NEXT MEETING: Wednesday, November 20, 2024, 6:00 PM: Please join the GCAS as we move to our wintertime location - the clubhouse at 2045 Memory Lane in Silver City, New Mexico. Our November meeting is our GCAS annual meeting so bring your questions, opinions, and votes (!) as we elect two new members to our board of directors. No potluck during the winter months but some light refreshments will be on offer. We will follow our typically brief business meeting with our Featured Speaker, NMSU graduate student in Anthropology, Tuesday Critz, who will discuss her ongoing research at Cottonwood Spring Pueblo (LA 175): Ceramic Exchange in a Multiethnic Community during the El Paso Phase (AD 1275/1300 – 1450). Tuesday indicates her research is in its early stages so the GCAS is being treated to a sneak preview. Please join us for our annual meeting and to learn more about Tuesday and her work.

NEXT FIELD TRIP: November 3, 2024: Marilyn Markel will lead GCAS members and their guests on this month's field trip to two sites - a Mimbres site and the nearby Terry Canyon Village pithouse site. Meet at 10:00 am sharp at the Mimbres Ranger Station on Hwy 35 at about mile marker 11. The large Georgetown phase pithouse site is a steep/rough hike but worth it. Those who don't hike to the top of the hill can wait below at the pleasant pine forest by the Mimbres site where we will eat lunch. Please be aware November 3 is the start of Daylight Saving Time when clocks are turned back an hour. As always, in order to protect sensitive archaeological sites we limit our field trips to GCAS members and their guests who can ride in the member's car. See you there and, mind the time!

Three Upcoming Events
National Archaeology Day Soon Coming!

Upcoming Events

The next several weeks are chock-full of archaeologically flavored events and activities, and one of them offers an opportunity for you (yes, you!) to help introduce local schoolchildren to experience hands-on education in ancient pottery techniques:

Friday, September 27, 2024, 9:30AM to 12:00PM Noon at the WNMU Museum in Silver City: the San Lorenzo Elementary School's 4th and 5th grade classes, guided by the GCAS's own Marilyn Markel, visit the WNMU Museum for a morning or education and activities, immediately followed by a pizza lunch for the kids and all other participants in a nearby outdoor area. Marilyn Markel is seeking two volunteers to help at the Museum and to enjoy a slice of pizza afterwards. Please telephone Marilyn directly at 575-536-9337 to help out and for extra details.

And for your own personal entertainment, there is:

Saturday, October 19, 2024, 10:00AM to 3:00PM, at the Mimbres Culture Heritage Site in Mimbres, NM: the MCHS celebrates National Archaeology Day with guided site tours, tales of local legends, and activities for the whole family. Immediately following, from 4:00PM to 5:00PM at the Roundup Lodge, Marilyn Markel will present Apaches on the Mimbres and the Story of the Captive Boy, Santiago McKinn. Santiago McKinn's later residence has recently been located at a Mimbres Valley historic/archaeological site so this is a talk you won't want to miss. Telephone Marilyn directly at 575-536-9337 with any questions.

For even more online and in-person action, always check out the long list of upcoming activities happening all over the place, condensed for you on the GCAS Events page on this here website.

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