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Legendary guide and archaeologist Gregg (aka Troy) Henry led the fencing crew, assisted by another THPO staffer, Brandon Dale, and myself. The 700-foot project entailed removing the existing barbed wire and posts, building four “Cibecue H-Braces,” digging holes for, chipping bark off of, and sinking about 40 new juniper posts, and stretching and hanging four new strands of wire (“wildlife-friendly” barbless wires top and bottom). |
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John R. Welch, Director, Landscape and Site Preservation ProgramOctober 23, 2024—On October 20 and 21, the Mimbres Culture Heritage Site hosted Archaeology Southwest and White Mountain Apache Tribe Historic Preservation Office (THPO) staff to complete the long-anticipated re-fencing of the right-of-way for Mattocks Pueblo, a beautifully set Ancestral Pueblo village located just above the Mimbres River—and the only such site available for public visitation.
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Archaeology Day
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We are in partnership with the Grant County Archaeological Society . If you would like to learn more about archaeology, the history of the area, and if you would like to be around people who love to learn, explore, and have positive outlooks on life, joint them.
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Western New Mexico University Museum is the home of the NAN Ranch Collection—the largest and most complete collection of Mimbres materials in existence from a single prehistoric Mimbres site, and the largest and most comprehensive permanent interpretative exhibition of Mimbres pottery and artifacts in the world.
Other collections include the Elk Ridge Collection; the Eisele Collection of prehistoric Southwestern pottery and artifacts, including basketry; the Back Collection of historic Maria and Julian Martinez San Ildefonso Pueblo pottery and Santa Clara Pueblo pottery; historic Navajo rugs; the O.C. Hinman Collection of historic Silver City/Grant County photographs; Campus Collections containing of university history [established 1893]; and the U.S. Senator (NM) Jeff Bingaman Memorabilia Collection.
museum.wnmu.edu/?lang=en 575-538-6386
Historical Society of New Mexico, Santa Fe, NM [email protected]
CONFERENCE:
Las Cruces , NM -- November 25 - 27, 2025
Las Cruces Convention Center 680 East University Avenue
