* Registration on our Eventbrite here for the in-person lecture is not required but appreciated. Registration on our Zoom here is required to attend remotely *
DR. WADE CAMPBELL (Assistant Professor of Archaeology and Anthropology, Boston University)
Join us for an enlightening event on Indigenous foodways! This in-person lecture will take place at the UNM Maxwell Museum's Hibben Center for Archeology Research, Rm 105, and will be available on Zoom. Following the lecture, join us for light snacks and refreshments then visit our temporary exhibit, "Nothing Left for Me: Federal Policy and the Photography of Milton Snow in Diné Bikéyah."
The Indigenous food sovereignty movement advocates for the reclamation of ancestral foods in Native communities like the Navajo Nation. What can archaeological research offer these discussions? This talk shares the results of a recent project that analyzed ceramic sherds from a ~300+ year old Diné (Navajo) habitation site in the Dinétah region of NW New Mexico. The results of this work provide evidence for a variety of early Navajo food preparation techniques c. 1750 CE, which are both similar to and different from what is done today in Diné communities. How then can we link this historical look at Diné diet with the ongoing food sovereignty movement in Indigenous communities?
This event is co-sponsored by the University of New Mexico's Department of Anthropology and Department of Native American Studies.
