Southwest Archaeology Lectures

In the early 60s, scholars like Emil Haury made tremendous progress in re-discovering and interpreting Hohokam, Mimbres, and Salado cultural traditions. Their hard work and dedicated careers opened the flood gates to well funded excavation projects that would later inspire young scholars to continue their search in cultural anthropology. As we fast forward to 2024, archaeology in the American Southwest has come a very long way since these early exploration and pioneer days. When Haury published his book on the Snaketown excavations, we learned about possible connections to the Mesoamerican cultural sphere–still there were many unanswered questions. Thankfully, scholars such as Dr. Michael Mathiowetz, Paul Minis, and others have answered previous unknown questions while digging deeper into cross-cultural social dynamics and religous belief systems using iconography from prehistory and modernity.

In this blog post I wanted to share some recent video lectures that will help you–the reader in better understanding the material remains and cultural traditions on prehistoric Southwest cultures.