Photo by Jim O’Donnell

NMHS News:

Matthew J. Martinez, Executive Director of Mesa Prieta Petroglyph Project, presents the lecture, “Geographies of the Sacred” for the Friends of Coronado & Jemez Historic Sites monthly lecture series at 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 24 at Martha Liebert Public Library, 124 Calle Malinche in Bernalillo.

Despite the ongoing misrepresentation of Indigenous people as being non-literate, they have always been skilled at documenting stories. Tewa people view themselves within a larger ecological system interconnected to all things living.

This free talk will highlight Mesa Prieta – Tsikwaye as a vast landscape comprised of more than 100,000 petroglyphs and archaeological features that date back thousands of years.

The Friends of Coronado & Jemez Historic Sites offers a variety of interesting programs about the region’s history that connect people to the historic sites they support.