The San Juan Basin Archaeological Society invites the public to a presentation in the Lyceum at the Center of Southwest Studies and on Zoom on Wednesday, July 13th at 7:00 pm. At 6:30 we will have social time in the CSWS foyer. Then after a brief business meeting, Dr. Robert Weiner, Dartmouth College, will give a talk concerning “New Research on the Chaco South Road.” For log-in information, go to SJBAS.ORG.

In this talk, Dr. Robert Weiner will present on his recent fieldwork on the Chaco South Road, discussing the different architectural sites along the road, small features including carved steps, and the road's relationship with sacred geography. Numerous aspects of the South Road's archaeology suggest it may predate the 11th century height of monumentality at Chaco Canyon, raising questions about the connections between roads and the rise of Chaco as a religiopolitical center. Dr. Weiner will also compare the archaeology of the South Road with that of the better-known North Road, discussing how these two regional-scale corridors functioned within the Chaco World.

Robert Weiner, Ph.D. is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Society of Fellows at Dartmouth College, where he is affiliated with the Department of Religion. His research focuses on Chaco Canyon and its world, with particular attention to Chacoan religion, monumental roads, and Diné oral histories. Weiner earned concurrent BA-MA degrees from Brown University and a PhD from the University of Colorado Boulder. He has published over a dozen peer reviewed articles and book chapters, and he has won grants and fellowships from the National Science Foundation, American Philosophical Society, and School for Advanced Research among other funders. Weiner conducts archaeological fieldwork on the Navajo Nation and elsewhere throughout the Four Corner.