ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND AGRICULTURAL SYMPOSIUM IN THE SOUTHWEST
Recent Work, New Findings, and Traditional Practices
in the Agriculture of the Northern Southwest
BLM State Office
Rodeo Road
Santa Fe, New Mexico
2 - 4 October, 1992
Sponsored by the New Mexico Archaeological Council
The New Mexico Archaeological Council is pleased to announce a
symposium on agriculture. The study of crops and their production
is an ongoing and exciting aspect of the archaeology and anthropology
of the greater Southwest. These topics are, of course, inextricable
from any understanding of how people have lived for the last two or
three millennia in this large area. Because of the dynamic nature
of this field of inquiry, there are always new techniques and results
that have not yet become widely known. The purpose of this symposium
is to allow interested professionals and practitioners to be informed
about new work in the study of managed plant use. The symposium is
organized into four broad topics:
Agricultural Fields and Systems
Organizer: Mr. Tim Maxwell, Office of Archaeological Studies
505-827-6343
Water Control Management
Organizer: Mr. Wolky Toll, Office of Archaeological Studies
505-827-6343
Anasazi Agriculture and Diet
Organizer: Ms. Cherie Scheick, Southwest Archaeological Consultants
505 984-1151
Featured speaker: Deborah A. Muenchrath
Iowa State University
"Maize Productivity and Agroecology:
Effects of Environment and Agricultural
Practices on the Biology of Maize."
Traditional Agricultural Practices
Organizer: Mr. Charles Haecker, Nat'l. Park Service
505-827-6347
We have invited a number of people practicing traditional crop
production to share their results as well as to offer their
perspective on archaeological findings about field and irrigation
systems and prehistoric crops. We also will take advantage of the
presence of a variety of visible remains of prehistoric and
protohistoric agricultural features in the Santa Fe area by
following the two day symposium with a guided field trip to visit
a number of these features.
If you would like more information, please contact one of the
symposium organizers.