Join us for an opportunity to meet internationally acclaimed ethno-anthropologist Dr. David E. Stuart, hear some remarks, enjoy refreshments, and purchase a signed copy of his newest book published by UNM Press. His book is an original look at the gardens and gardeners of the Chacoan World and explores the ecological, demographic, and human dynamics that led to Chaco’s rise and fall from its early beginnings in the 500s AD to its decline during the 1100s AD. Focused on a world in which clusters of individual gardening families played a key role in creating an incipient urbanism in the Southwest, Dr. Stuart argues that without these accomplished gardening families and their agricultural innovations, there never would have been a “Chaco Phenomenon.”

Event co-sponsored by the UNM Department of Anthropology and University of New Mexico Press Free. For more information and to share visit the Museum's website and Facebook Event page.  * Registration on our Eventbrite page here is not required but appreciated *