Albuquerque Archaeology
Days
Hands-on Archaeology Event
More than 200 visitors attended the event and participated in hands-on activities relating to the archaeology and cultural history of New Mexico.
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Museum
visitors were greeted at the door by Carol Ellick in archaeologist
garb.
Each visitor received a map to the hands-on events and information.
The activities focused on New Mexico’s archaeology, cultural
history, and historic preservation programs. |
At
the “Cordage
Site,” volunteers Joe Watkins (left) and Loni Viklund (next
to the children on the right) taught visitors how to twist and
twine raffia to make cordage bracelets. |
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Children
visiting the “Pottery Village Site” colored drawings
of ceramic pots. These were then cut out and made into jigsaw
puzzles. |
Sometimes, the
pots stayed whole. |
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Visitors
to the “Pictograph Site” left their handprint signatures
on our pictograph wall. David Phillips explained how indigenous
people mixed paint from rock minerals and water and blew the
mixture onto the wall using a reed. |