Our Chapter meets regularly on the fourth Wednesday of each month at 6:30 PM in the Redlands United Methodist Church, 527 Village Way, Grand Junction, CO, 81507.  Meetings include presentations on some phase of archaeology or historical subject. Visitors and non-members are welcome and are encouraged to attend. The events are free, and donations are appreciated.

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Upcoming Chapter Speakers in 2025

 

March 26, 2025

Speaker: Arron Whittenburg, Metcalf Archaeology Project Director

Topic: Communal Hunting in the Colorado High Country

​Summary: Mr. Whittenburg will talk about prehistoric sites above modern tree line in Colorado built by hunter-gatherers to optimize hunting of large game. Learn how the ancients worked together to build complex stone features to coordinate a successful hunt during seasonal migrations. Aaron will present findings from his Master’s thesis titled Communal Hunting in the Colorado High Country: Archaeological Investigations of Three Game Drive Sites in Grand County, Colorado.

 

April 23, 2025

Speaker: Bob Silbernagel, Daily Sentinel columnist and author of several local history books

Topic: Loring’s Road, overcoming travel obstacles on the Colorado Plateau

 

May 28, 2025

Speaker: Dr. John Seebach, Associate Professor of Archaeology, Mesa State University

Topic: Dispatches from the Ice Age: what’s new in the oldest archaeology in the Americas

 

June 25, 2025

Speaker: David Yoder, Archaeologist and Associate professor of Anthropology at Weber State University

Topic: The Archaeology of Fremont Figurines

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Please refer to our calendar for scheduled meeting dates.

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