NMHS News:
The Friends of Coronado & Jemez Historic Sites present a lecture by Emily Brown, Ph.D., entitled, “Musical Instruments of the Prehispanic Southwest,” 2–3 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 28.
Archaeological excavations in the Four Corners region have revealed a multitude of musical instruments: from whistles to rattles to rasps. This talk presents what we know of the music of Pueblo peoples prior to Spanish contact from the instruments themselves, the context in which they were found, early Spanish and ethnographic accounts, and depictions of musicians in rock imagery and pottery.
The Friends of Coronado & Jemez Historic Sites offers a variety of interesting programs about the region’s history that connect people to the historic sites they support.
- Who: Friends of Coronado & Jemez Historic Sites
- When: Sunday, Sept. 28, 2-3 p.m.; Free event
- Where: Martha Liebert Public Library, 124 Calle Malinche, Bernalillo (Behind the Town Hall at 829 Camino del Pueblo)
- Why: The Friends of Coronado & Jemez Historic Sites offers a variety of interesting programs about the region’s history that connect people to the historic sites they support.