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The Atlanteans aren't the only statues to admire among the ruins of Tula. If there were any figures in Toltec artistry that could contrast the Atlanteans, it would be the chacmools.  The Atlanteans stand boldly against the skyline - a rigid, stern, militaristic troop of sentries maintaining watch atop their pyramid.  The chacmools, however, recline randomly within the shadows of the ancient city

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From atlantislinks.com Although the Toltec city of Tula has many notable and fascinating features (some of which we’ll visit on this tour), the city’s watermark is undoubtedly the colossal Atlanteans that maintain their silent vigil atop the platform of Pyramid B.  These four rigid telamons with their severe, chiseled forms and hauntingly stern expressions, command the eye’s focus against a

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Okay, it's December 21, 2011.  365 days from Winter Solstice 2012.  151 days from the Toltec/Aztec New Age as portrayed in EFFIGY.  Only three months from the next Spring Equinox - the date that launches EFFIGY's Equinox Killer into action. As I sit here one year away from the "dreaded" 2012 world end date, how, you may ask, am I feeling.  And I will reply - just fine.  I'm actually looking

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We are now one month away from 2012 - the year of prophecy and hype, which have all but wrenched Mexico and its earliest cultures into the mainstream spotlight. By now the bookstore shelves have been laiden with almost every possible scenerio of fiction that can find a tap into the buzz surrounding the coming new year. Most take a fantastic spin from the slightest prophetic suggestion. Some,

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From britannica.com The name, Temple of Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli (Lord of the House of the Morning Star), is considerably more elaborate than the five-tiered, blunt-topped platform otherwise known as Tula’s Pyramid B.  With Tula’s much larger Pyramid C largely unexcavated, Pyramid B stands as the most promontory feature of the Tula ruins.  It’s no wonder why the ancient Toltec capital is so often

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From revemexicain.com Just northwest of Mexico City lies the ruins of Tula.  Crowning an abrupt promontory that rises above the juntion of the Rio Rosas and Rio Tula and their respective marshes, the site is thought to be the ancient Toltec capital of Tollan, or “place of reeds.”  Tula replaced the old Toltec capital of Colhuacan when it was founded by the high priest, Ce Acatl Topiltzin

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I know, I know - It's been too long since I've posted anything on this blog.  Shame on me.  So what, you are probably wondering, have I been up too since my last blog entry.  Well, in short - a lot. Have I been out booking signings across the country?  Not really. Have I been mysteriously working with Hollywood to produce a motion picture of EFFIGY?  In my dreams. Have I been across the border

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Amid dozens of temples and ruins that line Teotihuacan’s Avenue of the Dead, exist countless frescoes and other fascinating features that would be too numerous to list here.  However, I can’t complete our tour of this amazing city without pausing at the Pyramid of the Moon. This massive pyramid marks the end of the Avenue of the Dead’s run to the north. The Pyramid of the Moon is slightly

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If you enjoyed the science and mythology presented in EFFIGY, chances are you'll love this month's featured book, 2012 THE FINAL REVELATION.  Author Lisa Flaus has agreed to share with us a little about her debut mystery/thriller and her journey as a writer.  Welcome Lisa!  I love the cover of your book!  Please give us a taste of what's inside! 2012 THE FINAL REVELATION follows two people

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For the traditional sci-fi enthusiast, this month's featured guest is Lawrence Johnson Sr, author of ESCAPE 2 EARTH 2012.   This story provides a thrilling adventure that sweeps the reader across some of Earth's greatest archaeological mysteries all the while encapsulating the heros in an end-of-the-world battle between two alien races.  Piqued your interest?  Read on as Lawrence shares with us

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On May 20th, over 460,000 people flocked to Mexico’s Mesoamerican sites to observe the spring equinox. Many expected to receive purifying charges of energy through solar and other cosmic means. It’s no surprise that the third largest pyramid in the world, Teotihuacan’s Pyramid of the Sun, received the most visitors at a count of 224,000 people which, as you might expect, raised concerns with the

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For the paranormal fans out there, this month's featured author is Sandra Carrington-Smith.  She has agreed to spend a few minutes to share a little about her latest paranormal suspense, THE BOOK OF OBEAH.  I think fans of 2012 prophecies can recognize THE BOOK OF OBEAH'S contribution to the transforming consciousness theme!  As the header of a four-part series, you can bet we'll have much more

