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The Four Corners Enigma

The Four Corners region of Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona and Utah is a unique blend of indigenous American Indian nations, history, culture and archaeology, at once awe-inspiring and puzzling. On this tour we will travel a landscape of desert plateaus, massive sandstone cliffs, and red rock canyons, at one time home to the enigmatic and cliff-dwelling Anasazi Indians.

In Cortez, located in south-western Colorado, we’ll visit its wonderful cultural centers and impressive Native American programs that highlight the Anasazi, Navajo, Hopi and Rio Grande Pueblo traditions, taking us back in time to a once-thriving civilization that rivalled any other. From truly amazing natural land- scapes of sandstone and volcanic rock, to man-made wonders the likes of which are found nowhere else in the world, we’ll cover a now-bleak terrain that was once home to thousands of people thriving in a sustainable environment. We’ll visit places like Chaco Canyon with its amaz- ing pueblos, as well as one of America’s 16 largest archaeological preserves, Mesa Verde National Park, located amid chan- nels of deep canyons cut into the mesa, and sheltering hundreds of caves that are some of the largest and best preserved Indian cliff dwellings.

With over 16,000 archaeological sites in the area, certainly there will not be a lack of amazing places for us to explore.

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Academic Resource

Chris Mundigler

Chris Mundigler, ACA, BA, is a local archae- ologist and anthro- pologist with degrees in Classical History and Archaeology, as well as Communica- tions (journalism and photography). Since 1994 Chris has taught numerous courses in archaeology, anthropology, and ancient his- tory for UVic’s Division of Continuing Studies, bringing ancient and medieval history alive by sharing with his students his first-hand field experiences and passion for his work. As well, he was the academic resource for previous DCS tours to Italy, Greece, Spain and Morocco, Egypt, Turkey, Peru and Easter Island.

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