2025 Field Trip to City of Rocks
August 3, 2025, found an intrepid group of 15 GCAS members visiting assorted sites within the City of Rocks State Park, under the guidance of archaeologist Bob Stokes PhD.* Dr.… 2025 Field Trip to City of Rocks
Congratulations to Picuris Pueblo
Long-time followers of this here blog know how highly the GCAS values scientific advances of all kinds, especially science that applies to the study of archaeology in our region. Especially-especially,… Congratulations to Picuris Pueblo
New YouTube Video from Geoarchaeologist Dave Rachal
Dave Rachal PhD of Tierra Vieja Consulting in Las Cruces New Mexico has linked us to his new 11-minute YouTube video discussion of the complexities surrounding the interpretation of the… New YouTube Video from Geoarchaeologist Dave Rachal
An Intriguing Zoom Presentation
Thursday, January 16, 2025: FREE online via Zoom, 7:00-8:30PM (ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time): Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for Thought” program presents If the Shoe Fits: Subarctic-style Moccasins and… An Intriguing Zoom Presentation
A Special Gift to the GCAS
The GCAS is thrilled to have received a donation from archaeologist, Harvard professor, and founder of the Mimbres Foundation, Steven LeBlanc PhD. Dr. LeBlanc wanted the GCAS’s educational experiential workshops… A Special Gift to the GCAS
Congratulations to Coinman Recipient Jonah Jankovik!
Jonah Jankovik, a graduate student in Anthropology at Eastern New Mexico University, was one of two recipients of the GCAS’s Nancy Coinman Grant Awards in 2021. We awarded Jonah $1000… Congratulations to Coinman Recipient Jonah Jankovik!
BREAKING: Danielle Romero Tapped as New Director of WNMU Museum
Here is some news we’ve all been waiting for! We are thrilled to report that Danielle Romero – our longtime friend, Mimbres scholar, and the GCAS’s 2020 Coinman Grant Award… BREAKING: Danielle Romero Tapped as New Director of WNMU Museum
Human Migration Patterns, DNA, and Vikings
Readers of this here blog know that our basic policy is to focus upon archaeological developments in our own region because there’s certainly plenty of it. However, readers also know… Human Migration Patterns, DNA, and Vikings
2021’s First GCAS Field Trip!
It’s been a long time coming – 16 months to be exact – but the GCAS field trip program is gradually reemerging from its Pandemic Pause. Our group jumped at… 2021’s First GCAS Field Trip!
Following Pat Gilman, Mimbres Archaeologist
Pat Gilman had no idea that she wanted to be an archaeologist until she took an anthropology class as an undergraduate. Even then, all she knew was that she liked… Following Pat Gilman, Mimbres Archaeologist