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Mysterious, secret tunnels leading to ominously sealed chambers and unknown treasures typically present exciting adventures for fictional heroes such as Indiana Jones, or even Egypt’s renown archaeologist, Dr. Zahi Hawass. They spark my interest too. Which leaves me impatiently waiting to receive news of archaeology’s latest thriller – the tunnel recently discovered beneath Teotihuacan’s Temple

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Okay, so you might not be able to judge a book by its cover, but you can certainly tell if your interest has been piqued by it.  Let me just say the cover of this month's featured book certainly caught my attention!   Anyone who is interested in 2012 will will want to read on as Scott L. Collins has agreed to stop by and introduce us to his 2012 thriller, DAYS' END.  And, while he's here, he

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The very spine of Teotihuacan is the Avenue of the Dead.  Two full miles of it has been excavated and now provides the axis for the pyramids, temples and ruins that the ancient city is now famous for. However, this is only half of the avenue’s true length – a testament to the enormous spread of the city when it was at its peak. It’s hard to imagine that the city visitors see today is only a

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In keeping with the adventurous spirit of Indiana Jones, that action hero who inspires so many of us who love to read along on exciting quests, Bill Craig has created his own lineup of characters for the admiring fan to explore.   One of those characters is Hardluck Hannigan, and Bill has agreed to share a little bit about this fearless character featured in his own six volume-and-counting 

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The ancient city of Teotihuacan made numerous headlines in 2010, ranging from evidence of human bone sculpting to the exciting discovery of a secret passageway beneath one of the city’s major temples. Teotihuacan was also a major site featured in EFFIGY. That’s why I thought I’d turn the spotlight once again on this mysteriously grandiose ruins with a short series of blog tours. I hope you enjoy

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I've had so many comments and compliments on the cover art for EFFIGY that I thought for a change of pace, I'd introduce everyone to the genious behind the one who brought visual life to the book!  This month,  Nancy Donahue discusses the cover of EFFIGY, shares some of her most recent work and entertains questions about an artist's life in general! Hi Nancy, and welcome!  Thank you for taking

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Okay, I admit it.  I'm a sucker for an edge-of-your-seat adventure with a hero I just can't get enough of.  That's why this month I invited Sean Ellis to talk about 'The Adventures of Dodge Dalton' - a new soon-to-be series packed with fast-paced action and unforgetable characters you are sure to love.  The first book in the Dodge Dalton series is 'In the Shadow of Falcon's Wings', an

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Dr. Anthony Peet 5/19/12   Sun Stone From Wikimedia Commons    Between the years 1427 and 1479, the Aztecs carved and dedicated an astronomical basalt monument known today as the Sun Stone. Its face was once vibrantly painted in red, yellow, blue and white, and through a mosaic of hieroglyphs, the Sun Stone highlights the 52 year Calendar Round. With its

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For the 2012 enthusiast, Gary Val Tenuta's best selling thriller, The Ezekiel Code, is sure to please Mayan prophecy expectations - with a biblical twist.  Gary has agreed to share a bit about his book and his experience writing it here with us! Thank you, Gary, for taking the time to share your story with us.  Can you tell us what The Ezekiel Code is about? The Ezekiel

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(Tezcatlipoca from the Codex Borgia) Dr. John Friedman 4/8/12 In the Nahuatl language of the Aztecs, his name translated as the “Smoking Mirror”.  He was associated with the evening star, Venus, jaguars, obsidian, temptation, dissention, death, war and sacrifice, to name a few. He anthropomorphic depictions show him with a face painted in black and yellow paint, and he’s usually missing his

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As summer threatens to wind down with furious promotion of Effigy and work on the next story, I must take this pause to celebrate with a good writing buddy of mine who has made it into the ranks of published authors.  I am excited to announce the release of Rediscovered Trust by KC Sprayberry in the 2010 Passionate Hearts Anthology from Vanilla Hearts Publishing. KC Sprayberry writes that

