslaved Africans, and Native Americans in the Chesapeake Bay Region, 1600-1800s

Join us in-person at Catalyst Creative Collective in the Tucson Mall, Tuesday, February 4, 2025, when Matthew E. Hill (Director of Undergraduate Studies & Professor of Anthropology) will discuss “Connecting and Dividing: Dogs and European Colonists, Enslaved Africans, and Native Americans in t...
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2024
03
Dec

The History of the Coast Salish Woolly Dogs

Join us in-person at Catalyst Creative Collective in the Tucson Mall, Tuesday, December 3, 2024, when Audrey T. Lin (Gerstner Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Scholar) will discuss “The History of the Coast Salish Woolly Dogs.” Dr. Lin integrates genomics and Indigenous knowledge to illu...
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2024
12
Nov

Weaving the Hair of the Dog: White Dog Hair Textiles in the Ancient Southwest

Join us in-person at Catalyst Creative Collective in the Tucson Mall, Tuesday, November 12, 2024, when Laurie Webster (anthropologist and independent scholar) will discuss “Weaving the Hair of the Dog: White Dog Hair Textiles in the Ancient Southwest.” White dog hair played a unique role in Sout...
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2024
01
Oct

Celebrating the Song Dogs

Join us in-person at Catalyst Creative Collective in the Tucson Mall, Tuesday, October 1, 2024, when R.E. Burrillo (Archaeologist & Research Associate) will discuss “Celebrating the Song Dogs.” This season opener on domesticated dogs and their many roles across space and time in the Americas...
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