Upcoming Events

March 28, 2024

Education Outreach at the Española Public Library
Thursday, March 28th, 2024, 1 pm until 4 pm, free!

March 30, 2024

Governor's Easter Bash
Saturday, March 30th, 2024

April 10, 2024

Tewa Decorated Types Produced during the “Historic” Period: Trends and Connections
OAS Brown Bag talk by C. Dean Wilson (OAS Research Associate) at the CNMA, 12:00 noon, free!

April 12, 2024

Fort Stanton State Monument
Friday, April 12th through Saturday, April 13th, 2024
Cost of trip: $135


April 24, 2024

Journey to the Stone Lions
OAS Brown Bag talk by OAS graphic artist Scott Jaquith at the CNMA, 12:00 noon, free!

Exploring the Gallina Country (SOLD OUT)

April 28, 2018


Saturday, April 28, 2018
Cost of trip: FOA members: $85, non-FOA members: $95

On Saturday, April 28, 2018, Mike Bremer, Forest Service archaeologist for the Santa Fe National Forest, will lead an all-day tour of the Gallina area in northwestern New Mexico.

The Gallina people entered this area, possibly en masse, in the late 12th- or early 13th-century. They lived in small farming villages in both pithouses and surface dwellings, both of which will be visited on this tour. They also built towers which are viewed as having a defensive, and possibly a spiritual, context. We will visit sites in the Llaves Valley including Nogales Cliff House, Rattlesnake Ridge, and other sites in the Mesa Golondrina area. These people chose to live in a very rugged, but also very beautiful, region which was entirely depopulated by 1300 AD. Possible reasons for this sudden depopulation will be discussed while visiting the various living structures.

This trip is rated as moderate to strenuous in difficulty, with the longest walking being 2.5 miles, round trip, with the first 1.25 miles being uphill with a rugged trail and relatively steep change in elevation.

For more information or to make reservations, call (505) 982-7799, ext. 6, after 7 am, starting March 27. The cost will be $85 for FOA members and $95 for non-FOA members.

Please check back on this website and the Museum of New Mexico Foundation's Friends of Archaeology website for updates.