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…
Meet Our 2020 Coinman Grant Awards Recipient!
We here at the GCAS are very pleased to announce this year’s recipient of our 2020 Nancy Coinman Grant Awards, Danielle Romero of the University of Nevada at Las Vegas.…
How to Manage a Potsherd Collection
Periodically this here blog addresses the issue of potsherds. We’ve addressed several reasons why today’s avocational archaeologist should leave them wehre they arePeriodically this here blog addresses the issue of…
Another Missing Mimbres Bowl
From the GCAS Library/Archives: No photos of this particular bowl are known to exist, but the following description may be accurate enough that someone may recognize it if they have…
Representation of Color in Mimbres Black-on-White Ceramics
For years, individual archaeologists have proposed that the blue-green color of turquoise was represented by the fine lines (aka hachure) in certain styles of Mimbres bowls, presumably as an appeal…
GCAS Field Trip to Paquimé, Part III
Day 2: May 3, 2018. Shopping day in the artisans’ town of Mata Ortiz. Because the Grant County Archaeological Society embraces art and culture in all its forms. (h/t Marcia…