Scarlet Macaws and People in the Pre-Hispanic U.S Southwest and Mexican Northwest
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The Holland Center
34250 N. 60th Street, Scottsdale
Vibrantly colored scarlet macaws appear at hundreds of archaeological sites in the U.S. Southwest and Mexican Northwest. This talk examines how, over more than 1,000 years, their acquisition, circulation, and deposition forged meaningful cultural, spiritual, and social ties with pre-Hispanic Indigenous communities.




