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Dudley Gardner will discuss small homes in the upper Colorado River Basin, and what the archaeological record teaches us about building and living in small spaces between 1,000 and 1920.   We will discuss the uniqueness of the small homes people built and lived in, with the focus on materials used in construction and how space was organized and utilized.

Dr. Gardner received his PhD from the University of New Mexico and has since published multiple reports and articles on the Native Americans in the Upper Colorado River Basin. He has worked in archaeology in this region for 45 years. His research interests include prehistoric sites and historical archeological sites and he has worked and published in both areas. Gardner was born in Colorado; after graduating high school he served two tours of duty in Vietnam then went back east to study at Lee University where he earned his BA. He has worked at Colorado State University, Western Wyoming Community College and Coconino Community College.

Please join us at CCC's Page Center, or on Zoom, for this Comet Talk!

Several hundred years ago, in an age before satellites, radar or even complete maps, it was very challenging navigating the open seas where there were no landmarks. But clever humans from different parts of the world (including the Vikings, the Indians (people from India) and other seafaring people) boldly and successfully navigated the open oceans using the stars, basic calculus, and simple but ingenious tools. This lecture will examine and demonstrate the tools and methods of those curious and inventive seafarers.

Presenter Steven Law is a poet and Pushcart Prize-nominated essayist. He’s the author of “Gone. Encounters with Awe, Wonder and Reverence While Exploring the American West” (Middle Creek Publishing, 2024), and "Polished", a book of poems about exploring the Colorado Plateau by foot and by raft (Westbow Press, 2015). 

Steven is an award-winning journalist, and a Contributing Writer for Panorama: the Journal of Travel Place and Nature. His travel essays have won numerous Gold and Silver awards at the Travelers Tales Solas Awards for Best Travel Writing.

He has worked as a farmer, short-order cook, waiter, journalist, travel writer, newspaper editor, magazine editor, Grand Canyon river guide, overland guide, and public relations coordinator.

He is a master of Sabaku Yoku Meditation.

He lives in northern Arizona with his wife and two daughters.