Presentation & Film Screening: Weaving a Partnership - The Cedar Mesa Perishables Project
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CSWS Lyceum (Room 120)
Free + Open to All!
Join us at the Center of Southwest Studies for an insightful presentation and documentary film screening about the Cedar Mesa Perishables Project. Since 2011, the project has engaged the expertise of Pueblo fiber artists in its documentation of some 4,000 ancient textiles, baskets, wooden implements, and other organic cultural items excavated from dry caves in the greater Cedar Mesa of southeastern Utah.
In this presentation, anthropologist, textile consultant, and project director 𝐃𝐫. 𝐋𝐚𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐞 𝐖𝐞𝐛𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫, together with Zuni fiber artist and team member 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐋𝐞𝐰𝐢𝐬 (member of the Badger Clan and a child of the Corn Clan), will trace the project’s collaborative path and discuss how this approach has enriched archaeological understanding of ancestral Pueblo perishable technologies while also advocating for the preservation and revitalization of the Pueblo fiber arts.
The presentation will also include a screening of 𝑳𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒖𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑳𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒔𝒄𝒂𝒑𝒆: 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑪𝒆𝒅𝒂𝒓 𝑴𝒆𝒔𝒂 𝑷𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆𝒔 𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒋𝒆𝒄𝒕, a 30-minute documentary produced by Cloudy Ridge Productions.
This is a featured event of the 2026 Southwest Colorado Humanities Roundtable History Live!
Free + Open to All!
Join us at the Center of Southwest Studies for an insightful presentation and documentary film screening about the Cedar Mesa Perishables Project. Since 2011, the project has engaged the expertise of Pueblo fiber artists in its documentation of some 4,000 ancient textiles, baskets, wooden implements, and other organic cultural items excavated from dry caves in the greater Cedar Mesa of southeastern Utah.
In this presentation, anthropologist, textile consultant, and project director 𝐃𝐫. 𝐋𝐚𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐞 𝐖𝐞𝐛𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫, together with Zuni fiber artist and team member 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐋𝐞𝐰𝐢𝐬 (member of the Badger Clan and a child of the Corn Clan), will trace the project’s collaborative path and discuss how this approach has enriched archaeological understanding of ancestral Pueblo perishable technologies while also advocating for the preservation and revitalization of the Pueblo fiber arts.
The presentation will also include a screening of 𝑳𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒖𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑳𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒔𝒄𝒂𝒑𝒆: 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑪𝒆𝒅𝒂𝒓 𝑴𝒆𝒔𝒂 𝑷𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆𝒔 𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒋𝒆𝒄𝒕, a 30-minute documentary produced by Cloudy Ridge Productions.
This is a featured event of the 2026 Southwest Colorado Humanities Roundtable History Live!
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Host or PublisherCenter of Southwest Studies at Fort Lewis College
