# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Food and Feathers: The Role of Animals in the Prehistoric Middle San Juan Region
- **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 18 Nov, 2025 at 06:30 pm – Tue, 18 Nov, 2025 at 07:30 pm
- **Event Description**: Collaborative Event: Otero Arts & Jornada Research Institute
Date: November 18, 2025
Time: Doors at 6:00pm | Presentation at 6:30pm

Join Otero Art and Jornada Research Institute for a special collaborative evening as we welcome Kathy Roler Durand for her presentation: "Food and Feathers—The Role of Animals in the Prehistoric Middle San Juan Region." Celebrate the intersection of food, art, archaeology, and local history on November 18, 2025. Doors open at 6:00pm, with the presentation beginning at 6:30pm.

Discover how animals shaped the lives of the Ancestral Puebloan people in the northern Southwest, especially at the Chacoan Outlier communities of Aztec and Salmon Pueblos. Dr. Durand will explore the diverse roles animals played—from sources of food to providers of feathers and fur—highlighting changes in dietary and ritual practices over time. Learn how turkeys exemplified the multiple purposes animals served in these communities.

About the Speaker:
Kathy Roler Durand is Emerita Professor of Anthropology at Eastern New Mexico University, with expertise in the analysis of archaeological animal and human bones. Her research spans Neolithic sites in Cyprus and Jordan to Chacoan and Hohokam sites in the U.S. Southwest. Dr. Durand has focused on migration patterns in the prehistoric northern Southwest and the ritual use of animals at Chacoan sites. Over her career, she has studied thousands of animal bones from Aztec, Guadalupe, and Salmon Ruins, providing insight into the evolving diet and traditions of these ancient societies.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/alamogordo/food-and-feathers-the-role-of-animals-in-the-prehistoric-middle-san-juan-region/200029155097235
- **Event Categories**: art
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 5

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Alamogordo
- **state**: NM
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Otero Arts Inc
- **lat**: 32.901991085486
- **long**: -105.9561479492
- **full address**: Otero Arts Inc, 1118 Indiana Ave,Alamogordo,NM,United States

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Food and Feathers: The Role of Animals in the Prehistoric Middle San Juan Region being held?
  - **A:** Food and Feathers: The Role of Animals in the Prehistoric Middle San Juan Region takes place on Tue, 18 Nov, 2025 at 06:30 pm to Tue, 18 Nov, 2025 at 07:30 pm at Otero Arts Inc, 1118 Indiana Ave,Alamogordo,NM,United States.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Food and Feathers: The Role of Animals in the Prehistoric Middle San Juan Region?
  - **A:** Food and Feathers: The Role of Animals in the Prehistoric Middle San Juan Region is organized by Jornada Research Institute.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** Food and Feathers: The Role of Animals in the Prehistoric Middle San Juan Region is ideal for art lovers, collectors, creatives, and anyone inspired by visual arts, installations, and exhibitions. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Alamogordo, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If Food and Feathers: The Role of Animals in the Prehistoric Middle San Juan Region sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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