2022 Upcoming Events

Mesa Talks

 January 25, 2023

"The Best of the Best - Archaeological Recording on Mesa Prieta completed in 2021"
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Candie Borduin
Recording Coordinator, Mesa Prieta Petroglyph Project
 The most spectacular, well made, unique, well documented selections of petroglyphs and other archaeological features are featured in this presentation.
 This is a rare opportunity to see images on several parcels of private land that are not seen by the general public.
Mesa Prieta is now known to be the largest petroglyph site in New Mexico, surpassing better known sites such as the Albuquerque’s Petroglyph National Monument and Three Rivers.  Most of the images are on private land and protected in their isolation.  The 80,000 images recorded to date include about 5% Archiac images made thousands of years ago, 70% Ancestral Pueblo images made by the ancestors of today’s nearby Pueblos and 25% Historic images made by the Spanish and other Europeans who came to the area in 1598 and later.
Candie has volunteered with MPPP since 2002 and has served as Petroglyph Recording Trainer and Coordinator since 2008.  She considers working on the mesa to be a rare privilege and the opportunity to work with MPPP volunteers to be equally rewarding. 

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The Mesa Prieta Petroglyph Project invites you to view

However Wide the Sky
Places of Power

An award winning film by Silver Bullet Productions

Watch for posting on PBS TV

"The history and spirituality of the Indigenous People of the American Southwest are deeply rooted in the Land. Since the beginning of time, they have been stewards and protectors of their home lands, past and present. These places intimately connect the People and their beliefs to the natural world. No place is ever abandoned, the landscape is forever living. This is their story, of the Land and who they are."