October 8-10, 2026: 23rd Biennial Mogollon Archaeology Conference
The 23rd Biennial Mogollon Archaeology Conference will be held at the at the New Mexico State University Museum in Las Cruces on October 8-10, 2026. Sessions will include presentations by…
Hummingbird Festival – August 1-2, 2026
GCAS will have a booth at the Festival, and we need volunteers to explain the GCAS to the public, show off selected artifacts, and sell used books to support the…
Thursday, July 16, 2026: “The Shapes of Us: Salado Polychrome Pottery and the Kayenta Diaspora in the 1300s and 1400s”
A free online presentation by archaeologist Kathleen Barvick sponsored by the Amerind Museum, Dragoon, Arizona. 1-2pm MST (12-1 pm AZ MST). To register go to https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_99OyiTrrSg-eLyALuy5r8A#/registration or visit www.amerind.org/events. In…
Friday, June 26, 2026, WNMU “Archaeology Fair”
17 students will be presenting research from the 2026 field school at Agape Acres, a Black Mountain phase (AD 1150-1300) community on the NAN Ranch.
June 7, 2026, Field Trip to Agape Acres
31 GCAS members enjoyed an informative visit to this Black Mountain Phase (AD 1200–1300) site in the southern Mimbres Valley led by Dr. Fumi Arakawa and Dr. Danni Romero. Dr.…
May 14-15, 2026, field trip to Mesa Prieta Petroglyph Project
Eight enthusiastic GCAS members traveled to Velarde, New Mexico, in the upper Rio Grande Valley for guided tours of the Mesa Prieta Petroglyph Project on two successive days. The MPPP has…
The Lizard’s Taking Shape
The joint GCAS-IFWEF Back to the Earth garden project moves ahead. Intrepid students from the Mimbres Valley’s San Lorenzo Elementary School visited the work site with their teachers to learn…
February 22, 2026: Potsherd Sorting
Eleven GCAS members and a guest had a grand time on February 22 sorting through FIVE bins of orphan sherds in the GCAS’s library and adjacent lab/workroom at the Mimbres…
February 1, 2026, GCAS Field Trip to Picture Rocks Site
The GCAS’s first field trip of 2026 to an Arenas Valley petroglyph site was an ideal way for folks to stretch their legs and enjoy a clear, cool, sunny day…