




Sun, Feb 23
|Bernalillo
Cylinder Jars, Cacao, and Chaco Canyon
Join archaeologist and professor Dr Patricia Crown, for a fascinating discussion. Following two decades of research in Chaco Canyon, new insights have emerged into the use of cylinder jars and their different ritual uses and alliances over time.
Time & Location
Feb 23, 2025, 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Bernalillo, 124 Calle Malinche, Bernalillo, NM 87004, USA
About the event
Chaco Canyon reveals its secrets slowly. Two decades of research in Chaco Canyon has yielded new insights into the use of cylinder jars beyond drinking cacao and possibly another caffeinated beverage. The shifting shapes and sizes of these drinking vessels suggests different ritual uses and alliances over time. Dr. Crown’s talk about her research will shed new light on competitive drinking events plus food transportation and preparation at Chaco Canyon.
Professor Patricia Crown, an archaeologist, has degrees from the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Arizona. She is currently the Leslie Spier Distinguished Professor of Anthropology Emerita at the University of New Mexico where she taught from 1993-2022. Working in Chaco Canyon since 2005, she is the author of The House of the Cylinder Jars: Room 28 at Pueblo Bonito, Chaco Canyon. Using organic residue analysis, she identified the first prehispanic cacao north of the Mexican border.
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