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DID ANCESTRAL PUEBLO RAISE WHITE WOOLY DOGS FOR THEIR HAIR?

Dr. Laurie Webster

7:30 PM, Tuesday, July 21, 2026 

Albuquerque Museum of Art and History

 2000 Mountain Road NW

White dog hair played a unique role in Southwestern weaving during the period 100-900 CE. In this talk, we will explore the cultural importance of this fiber, kinds of woven items produced, and evidence for the breeding of white dogs by early Southwestern peoples. The presentation includes a lot of great pictures of amazing perishable artifacts.

Dr. Webster is an anthropologist and independent scholar who specializes in the perishable material culture of the American Southwest. Her PhD is in Anthropology from the University of Arizona. She is a visiting scholar in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Arizona and a Research Associate at the American Museum of Natural History and the Crow Canyon Archaeological Center. She has documented archaeological perishable collections from Chaco, Salmon, and Aztec pueblos, as well as historic Diné and Pueblo textiles, and currently serves as director for the collaborative Cedar Mesa Perishables Project, which is documenting archaeological perishable collections from the Bears Ears area of southeastern Utah. She lives in Mancos, Colorado.

Note from AAS: To raise funds for the Cedar Mesa Perishables Project, Laurie will be bringing T- shirts for us to buy. Bring some cash!