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Southwestern Roots in Central Mexico
4,000 Years of Cultural Interaction

A free lecture series culminating in the travel tour Tucson, Tula & Tlaxcala: 4,000 Years of Cultural Interaction June 7-16, 2008

About the Speakers

Lectures in the Series

Saturday, December 8, 2007
Agave Beverages in Hospitality, Feasting, and Ritual Traditions of Ancient Mesoamerica and the Borderlands, a lecture by ASM archaeologist Suzanne Fish at the Western National Park Association in Oro Valley.

Thursday, February 7, 2008
Majolica Pottery in New Spain, a lecture by archaeology professor Patricia Fournier from the Escuela Nactional de Antropología e Historia at the Amerind Foundation, Dragoon, AZ.

Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Local Adaptations of Majolica Pottery in Sinaloa, a lecture by archaeology professor Patricia Fournier from the Escuela Nactional de Antropología e Historia in Mexico at the UA Department of Anthropology.

Saturday, March 1, 2008
Mesoamerican Style and Symbolism in Hohokam Architecture and Artifacts, a lecture by ASM archaeologist Paul Fish at Arizona State Museum.

Thursday, April 17, 2008
Mexican Popular Culture on Both Sides of the Border, a lecture by UA history professor William H. Beezley at the Arizona Historical Society in Tucson.

Monday, April 28, 2008
Natural Resources and the Law in Hispanic Arizona and New Mexico, a lecture by ASM ethnohistorian Michael M. Brescia at the Arizona Historical Society in Tucson. Lecture Outline

About the Speakers

AHC logoThis lecture series was made possible in part by a grant from the Arizona Humanities CouncilOpens in a new window and was designated a "We the People" project by the National Endowment for the Humanities.