Lecture by Dr. Wade Campbell (Boston University)
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?
Co-sponsored by the UNM Department of Anthropology
