Ancestral Pueblo Indians of the Southwest U.S. (Repeat with changes)
Course | Registration opens 8/4/2025 8:00 AM EDT
The Ancestral period is roughly AD 800-1300, and during that time several amazing cultural centers were built in the Southwest. In fact, when Europeans first arrived, the four-corners region was the most densely inhabited region in what would become the United States. We will visit Gila Cliff Dwellings (New Mexico), Chaco Canyon (New Mexico), Canyon de Chelly (Arizona) and the iconic Mesa Verde (Colorado). Why did these people live this way? How did they survive in a region getting only 10 inches of liquid precipitation a year? How and in what ways did they interact?
Robert Kuhn
*Jeff Kuhn taught biology and ecology for twenty-five years at York Suburban High School and environmental science for a half-dozen years as an adjunct professor at Penn State York. He holds a Ph.D. in ecology from Penn State. He has traveled North America extensively. Through his love of photography, background in ecology, and fascination with Native American culture, he shares his adventures with our OLLI audiences.