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GCAS volunteers offer regular indoor and outdoor tours open to the general public, as well as frequently providing educational programs to local schoolchildren throughout the county. All visitors learn the history and prehistory of the Mattocks Ruin at the Mimbres Culture Heritage Site, and in the process they sometimes even discover how deeply their own family’s roots go in the area!

Marilyn Markel starts the tour
Las Cruces students arrive at MCHS
Las Cruces student gets good air with atlatl
San Lorenzo School field trip at the Mimbres River
William Hudson guides a group along the trails of the Mattocks Ruin
GCAS member Kyle Meredith guides a field trip to Dragonfly petroglyphs
Eric Blinman welcomes the public for Archaeology Day at MCHS 2016
Archaeology Day Atlatl demonstration
Hurley students learning about the site’s structures and artifacts where they stand.
Hurley students take turns grinding corn using a mano on a metate.
Hurley students the Mimbres River, learning about the region’s flora and fauna.
Hurley students inspect the to-scale model of the Mattocks ruin, fabricated by the GCAS’s own William Hudson.
Hurley students viewing the MCHS exhibit of reproductions of Mimbres ceramics, fashioned from gourds.
GCAS past-president Marilyn Markel leads a Gila River Festival tour of the Mattocks Ruin.
The GCAS and the MCHS offer archaeological talks to the public.
GCAS past-president Marilyn Markel adds information to the tour.
September is an excellent time for anyone to visit the Mimbres Culture Heritage Site.
Captured at the moment the atlatl releases the spear. Excellent form by Las Cruces student.
Kalab teaches area students about archaic tools.
GCAS past-president Marilyn Markel leads Las Cruces students on a tour of the Mattocks Archaeological Site.
GCAS past-president Marilyn Markel guides students and adds to the history of the Mattocks Ruin and the Mimbres Culture Heritage Site.
Las Cruces student learns how to enhance throwing range.
Las Cruces student likes this atlatl action.
Junior Site Steward program participants head outdoors for on-site training
GCAS member Josh Reeves shows Aldo Leopold students how to make cordage from yucca
Junior Site Stewards place flags to locate artifacts and record their findings
Another student sketches potsherds
Junior Site Steward learns documentation skills
GCAS past President Marilyn Markel gives an archaeological lecture to Junior Site Stewards at the San Lorenzo School.
Ronald and Whalyn sketch potsherds in situ
GCAS past President Marilyn Markel presents artifacts to the Junior Site Stewards at San Lorenzo School.
San Lorenzo 3rd and 4th Graders Receive Site Steward Certificates
Smokey The Cat is the MCHS’s Official Greeter, Calendar Model, and Pest Control Expert