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Archaeologist Patricia Crown will present The History and Use of Chocolate in Chaco Canyon and Beyond at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science on Thursday, Jan. 12, at 7 p.m. With collaborator Jeffrey Hurst, she discovered the first evidence...

In 1896, a team known as the Hyde Exploring Expedition began excavating Pueblo Bonito in Chaco Canyon. As they worked, they numbered the rooms, including one they labeled Room 28, which had a burned roof and walls. They were about to move on to excavate...

The University of New Mexico’s Maxwell Museum of Anthropology hosts Chocolate in Chaco, a lecture and fund-raising reception featuring anthropologist Patricia L. Crown on Friday, Sept. 27, from 6 to 9 p.m. Crown uncovered the first evidence of chocolate...

Even zombie meals follow some rules. At least that’s the argument Melissa Francis, a graduate student with an interest in zombies presented in her final project for CJ 502. Her project, “Zombies and Brains: Food and Humans as Food in Zombie Films and...

There were not large numbers of people in the eighth century living in what is now the Southwestern United States and Northwestern Mexico, but the inhabitants who were there really valued cacao and holly beverages which were both high in caffeine. A new...

UNM Distinguished Professor of Anthropology Patricia L. Crown will lecture on "Chocolate Consumption, Exchange and Ritual in the American Southwest" on Friday, April 29, at 7 p.m. at the Maxwell Museum. The lecture is free and the public is welcome. A ...

On Saturday, April 30, the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology will host a food sampling event at 2 p.m. as part of the Food and Life series, a two part program that explores the cultural significance of traditional foodways and the archaeological, historic ...