NEXT MEETING: Wednesday, March 19, 2025, 6:00 PM VIA ZOOM: the next GCAS general meeting features GCAS member (and past president!) Kyle Meredith, who will present an informal slideshow of his & Josh’s recent travels in Mexico titled, Prehispanic Mexico—Someplace Else. Kyle describes, "Did you want to see another presentation about the Maya or Aztecs? This isn't it. Are you interested in the Flower World of Mesoamerica and how it relates to the SW/NW? Sorry. This is an in-depth examination of the genetics of Paquime—not! What you are going to see is a tourist-eye view of a couple of sites and cultures you might not have heard of. If I were an academic with credentials, you could expect to learn something more than you already know, but that's not me. Lower your expectations and sit back and enjoy a slideshow of some pretty cool architecture and artifacts. You can even butt in with your two-cents worth from time to time as long as we don't belabor any points. Who am I? My name's Kyle. That's all you need to know." Watch this space, your email inbox, and your monthly newsletter for when the Zoom link becomes available.

NEXT FIELD TRIP: Sunday, March 2, 2025: The next GCAS field trip will visit the Woodrow Site, one of the largest and best-protected sites in the area, led by its site steward, the GCAS's own Greg Conlin. Meet at 10:00 AM sharp at the Chuck's Folly gas station on the west side of Hwy 180 in Cliff, about a 35-minute drive westbound on Hwy 180 from Silver City and a short distance before the junction of Hwy 180 and Hwy 211. Wear sturdy shoes and weed proof clothes, and pack sun protection, water, and a sack lunch if desired. Before you go, read this Archaeology Southwest article to learn more about the significance of this site. As always, to protect sensitive sites like this one we limit this field trip to GCAS members and those guests who can accompany the GCAS member in their vehicle. Let's go!

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Photo Goodness

124 - maybe-shaman  detail. See pic 17 Cache in the cliff - photo by K.MeredithSome minor dusting and cleaning was in order for the photo archives on our GCAS website.

The Gallery page: We've added to the scrolling gallery a couple dozen more photos of GCAS field trips, excavations, and special events. You can enjoy all 58 of them in two different ways: (1) use the arrows on the narrow scroll bar just underneath the string of photos to go back and forth looking at the photos in smaller size. Hovering your cursor over each photo will reveal a short caption; or (2) click on any photo to open it to full-screen size, then hover your cursor over the right-hand or left-hand portion of the photo to reveal a large white triangle/arrow that will take you to the next (or previous) photo in the lineup. Click the tiny black "X" in the far upper right corner of any enlarged photo to return to the Gallery page.

Photo Albums: We included more photos to each of our 7 existing albums. Thanks go to all our GCAS members who have generously contributed their photos of area events, GCAS field trips, and meetings. Please continue! And most recently...

...We created a new photo album entitled "Independent Study." This is where GCAS members are invited to contribute photos from their own travels into archaeology, history, and ecology in the US Southwest and further afield. This photo sharing is especially important during these times when official GCAS field trips are curtailed and the membership is thirsty for exploration. We would love everyone to share photos of where they've been and what they've seen, whether it has been upon a recent trip or one from the past. Include some explanatory text or photo captions and we can turn it into a blog post as well.

You can visit each and every one of the GCAS photo albums by clicking on "Gallery" at the top of the Home page and then following any of the links appearing below the photos in the scrolling gallery. Have fun, now.

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