Archaeology Café: Early Navajos, Tree-Rings, and Warfare in the Dinétah Heartland
The protohistoric and early historic periods were times of conflict in the northern Southwest.
Contact: Doug Gann
EVENT: Early Navajos, Tree-Rings, and Warfare in the Dinétah Heartland
DATE/TIME: Tuesday, April 6, 2010 at 6:00 p.m.
LOCATION: Casa Vicente, 375 S. Stone Avenue, Tucson, AZ.
ADMISSION: Free and open to the community—all are welcome. Seating is open and unreserved. Guests are encouraged to support our host, Casa Vicente, by buying their own food and drinks.
The Center for Desert Archaeology and Casa Vicente invite all to the next meeting of Archaeology Café, a casual, happy hour-style discussion forum dedicated to promoting community engagement with cultural and scientific research.
The April 2010 meeting of Archaeology Café will convene on Tuesday, April 6. Our presenter will be Dr. Ronald H. Towner, Associate Research Professor at the Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research at the University of Arizona. The development of a Spanish colony in the Rio Grande Valley had serious economic and social impacts. In the Navajo heartland of Dinétah, the ripples of these impacts were felt for many decades and contributed to the development of the Navajo Nation as we know it today. Using tree-ring and archaeological data collected over the past twenty years, Ron will discuss Early Navajo responses to changes in their social and physical environments.
Come settle in with a drink and a plate of delicious tapas at downtown Tucson’s own Casa Vicente. We usually meet on the first Tuesday of each month from September through May at 6:00 p.m.; presentations begin at 6:15 p.m. Seating is open on a first-come, first-served basis—be ready to make new acquaintances! Our forum opens with a brief, informal presentation on a timely or even controversial topic, followed by a question and answer period and a short break. Our moderator then commences spirited but focused discussion.
The Center for Desert Archaeology videotapes these events and streams them on our website, www.cdarc.org, for the benefit of the community and our more distant supporters and friends. More information on the international science café movement that inspired us to host Archaeology Café is available at www.sciencecafes.org.
More information on Dr. Towner is available here.
March 22nd, 2010 at 12:41 pm
[...] The April 2010 meeting of Archaeology Café will convene on Tuesday, April 6. Our presenter will be Dr. Ronald H. Towner, Associate Research Professor at the Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research at the University of Arizona. The development of a Spanish colony in the Rio Grande Valley had serious economic and social impacts. In the Navajo heartland of Dinétah, the ripples of these impacts were felt for many decades and contributed to the development of the Navajo Nation as we know it today. Using tree-ring and archaeological data collected over the past twenty years, Ron will discuss Early Navajo responses to changes in their social and physical environments. more… [...]