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Date: Monday, March 12, 2012 From: Shaman Gaspar Subject: Emergency Leadership Meeting To: All Chapter Leaders Chapter Leaders: The Vernal Equinox is upon us. I know this is the time when we are all prepping our members for the Equinox meeting. However, I must ask a great favor of you all. Instead of congregating in Teotihuacan with our fellow members, I’m asking that you all join me in an

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Eva Gaspar 2/10/12 In 900 A.D. a Toltec by the name of Mixcoatl (also known as Cloud Serpent) led his people to the Valley of Mexico.  They settled in a place known as Colhuacan where Mixcoatl’s son, Ce Acatl Topiltzin, was born. There is some debate as to what year Topiltzin was born. Some say he was born in 935 A.D. while others argue it was 947 A.D. Personally, I believe the later date

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Image from http://www.bis.ifc.unam.mx/ Dr. John Friedman 2/01/12 Quetzalcoatl – From the Nahuatl language – Quetzal, referring to the tropical quetzal bird, Coatl, the Nahuatl word for snake or serpent. As a result, Quetzalcoatl is known as the feathered serpent deity of Mesoamerica. The religion of Quetzalcoatl was born out of the ancient city of Teotihuacan in central Mexico and

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11/1/11 Acatzalan Newsletter Pg 4 REMINDERS I hope you all have been making personal preparations for our coming new age. If you have, blessings to you. I am certainly not exempt from these preparations. With that in mind, I wish to remind all of you that I will be unavailable between the dates of November 15 - November 28. During that time, I wish to refer you to your chapter leaders for

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The pinatas are busted, the sombreros have been danced around and the janitors are busy cleaning up the empty margaritas glasses and confetti.  I'm sorry if you missed out on the fun.  Congratulations to the winners of our door prizes and a BIG thank you goes out to all who participated in my release party!  You all helped make this an enjoyable 3 hours!  Happy reading to you all!

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(Quetzalcoatl from the Codex Borbonicus) October 24, 2011 Dr. Anthony Peet Religion is ripe with effigies, from the Christian crucifix to gilded replicas of Buddha, from marble deity statues of ancient Greece to jade and turquoise artifacts pulled from Mexico’s past. It seems that no matter the religion, people have tried to make their gods tangible. The recently discovered Quetzalcoatl effigy

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October 23, 2011 Dr. Anthony Peet (Olmec Effigy from Wikimedia) What is an effigy?  If you dig through the pages of a dictionary, you’ll find effigy basically defined as a three-dimensional object that represents the form of a person. Archaeology defines effigy in a slightly broader sense by including figures of animals. Despite the apparent limitations of what an effigy is, in archaeology an

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From The Campus Chronicle October 10, 2011 by Derek Riesling (Image from Wikimedia Commons) Alright, just admit it. Lately you've found yourself feeling the mid-semester blues. You're in the bottom of a rut, a big rut from which canyon-sized walls of endless classroom hours and homework rise to hem you in. You seek adventure in a movie theater but the reality of your shallow life always

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Preliminary Archaeology Report Pg 3 “Artifact 178UU1000/SAN549AL002" Dr. John R. Friedman September 26, 2011 V. CONDITION OF ARTIFACT Visual observation determines main body to consist of one solid piece of some form of cloudy/ translucent jade or jadeitite manufactured and polished into a feline-like, dragon-shaped head with an open mouth revealing three sets of jagged teeth on each side. Much

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9/15/11 Lori Dewson With the skeleton of The Trader left unexcavated, the only information we have from that grave is limited to the beautiful jade and turquoise effigy. What an intriguing piece of history it is! It’s like nothing ever found in Utah before! The problem is, the effigy raises more questions than answers. It is obvious that this is not a piece of work crafted by the Anasazi. So

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9/8/11 Dr. Anthony Peet One of the hardest things I’ve ever had to do in archaeology was to backfill Lori’s dig.  The amount of work she had accomplished in less than three days was nothing short of remarkable. Though her excavation was small it couldn’t have produced better results had a ground penetrating radar localized the place to dig. How did she do it? How could she have known precisely

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6/12/11 Lori Dewson You should have seen the look on Dr. Peet’s face. I don’t know if he was more surprised by the sight of another Trader petroglyph, or by the efficiency of my test plot. I’m thrilled with my work if I do say so myself. This venture couldn’t have produced more perfect results. I worked hard for it though. The use of remote sensing equipment could have saved me some of the

