Next Meeting – August 13th

All our monthly meetings and presentations are free and open to the public. Our next meeting will be held in person and on Zoom on Wednesday, August 13^th, at 7:00 p.m. in the lyceum at the Center of Southwest Studies at Fort Lewis College. After a brief business meeting, Dr. Rob Weiner will present “New Research on the Chaco South Road.” A reception will start things off at 6:30 p.m. in the CSWS foyer.

Robert Weiner, Ph.D. is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Society of Fellows at Dartmouth College, where he is affiliated with the Department of Religion. His research focuses on Chaco Canyon and its world, with particular attention to Chacoan religion, monumental roads, and Diné oral histories. Weiner earned concurrent BA-MA degrees from Brown University and a PhD from the University of Colorado Boulder. He has published over a dozen peer reviewed articles and book chapters, and he has won grants and fellowships from the National Science Foundation, American Philosophical Society, and School for Advanced Research among other funders. Weiner conducts archaeological fieldwork on the Navajo Nation and elsewhere throughout the Four Corners and has just begun a new field project with the Schaghticoke Tribe in Connecticut.

Link to Join Webinar

https://fortlewis.zoom.us/j/97612418790

Meeting ID: 976 1241 8790

Room 33 – Chaco Canyon’s Room with a View into the Past

Phillip Tuwaletstiwa’s DNA story, Room 33 – Chaco Canyon’s Room with a View into the Past, produced by Larry Ruiz and Cloudy Ridge Productions, is available on YouTube here:

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.

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