An illustrated narrative of how the water in the Santa Fe River has been administered since 1609 with a focus on our Water History Park and Interpretive Center.
An overview of the development of historic architectural styles protections and the creation of the city’s archaeological ordinance, the first of its kind in the nation. Dr. Tim Maxwell Dr. Tim Maxwell is Archaeologist, Emeritus Director, Office of Archaeological Studies, Museum of New Mexico; Field Archaeologist, Abiquiu Reservoir, School for Advanced Research; Co-Author, City of […]
JOURNEYS INTERNATIONAL, INC. Rosa R. Carlson 49 VERANO LOOP SANTA FE NEW MEXICO 87508 505 310 1863 info@journeys-international.com carlsonrosa@hotmail.com TOUR BEGINS Puebla (Elev. 7,027 ft.) or La Puebla de Los Ángeles is famous for its colonial architecture, for having the best Mexican cuisine in all of México and for its refined Talavera Ceramics. It was […]
Since prehistory, our ancestors have employed the sky as a clock, calendar, and a means for navigation and surveying. Mesoamerican cultures developed sophisticated and systematic practices of astronomical observations and measurement. Evidence suggests that the native people of the American Southwest were influenced by these neighboring cultures and incorporated some of this knowledge into their […]
Río Azul is an ancient Maya city located in NE Peten in Guatemala. In the late 70’s the site was heavy looted and artifacts were being sold at the auction market around the world. In the 80’s an Archaeological Project took place and they documented all the looter’s excavations and the tombs they have emptied, […]
Los Luceros was designated a historic site in 2019 which preserved 148 acres of towering Cottonwood Trees, rolling agricultural fields, incredibly preserved historic buildings, a delightful apple orchard, four miles of traditional acequia ditches, and a bosque full of wildlife… all sitting on the bank of the beautiful Rio Grande. Carly hopes to demonstrate why […]
Join us for a tour of Los Luceros Historic Site on Sunday, April 21, at 10:30 AM. Rebecca Ward will be leading the tour, which will last an hour and a half. Afterwards, you are welcome to find a place to eat lunch and walk around on our own. The entry fee is $7 for […]
The Santa Fe Archaeological Society will hold its Annual Meeting on Sunday, May 19, starting at 5 pm. It will be held at the home of Sandy Kiger. The purpose of the meeting is to elect the Board for the upcoming year. If you would like to run for an office, please contact one of […]
Puebloan peoples are stereotyped under a single label, which is a profound injustice to their rich cultural diversity. This diversity also implies the existence of distinct histories, and the unique setting of the Galisteo Basin provides an opportunity to explore these histories. The uniqueness of the Galisteo Basin is largely due to its susceptibility to […]
Case studies from various nineteenth-century sites where material culture reveals evidence of prostitution, including a brothel in Five Points—New York City’s most notorious neighborhood—and parlor houses a few blocks from the White House and Capitol Hill. lso Brothels in the American West are also looked at—in urban Los Angeles and in frontier sites and mining […]
Abstract to come. Keith Kintigh Keith W. Kintigh is an American anthropologist and professor emeritus at Arizona State University. He specializes in quantitative archaeology and the archaeology of the Southwestern United States, conducting field research on Ancestral Pueblo sites in the Cibola region of New Mexico.
Abstract to come. Maxine McBrinn Maxine McBrinn is an OAS Research Associate and author and is currently working on the fourth edition of Archaeology of the Southwest. Judith Habicht-Mauche Judith A. Habicht-Mauche is Professor of Anthropology at the University of California, Santa Cruz, where she has been a member of the faculty since 1990. Prof. Habicht-Mauche’s […]