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6/11/11 Dr. Anthony Peet I’m not sure why I doubted Lori when she said she knew of another Trader petroglyph located in Utah. She’d never given me reason to doubt her before. I suppose I was facing a moment of denial. For two years now I’ve been convinced that The Trader in Chaco was unique, a one of a kind. Nothing like it had been found in the southwest before. Perhaps The Trader represented

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6/8/11 Lori Dewson It wasn’t easy convincing Dr. Peet to let me leave the field study, but carrying his trust with me through hours of driving back to Utah and hoping the whole time that my memory is serving both of us well, I have to admit my excitement when I spotted The Trader on the ranch. While a part of me wanted to explode like a little girl on Christmas, the older, credit-seeking side

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6/7/11 Lori Dewson I was mortified just as much as everyone else as we all gathered around the pit dug at the base of The Trader’s boulder. It was the mark of pothunters.  But even as the implications of the pit left behind by the thieves sank in, a new question began to arise – how did the pothunters know to dig here? Given the variety of broken ceramics scattered throughout the scene, there

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6/7/11 Dr. Anthony Peet Petroglyphs have always given me pause. Looking at them is like looking through a window to the mind of the Anasazi. I often wonder what the artist intended to communicate as they pecked designs and figures into the rock tarnish of their homeland. I was wondering that when I first laid eyes upon The Trader in that isolated wash intersected by the newest segment of

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 6/6/11 Lori Dewson      Unbelievable. The high, windswept desert of Chaco Canyon is harshly barren and dry and yet we managed to arrive on one of those rare days it decides to rain here.  Needless to say it’s too muddy to trek out to Trader Ruin, so after setting up a hasty and soggy camp, Dr. Peet led us to the great pueblo ruins within the Chaco Canyon National Historical Park. The ruins

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6/5/11 Lori Dewson Here I am, packed into one of two university vans with twelve other students, two professors and bundles of camping and research gear, heading ever south to Chaco Canyon and the small pueblo we are assigned to excavate - Trader Ruin. I can’t wait to get there for a couple of reasons. The first reason, of course, is for the experience. Yet another notch on my resume when I

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6/1/11 ACATZALAN NEWSLETTER Page 3 BLESSINGS OF THE NEW AGE As we count down these final days before Quetzalcoatl takes his throne I am reminded this month of the blessings of the new age. Although we have all set our sights on next May and the great transition into our heightened awareness and supersenses, we must not forget that we must still be available to receive Quetzalcoatl’s

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6/4/11 Dr. Peet Chaco Canyon has been central to my work for over three years now. More specifically, my research focuses on the roadways that web the region. These roadways can span up to ten meters wide, fifty kilometers long and are often paved with packed earth or broken pottery and, in some areas, are bordered with stone and earthen berms. The Chacoan people did not have wheeled carts or

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5/25/11 Lori Dewson I was getting in my car getting ready to go downtown this morning when I was approached by none other than Derek Riesling. We’ve been friends throughout most of our college careers, pretty much since we were lab partners in our introductory anthropology courses. Derek has since moved on for a degree in journalism while I completed my graduate course work in anthropology. I

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5/16/11 Dr. Anthony Peet The 2011 summer field study will be held at Trader Ruin in northeast New Mexico. Through this six week course students will receive training in archaeological methods and have the opportunity to practice modern field techniques under the direction of Dr. Anthony Peet (Professor of Anthropology). Admission is limited to 12 students. Admission is by application only and

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May 1, 2011Acatzalan Newsletter Page 3 THE FINAL COUNTDOWN BEGINS I can hardly believe we are now only one year away from the blessed event we’ve all been waiting for. I can just taste the change that is so near, the change we will experience once Quetzalcoatl reclaims his throne. For years we’ve witnessed him ascending, drawing ever closer to his rendezvous with the throne that awaits atop

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4/20/11 Lori Dewson While I wait for the field study to begin, I’ll share my theory regarding the presence of Chacoan pottery on the ranch. While the obvious explanation is that the pottery was traded from the Chaco people to the San Juan people, I have a different theory. I suggest that the pottery was brought by the Chaco people as they migrated north. Red Mesa Black on White pottery was

