Join us Tuesday, Jan. 21 at 6:30 p.m. for our newest Armchair Anthropology! 🌵
Enjoy a presentation by Dr. James T. Watson, associate director and curator of bioarchaeology at the @arizonastatemuseum and professor of anthropology at the UA School of Anthropology.
Dr. Watson will discuss how the Sonoran Desert provides a rich bounty of natural resources that sustained indigenous cultures for tens of thousands of years. The introduction of domesticated cultigens, specifically maize (corn), and beginning of farming the desert's fertile waterways was a 'non-event' that was slowly incorporated into existing lifeways.
This talk will take you through the rich cultural tapestry we can reconstruct from the archaeological record from 4,000 years ago to the present and explore how the abundance of the Sonoran Desert continued to be a critical part that sustained Native communities.
