Our next monthly meeting will be held in person and on Zoom, Wednesday, November 13th, at 7:00 p.m., in the lyceum at the Center of Southwest Studies at Fort Lewis College. After a brief business meeting, Elizabeth Hora will present “Recent Insights into the Fremont People of the Uinta Basin in Utah.” A reception will start things off at 6:30 p.m. in the foyer of the Center of Southwest Studies.
Over 1,000 years ago, the Fremont lived in the Uinta Basin; like those in the Four Corners area at the same time, these people farmed and gathered into large village sites unlike any the region had experienced before. But unlike in the Four Corners, who these people were and what their society was like is still murky. Recent research into these questions suggests that two linguistically distinct peoples made their way into the Uinta Basin and that the ways they coped with the fickle northern Utah climate may have colored their interactions with not only the natural world, but with each other.
Elizabeth is a Public Archaeologist with the Utah State Historic Preservation Office. Her work focuses on bringing science-based interpretations of archaeological data to the public and finding ways to protect the past at Utah’s archaeological sites. Her current research, funded in part by the Utah Rock Art Research Association, examines Fremont social organization in the northern reaches of the Uinta Basin.
Link to Join Webinar
https://fortlewis.zoom.us/j/96274904694
Meeting ID: 962 7490 4694
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Field Trip Planning – October 27
Our Field Trip Planning meeting is open to all members interested in our field trip program. We will meet at noon at Rusty Chamberlain’s house. Contact Rusty for more information and to RSVP at chambrke@aol.com. If you have ideas for field trips but cannot attend, please email them to Rusty.
New PAAC Lecture Series!
Exposing Hoaxes, Busting Myths, & Solving Mysteries
Archaeology helps us answer the mysteries of the past. But what about those mysteries that sound too good to be true? Is there evidence that giants existed? Are Archaeologists hiding information about ancient aliens? Did the Vikings visit El Paso County? Dr. Ken Feder, Professor Emeritus at Central Connecticut State University, will address all of those questions and more in this ten-part lecture series!
The lectures are roughly an hour each, and can be watched in any order or alone, but the recommended viewing sequence is:
- How do you know? The science of Archaeology
- How to pull off a sort of successful archaeological hoax: the sordid, but silly tale of the Cardiff Giant
- Piltdown Man in evolutionary and historical context
- Etched in stone
- Turn and face the strange: sacred chambers and sacrificial tables in New England and New York
- Mystery of the mounds
- Hail Atlantis!
- The fantasy of the astronauts
- Sheep, spirits, exploding stars, and massacres. Oh, and pterodactyls. Reading the rock art of North America.
- Archaeological follies
You do not need to register to view this lecture series, and there is no “credit” for taking this class. This is the first of a new lecture series that PAAC will offer to increase public engagement with our program and with our discipline.
Exposing Hoaxes, Busting Myths, & Solving Mysteries is available online on History Colorado’s YouTube page now! Tell your friends and family and go check it out.
The San Juan Basin Archaeological Society (SJBAS) is a Colorado Nonprofit Corporation. SJBAS consists of people who are interested in the archaeology, culture, and early history of the Four Corners region. We have members of all ages and backgrounds, some with extensive training in archaeology and others with more limited knowledge, but a strong desire to learn.
Our mission is to advocate for and promote public awareness and preservation of archaeological, cultural, and historical resources, primarily of the Four Corners region of the American Southwest.
Members are eligible to participate in SJBAS field trips and they receive a monthly newsletter, the Moki Messenger, with information about current SJBAS activities and other matters of archaeological and historical interest.