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Historic Southwest Museum

The Autry’s Mt. Washington Campus, Los Angeles, Calif. The traveling exhibit “Four Centuries of Pueblo Pottery” features more than a hundred rare pieces of ceramics from the Autry’s Southwest Museum of the American Indian Collection. The exhibit traces the dramatic changes that transformed the Pueblo pottery tradition in the era following sixteenth-century Spanish colonization to the present and it includes such well-known potters as María and Julian Martinez (San Ildefonso Pueblo), Nampeyo and her descendants (Hopi), Gladys Paquin (Laguna Pueblo). (323) 221-2164, www.theautry.org/exhibitions (Through Spring 2020)

Museum of Indian Arts & Culture

Santa Fe, N.M.—The new exhibit “Women in Archaeology” celebrates the important role women played in unveiling the history of the Southwest. The curators scoured books, journals, and even obituaries to reveal details about the pioneering archaeological work of women such as Bertha Dutton, Florence Hawley Ellis, Marjorie Lambert, Anna O. Shephard, Cynthia IrwinWilliams, and others. This exhibit also notes the contributions of women who worked in other regions. (505) 476-1269, indianartsandculture.org/current (Through October 9, 2020)

Penn Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa.—The new 2,000-square-foot Mexico and Central America Gallery highlights more than 3,000 years of history through some 260 stunning artifacts, part of the museum’s multi-phase building transformation project. The gallery includes four breathtaking Maya stone objects from sites in Guatemala and Honduras, one of which allowed researchers to crack the code in deciphering Maya hieroglyphs. Glimmering gold pendants from Costa Rica and other spectacular artifacts from Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Panama are showcased in the new gallery, as well as rotating displays of the museum’s colorful Guatemala textiles. (215) 8984000, www.penn.museum/transformation/spaces/mexico-centralamerica (New permanent gallery)

Heard Museum

Phoenix, Ariz.—“Celebrate! 90 Years at the Heard Museum” includes signature works from the museum’s permanent collection, including Hopi katsina dolls, classic Pueblo pottery, Navajo textiles, and jewelry commemorating the milestones, people, and events that have made the Heard Museum what it is today. (602) 252-8840, www.heard.org/ currentexhibits (Long-term exhibit)

Museum of Natural and Cultural History

University of Oregon, Eugene Ore.—Delve into Oregon’s ancient story, from the archaeology of the first Americans to the dynamic cultures of today’s living tribes. Combining interactive displays with world-class anthropological collections, the exhibit “Oregon—Where Past is Present” brings to life 14,000 years of Oregon stories. Explore the galleries, try your hand at ancient weaving styles, test your skills as an archaeologist, and more. (541) 346-3024, https://mnch.uoregon. edu/exhibits (Permanent exhibit)

v CONFERENCES, LECTURES & FESTIVALS

Pueblo Grande Indian Market

December 14-15, Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary, Phoenix, Ariz. Celebrate Native American arts with the traditional annual Indian Market. Shop at over one hundred artists’ booths, and enjoy native performances and traditional foods. (602) 534-2430, www.pueblogrande.org/events

Conference on Historical & Underwater Archaeology

January 8-11, Sheraton Boston, Boston, Mass. Revolution is the theme for the upcoming annual SHA conference, highlighting the city’s role in the American Revolution and exploring the concept in archaeological research, theory, and technology today. Reports, workshops, symposia, forums, roundtable luncheons, and tours to local historic sites round out the conference, with a Thursday evening reception at Harvard University’s Peabody Museum featuring ‘behind the scenes’ tours of the collections. Friday evening Banquet and Awards Ceremony and Dance. (301) 972-9684, https://sha.org/conferences

Mesoamerica Meetings

January 14-18, The Mesoamerica Center at the University of Texas, Austin. This year’s theme “Center and the Four Corners: City, Symbol, and Space” will explore the structures and symmetries of the ancient Mesoamerican cosmos and how archaeologists have tried to interpret them. Presentations will address these overlapping features of cosmology, sacred geometry, and structural symmetry in order to better define spatial relations and their representations. https://utmesoamerica.org/2020-mesoamerica-meetings

Southwest Symposium Archaeological Conference

January 30-February 1, Arizona State University, Tempe, Ariz. Founded in 1988 to promote new ideas and directions in the archaeology of the U.S. Southwest and the Mexican Northwest, the theme for this year’s symposium is “Thinking Big: New Approaches to Synthesis and Partnership in the Southwest/ Northwest.” Paper and poster presentations and forums will showcase research and perspectives focused broadly on debates that go beyond individual regions, study areas, and typical research partnerships. Participants are asked to think big in terms of the spatial extent of research and also the range of topics and stakeholders that archaeology in the region can serve. https://southwestsymposium.org

Brooksville Native American Festival

February 1-2, Florida Classic Park, Brooksville, Fla. Join this annual family-friendly educational festival and art show and enjoy technology demonstrations, native drumming, intertribal dancing including the Salina family Aztec dancers, arts and crafts, traditional foods, and a historic village. (727) 389-1395, www.brooksvillenativeamericanfest.com

Heard Museum World Championship Hoop Dance Contest

February 8-9, Heard Museum, Phoenix, Ariz. Top native hoop dancers compete for the prestigious world champion title and cash prizes. Today, hoop dance is shared as an artistic expression to celebrate and honor indigenous traditions throughout the U.S. and Canada. (602) 252-8840, www.heard.org/events