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Taos Archaeological Society?
Welcome Back Everyone to Face to Face Lectures
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The Fall 2024 Program will be held at the Kit Carson Board Room at 7pm.
November 4, 2024
Matthew J. Martinez
Executive Director, Mesa Prieta Petroglyph Project
Matthew J. Martinez currently serves as the Executive Director of the Mesa Prieta Petroglyph Project, a nonprofit in northern New Mexico whose mission is focused on land stewardship and educational outreach. He is a former First Lieutenant Governor of Ohkay Owingeh, an Emmy award-winning documentary film producer and has an established career as an educator. Martinez previously served as Professor of Pueblo Indian Studies at Northern New Mexico College where he taught for 10 years courses on Indigenous History and New Mexico History. He received his Ph.D. in 2008 from the University of Minnesota in American Studies and American Indian Studies, and M.A. in 2000 from Arizona State University in Political Science and a B.A. in Political Science from the University of New Mexico in 1997. He is a proud father of a 15 year old son, Malachi, who currently attends the Santa Fe Indian School.
Title: Geographies of the Sacred
Former Ohkay Owingeh Governor Herman Agoyo once remarked, “to us, these petroglyphs are not the remnants of some long-lost civilization that has been dead for many years…they are part of our living culture. What is stored in the petroglyphs is not written in any book or to be found in any library. We need to return to them to remind us of who we are and where we came from, and to teach our sons and daughters of it.” This talk will draw upon landscapes and rock images that reflect movement and living histories. Despite an ongoing misrepresentation of being non-literate, Indigenous people have always been skilled at documenting stories. Tewa people view themselves within a larger ecological system interconnected to all things living. Mesa Prieta or Tsikwaye is one example of a vast landscape comprised of more than 100,000 petroglyphs and archaeological features that date back thousands of years. Located on the northern Rio Grande region, this place is embedded in stories that are foundational to sharing New Mexico histories and beyond.
SUNDAY DECEMBER 8 TAS WINTER Pot Luck
St. James Episcopal Church on Gusdorf Road
5:00pm-7:00pm
Bring your favorite Seasonal dish or dessert. Wine, Beer, Juice and Water Provided. Watch for the Address in your emails.
Cuba
March 18-26, 2025
Tuesday March 18
Depart ABQ
Arrive Miami
Wednesday March 19
Depart Miami
Arrive Havana
Walking Tour
Inglaterra
Central Park
Thursday March 20
Cuban Art Museum
Capitolio
Grand Teatro
Bacardi Building
Market
Friday March 21
Day trip to Vinales
Soroa Gardens
Tobacco Farm
Saturday March 22
Cristobal Colon Cemetery
Parque John Lennon
Plaza of the Revolution
Sunday March 23
Museum of the Revolution
El Morro
Beach
Monday March 24
Santaria Tour
Callejon de Hammel
Fuster Art Studio
Hotel Nacional
Tuesday March 25
Hemingway House Museum
Cojimar
Wednesday March 26
Depart Havana
Arrive ABQ
Trip Cost: $2950.00
Cost includes: All hotels (double occupancy) (single supplement $325.00), all meals (except travel days), Cuban visa, Cuban Health insurance, all ground transportation, all transfers, entrance fees, guiding and gratuities.
Not included RT ABQ To Havana, hotel in Miami, all beverages, meals on travel days.
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History of Taos Archaeological Society Project
An effort is currently underway to build a historical timeline of TAS events and history! We need your help!
The Taos Archaeological Society has operated for 34 years. In that time, many documents have been produced. Unfortunately, TAS does not have a complete record of documents produced and distributed.
We are in need of documents/publications that date from September 1999 through February 2014.
You can help by contributing:
Past bulletins, meeting minutes, financial statements, member lists, and other communications.
Thank you for your continued support of the Taos Archaeological Society.
For more information, or to send documents, please contact Paul Mcguff at pmcguff@aol.com
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