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■ NEW EXHIBITS Pueblo Grande Museum and Archaeological Park
Phoenix, Ariz.—Explore the important role that cotton played in the lives of the prehistoric and historic peoples of central Arizona in “Cotton: Common Threads.” From ancient times through the cotton boom of the early 1900s, people cultivated, traded, and found a multitude of uses for this plant. (877) 706-4408 (Through November)
Carnegie Museum of Natural History
Pittsburgh, Pa.—Hundreds of spectacular objects and 11,000 photographs form “Machu Picchu: Unveiling the Mystery of the Incas.” This unique scientific, historic, and artistic resource enables researchers to reconstruct the daily life at Machu Picchu in Peru during its zenith 500 years ago. Filled with stunning panoramic photographs and the finest surviving examples of Inca art on loan from Peru, Europe, and other major U.S. collections, this traveling exhibition from Yale’s Peabody Museum is not to be missed. (412) 622-3131 (October 18 through January 4, 2004)
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
CARNEGIE MUSEUM
EDWARD S. CURTIS
MUSEUM OF INDIAN ARTS AND CULTURE
Events
Festivals
Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center
Mashantucket, Conn.—Legendary photographs of Native America taken more than a century ago by Edward S. Curtis are displayed in a special new exhibit, “The Master Prints of Edward S. Curtis: Portraits of Native America.” Curtis was 33 years old in 1901 when he began to document the lives and cultures of North American Indians through photographs and interviews. The exhibit includes vivid portraits of leaders, warriors, women, and children, and is considered the finest museum compilation of Curtis prints. (800) 411-9671, www.pequotmuseum.org (October 25 through January 18, 2004)
american archaeology
■ CONFERENCES, LECTURES & FESTIVALS Southwest Seminars Fall Lecture Series
September 8–November 17, Monday nights at 6 p.m., Hotel Santa Fe, Santa Fe, N.M. “Native Voices 2003” features virtually all Native American presenters and is offered as a benefit for the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture in Santa Fe. Contact Connie at (505) 466-2775, www.southwestseminars.org
Santa Fe, N.M.—“Jewels of the Navajo Loom: the Rugs of Teec Nos Pos” includes the world’s finest collection of Navajo rugs from the Four Corners area, based on the intricate designs of Oriental rug prototypes. The exhibit explores the remarkable textile tradition that thrived around the Teec Nos Pos trading post in northeastern Arizona between 1910 and the 1940s. (505) 476-1250, www.miaclab.org (Through January 2004)
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