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POSTPONED UNTIL WEDNESDAY – Los Luceros – Revealing the Hidden Gem of New Mexico – Rebecca Ward

Pecos Trail Cafe 2239 Old Pecos Trail, Santa Fe

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 […]

Archaeology and Conservation: The Tombs at Río Azul, a treasure in northeast Guatemala – LIWY GRAZIOSO SIERRA

Pecos Trail Cafe 2239 Old Pecos Trail, Santa Fe

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, […]

EVENT DELAYED UNTIL NEXT SEASON Ancient Sky-watchers – Archeoastronomy in New Mexico and the Southwest – James (Jim) Wysong, Ed.D.

Pecos Trail Cafe 2239 Old Pecos Trail, Santa Fe

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 […]