Lectures

Crow Canyon's scholars are popular and well-respected speakers on the local, regional, and national lecture circuits. In informative public presentations, Crow Canyon archaeologists report on the latest discoveries in the field and lab, current trends in Southwestern archaeology, and their own personal research projects.

Crow Canyon is also a cosponsor of the Four Corners Lecture Series (see below). As part of the series, Crow Canyon hosts numerous speakers at the Center's campus.

Four Corners Lecture Series

April–November 2013

Organized by a consortium of area organizations, the Four Corners Lecture Series features presentations by guest speakers from around the Southwest. This year's theme is "Knowing the Greater Southwest." All lectures are free and open to the public. The location of the lectures rotates among the sponsoring organizations.

The Pueblo Culture Takes Root in the American Southwest:
Crow Canyon Archaeological Center Smithsonian Associate Lecture Series

June 1, 10 a.m.–4 p.m., 2013
Smithsonian Ripley Center, Washington, D.C.
$139, discounts for resident and senior members

The Pueblo Culture Takes Root in the American Southwest follows how a wild grass, teosinte, was transformed into maize, how maize farming spread from present-day Mexico into the Southwest, and how the adoption of maize farming marked the beginning of Pueblo Indian culture. The seminar features Smithsonian Senior Scientist and Curator of Archaeobotany and South American Archaeology Dolores R. Piperno; Santa Clara Pueblo tribal member Porter Swentzell; and the following Crow Canyon staff: Research and Education Chair Mark Varien, Supervisory Archaeologist Shanna Diederichs, and Lightfoot Fellow Scott Ortman.