Cliff Polychrome (Roosevelt Red Ware/Salado polychrome) bowl (23705) recovered from Kinishba (AZ V:4:1[ASM]).
When
A six-part series taught by Dr. Patrick D. Lyons, director, curator, and professor of anthropology.
Wednesdays
Jan 28, Feb 4, 11, 18, 25, Mar 4, 2026
10:00 a.m. - Noon (Arizona time)
Zoom only
The Hopi, who have maintained many of their ancient practices while deftly navigating the dramatic changes of the last 500 years, are among the world’s most fascinating and most studied people. This master class will introduce you to the archaeology, anthropology, and history of the Hopi people, answer questions, and dispel myths.
Migration is the central theme of Hopi oral tradition and archaeological evidence lends strong support to the notion that Hopi ancestors migrated through many parts of the US Southwest and were key players in large-scale social transformations. This course will focus on three related topics: the Hopi people as an ethnolinguistic community composed of many different social groups; Hopi claims of affiliation with many different archaeological cultures (e.g., Anasazi, Mogollon, Hohokam); and correlations between archaeological evidence of ancient events in the U.S. Southwest and Hopi oral accounts of their past.
Session 1
Hopi culture (origins, socio-political organization, religion, economy) and aboriginal territory.
Session 2
Hopi concepts of their ancestors and archaeological units of analysis (archaeological cultures).
Session 3
First case study in Ancestral Hopi archaeology: the Hopi Mesas, the Homol'ovi Settlement Cluster (near present-day Winslow, Arizona), and the rise of katsina ceremonialism.
Session 4
Second case study in Ancestral Hopi archaeology: the depopulation of the western Four Corners Region and the role of Hopi ancestors in the origin and spread of the Salado Phenomenon.
Session 5
Third case study in Ancestral Hopi archaeology: The Kayenta Migration to Point of Pines
Session 6
Fourth case study in Ancestral Hopi archaeology: The Kayenta Migration to the San Pedro River Valley
About Your Instructor
Patrick D. Lyons, Ph.D., RPA, is Director and Curator of Collections at the Arizona State Museum and Professor of Anthropology in the School of Anthropology at the University of Arizona. Dr. Lyons earned his BA (1991) and MA (1992) in anthropology at the University of Illinois, Chicago. In 2001, he received his Ph.D. in anthropology from the University of Arizona. Dr. Lyons's research focuses on ancient migrations in the U.S. Southwest, the use of ceramics in understanding the lives of ancient peoples, the use of tribal oral tradition in archaeological studies, and the archaeology, history, ethnography, and ethnohistory of the Hopi people. See Dr. Lyons’s full bio and list of publications here: https://profiles.arizona.edu/person/plyons
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$200 ASM members or $250 non members
(amount paid over $180 is tax deductible)
Contact Darlene Lizarraga to register: dfl@arizona.edu.