Wednesday, April 19, 2023: the GCAS meets at 2045 Memory Lane in Silver City, New Mexico. Light refreshments provided; OK to bring your own light snacks or handy meal (burrito, etc.) and beverage if desired. Doors open at 5:00 PM for socializing. Meeting starts at 5:30PM sharp with a super-short business meeting followed at 5:45PM by this month's Featured Speaker: historian, award-winning author, and GCAS member Carolyn O’Bagy Davis. Carolyn is a fourth-generation descendant of Utah pioneers who has written 16 books on the history of archaeology, quilting, and Southwestern history. So far. When taking breaks from writing, she has curated numerous traveling museum exhibits. Please join us as Carolyn reintroduces our group to Bert and Hattie Cosgrove, avocational archaeologists who were very active in our area during the 20th Century and who were instrumental in documenting and preserving a number of local sites, including Treasure Hill in the Arenas Valley. As Carolyn describes in Hattie Cosgrove: Pioneer Mimbres Archaeologist:
Upon her first visit to the Gila Cliff Dwellings in 1907, Hattie Cosgrove was captivated by the amazing traces of a vanished culture. With her husband, she began digging in local sites, but soon realized that random digging was destroying sites and the valuable information they contain. Hattie and Burt visited professional archaeological excavations and studied to learn scientific archaeological practices. In 1923, the couple was hired to excavate Mimbres sites for the Peabody Museum at Harvard, going on to later work at Stallings Island, Pendleton, and Awatovi. Hattie Cosgrove, considered the first female to work professionally as an archaeologist, followed her vocation to the end of her life. She wrote, “My heart is in the work.”
Expect our April 19 meeting to adjourn about 7:00PM. In order to offer our members a safe and comfortable experience the GCAS follows CDC and New Mexico Department of Health guidelines for indoor gatherings including masking, distancing, and vaccinations. We recommend all attendees follow the same.
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