What happened to them and what lessons can we learn from the resilient survivors of the Chaco Anasazi?
Ancient hunter/gatherers in the American Southwest first learned to become farmers, then later attained the knowledge and power to create North America’s grandest regional society, the Chaco-Anasazi… only to go on to lose all that they had created! After two centuries of hardship and change, the descendents of Chaco came to the Southwest’s rivers. Among those that survived, fundamental transformations led to the Pueblo communities we know today. Their skills at survival, and the socio-economic principles which underlie their communities, provide important lessons for modern America.
Cost: Only $49 , 3 Thursdays, Sep 13-27, 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
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Presented by David E. Stuart, Ph.D., author, Associate Provost and Professor of Anthropology at the University of New Mexico. Dr. Stuart’s most recent book is The Ecuador Effect. His major works include Prehistoric New Mexico, Glimpses of the Ancient Southwest, Anasazi America, The Guaymas Chronicles and Zone of Tolerance.
In recent years he has been an invited lecturer at dozens of universities including the University of Edinburgh, London and the Sorbonne in Paris. His biography appears in Who’s Who in the West, Who’s Who is America, and Who’s Who in the World.
