For the Cortez Journal
Southwest Colorado Canyons Alliance presents Dr. Steve Lekson on Saturday, Sept. 26, at 7 p.m., at the Sunflower Theatre in Cortez.
The lecture is free and part of the Four Corners Lecture Series.
Lekson will discuss Chaco, Cahokia, and Postclassic North America. The prehistory of North America should be understood on the continental scale. There are local histories, but they are local within a much wider world. This presentation reviews two contemporary centers, Chaco and Cahokia, in their Mesoamerican context.
Lekson is Curator of Anthropology at the University of Colorado Museum of Natural History and Professor at the University of Colorado. He has published more than 15 books, 75 chapters, 35 articles in professional journals, 140 scholarly papers, and 50 technical reports. His focus has been primarily with the Mogollon and Ancestral Pueblo regions, but also in the Hohokam, Casas Grandes, Jornada, and Rio Grande areas. Hi principal interests include human geography, built environments and government.