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4/13/11 Lori Dewson A bit about the science behind fingerprinting pottery.  When I was trying to determine the place of origin of the Red Mesa Black on White ware found on the ranch, I knew I needed to locate the source of the materials used to make the pottery. Without access to highly expensive non-destructive processes for analyzing the material, I am left with petrographic analysis of the

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(Cliff Palace Dwellings from Wikimedia) April 8, 2011 Dr. Anthony Peet The Anasazi, also known as the Ancestral or Ancient Puebloans, occupied the four corners region of the southwest until roughly AD 1200. Their culture evolved from the Paleo-Indian hunter/gatherers, to the agrarian Basketmaker People, to the mesmerizing architects that were the cliff dwellers. It’s this later period of the

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April 5, 2011 Lori Dewson As I’d earlier mentioned, besides the red/orange ware commonly made in the San Juan area, the collection of sherds I’ve found on the ranch include Mesa Verde Black on White and Red Mesa Black on White. For the uninitiated, it appears obvious from the names that I am working with black and white pieces of pottery. That assumption would be correct. So how, you may be

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April 4, 2011 Lori Dewson In an earlier post I mentioned that I had discovered Chacoan pottery in striking abundance within the area of the ranch. I should be more exact with my report.  The ceramics I am referring to belong to the Red Mesa Black on White category, a precursor to the true Chacoan Black on White pottery I may have inadvertently misled you to believe. Red Mesa Black on White

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April 1, 2011ACATZALAN NEWSLETTER Page 1 SEVEN CHAPTERS REPRESENTED AT EQUINOX GATHERING With forty-nine members representing all seven of our chapters, March 20th saw the largest New Age gathering to date! Although, this is a mere fraction of the numbers we expect to see during the Blessed Event next year, I am encouraged by our member’s enthusiasm and faith. What a tremendous sight to see

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March 30, 2011 Lori Dewson Besides working in the field or lab, an anthropologist’s next best friend is the library.  Actually, for me it’s more of a love/hate relationship. Don’t get me wrong, I love research. It can just get a little frustrating when, after hours of hunting I’ve found nothing. Why this is so tiresome in the library I can’t say. After all, I’m perfectly content with hours of

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March 28, 2011 Lori Dewson Very tired today. My eyes are feeling the strain of three hours at the microscope,  picking apart granule by granule the collection of potsherds Angie brought me. I’m disappointed. I thought they had a good chance of matching my samples collected from the ranch, but the chemistry is not the same. Dr. Peet suggested that the kiln sherds may not be good base samples to

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March 25, 2012 Lori Dewson I’m so excited! Today Angie brought me a tray of potsherds that had been collected from a kiln that had been excavated in Chaco Canyon years ago. My initial observation of these sherds tells me they look exactly like my sherds collected from the ranch. If this is the case, I might have found the very place my ranch pottery was created! What are the odds? I won’t know

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March 24, 2011 Lori Dewson Okay, now that I’ve laid out this impossible task I’ve immersed myself into, I should share what I’ve found so far. I have to admit, there isn’t much to report. Hohwever, I’ve taken Dr. Peet’s advice and narrowed my research to one promising area - my father’s ranch along the San Juan River in southern Utah. Incidentally, the coffee cans of potsherds I’d collected as

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March 23, 2011 Lori Dewson As promised, I thought I’d share what I’m working on for my dissertation. In order to learn where the Anasazi went when they evacuated their homelands one needs to pick up their paths of migration. In archaeology, artifacts become our trail of bread crumbs. For my dissertation, I’ve chosen perhaps the most obvious and widely available artifact to study - pottery.

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March 22, 2011 Lori Dewson So what exactly is this dissertation I’m working on? In a nutshell, like many scientists working in southwestern archaeology, I want to find the Anasazi. I want to know why they disappeared from the southwest. Although I’ve learned that this culture didn’t just suddenly vanish as was first impressed upon me as a child, I want to have a hand in the research that

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March 21, 2012 Lori Dewson It wouldn’t be a stretch to say that I’ve been searching for the Anasazi all my life. Since childhood I’ve been intrigued by their primitive culture. At such an early and influential age, all it took was a friend informing me that the entire civilization suddenly vanished from the entire southwest and I was hooked. At that time I was prone to cling to any sort of

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