Dr. Fumi Arakawa, Associate Director of Research at Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology and Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology, has invited the general public to the Geronimo Springs Museum in Truth or Consequences on Saturday, June 21, 2025, when about 15 students from Indiana University/Bloomington will present the findings of their 2025 fieldwork at the Twin Pines Village site in the Gila National Forest. From 11:00AM to 2:00PM, each of Dr. Arakawa's student crew will present their individual research projects at the Geronimo Springs Museum. To see more details, either click on the photo on the right to enlarge, or download the flyer here to open in a new window: Download 2025 IU Field School

Please join the community in celebrating the IU 2025 field school students' hard work and discoveries!

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From April 6 through April 8, 2025, the GCAS embarked upon our first overnight field trip in several years. A fine time was had by all 9 participants thanks to field trip coordinators Eduardo Argüello and Torie Grass. Our group enjoyed excursions to the petroglyphs and pueblo site at Lyman Lake State Park as well as a special guided minibus tour from the Casa Malpais Museum in Springerville to the archaeological site of Casa Malpais itself.

Sunday, April 6, through Tuesday, April 8, 2025: the next GCAS field trip will be a long weekend exploring Hopi petroglyphs, two archaeological sites, and a regional museum in the Lyman Lake State Park/Springerville AZ area. Lyman Lake features an easy loop trail of about 1/2 mile to petroglyph panels encircling a small hill overlooking the lake; and a well-interpreted, easy-access archaeological site at Rattlesnake Point, a quick drive or bike ride from the main campground. We can arrange a get-together on Monday 4/7 to view these 2 sites if people prefer.

Wednesday thru Sunday, April 23-27, 2025, Denver, CO: it's the SAA's 90th annual meeting with forums and presentations galore, including topics like Avocational Archaeology in the Twenty-First Century: Volunteers as Lifelong Learners and Researchers scheduled for Thursday, April 24, 2025: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM, Plaza, FORUM- Governor's Sq. 12; and Continued Work on the Ray Robinson Collection: The Perishable Assemblages from Bonita Creek Cave Cache and Hackberry Ranch Sites in Southeastern Arizona (Session: Modern Methods in the American Southwest) scheduled for Saturday, April 26, 2025: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM, Tower, Tower Court B. All registration details, schedules, and updates are here. Denver is lovely in the spring!

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In addition to the Jornada Research Institute’s ongoing excavations at Creekside Village during the winter 2025 season, the JRI's series of in-person presentations for March 2025 includes:

Tuesday, March 4, in Mountainair: Archaeoastronomy Associations of the Great Kiva at Creekside Village by Dave Greenwald; contact Dave at [email protected] or 575-430-8854 for details of times and specific location.

Wednesday, March 19, in Albuquerque: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act one-day class by Jeffery Hanson; contact Jeffery directly at [email protected] or 817-658-5544 for registration fees and other details.

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Sunday, April 6, through Tuesday, April 8, 2025: this GCAS field trip will be a long weekend exploring Hopi petroglyphs, two archaeological sites, and a regional museum in the Lyman Lake State Park/Springerville AZ area. Lyman Lake features an easy loop trail of about 1/2 mile to petroglyph panels encircling a small hill overlooking the lake; and a well-interpreted, easy-access archaeological site at Rattlesnake Point, a quick drive or bike ride from the main campground. We can arrange a get-together on Monday 4/7 to view these 2 sites if people prefer.

In addition to the Jornada Research Institute’s ongoing excavations at Creekside Village during the winter 2025 season, the JRI's series of in-person presentations includes:

Saturday, February 15, in El Paso: Archaeoastronomy Associations of the Great Kiva at Creekside Village by Dave Greenwald;

Tuesday, February 18, in Alamogordo: Archaeoastronomy Associations of the Great Kiva at Creekside Village by Dave Greenwald;

Tuesday, March 4, in Mountainair: Archaeoastronomy Associations of the Great Kiva at Creekside Village by Dave Greenwald;

Please contact Dave Greenwald at [email protected] or 575-430-8854 for details of times and locations for all presentations listed above.

Wednesday, March 19, in Albuquerque: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act one-day class by Jeffery Hanson; contact Jeffery directly at [email protected] or 817-658-5544 for registration fees and other details.

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In addition to the Jornada Research Institute’s ongoing excavations at Creekside Village during the winter 2025 season, the JRI is offering a series of in-person presentations including:

Tuesday, January 21, in Alamogordo: Gypsum Overlook – An Early Archaic Period Structural Site in Tularosa Basin by Matt Cuba;

Saturday, February 15, in El Paso: Archaeoastronomy Associations of the Great Kiva at Creekside Village by Dave Greenwald;

Tuesday, February 18, in Alamogordo: Archaeoastronomy Associations of the Great Kiva at Creekside Village by Dave Greenwald;

Tuesday, March 4, in Mountainair: Archaeoastronomy Associations of the Great Kiva at Creekside Village by Dave Greenwald;

Please contact Dave Greenwald at [email protected] or 575-430-8854 for details of times and locations for all presentations listed above.

Wednesday, March 19, in Albuquerque: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act one-day class by Jeffery Hanson; contact Jeffery directly at [email protected] or 817-658-5544 for registration fees and other details.

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Thursday-Saturday, January 16-18, 2025, in Nuevo Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, Mexico: join the 19th Biennial Southwest Symposium coordinated by Michael Searcy and José Luis Punzo Díaz at the Hotel Hacienda, Av. Benito Juárez 2603, Centro, 31700 Nuevo Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, Mexico beginning 7:00PM on Thursday through 11:00AM Sunday GMT. $50-75.

A photo of Paquimé, located near the Southwest Symposium Conference location,
with tours planned for Sunday (photo from Wikimedia Commons).

Consider an excursion to Tucson on Saturday, December 28, 2024, 8-11AM FREE (tho all gifts appreciated): Tucson's Archaeology Day offers FREE activities and demonstrations at Mission Garden, 946 W. Mission Lane,Tucson AZ. Every fourth Saturday of the month Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and Archaeology Southwest representatives come to Mission Garden to teach practical hands-on skills. Kids of all ages can try out fascinating ancient technologies such as etching shell, painting with natural pigments, throwing spears with atlatls, or making their own pinch pots, pendants, petroglyphs, and cordage. For more information visit www.tucsonsbirthplace.org or call 520-955-5200.

Photo of archaeologist Allen Denoyer courtesy of Friends of Mission Garden

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