The modern Pueblo peoples of the American Southwest are from a genetic and cultural lineage that dates all the way back to the Pleistocene. A thousand years ago, the Ancestral Puebloans were the dominant civilization of the high desert. Their multitude of canyon settlements, cliff dwellings, and cities of adobe brick are some of the most impressive archaeological ruins in the world.

Tracing their phases of development from Paleo-Indian to Archaic to Ancestral Puebloan and the early phases of the modern Pueblo culture, we also look at their geographic setting and explore facts about their daily lives, including their habits as hunters and gatherers, then agriculturalists. We discuss their genetics. From the Hopi lands of northeastern Arizona to the Rio Grande Valley of New Mexico, we look at the roots of the Tanoan and Keresan-speaking Pueblos of today. We examine the history of their weaving and pottery and story-telling. Also, the depth of their rituals and religion.

Come join us for an hour of desert sunshine and the breathtaking artifacts of a civilization nearly 11,000 years old!

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