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The Friends of Coronado & Jemez Historic Sites present a lecture by Emily Jones, Ph.D., about the introduction of horses to New Mexico in the 1500s and their role in New Mexico today. 

Hernan de Alvarado, a member of Coronado’s expedition, arrived in central New Mexico in August 1540 astride an animal new to the region – the horse. The spread of horses in this part of the world was but one part of the Columbian Exchange, the exchange of animals, plants and pathogens between Afro-Eurasia and the Americas that followed 1492. This talk will present the current research on horses and their part in the Columbian Exchange to the role of equines in New Mexico today.

Dr. Emily Lena Jones, a professor of Anthropology at the University of New Mexico, earned her degrees from Vassar College and the University of Washington. She has published widely from professional books and articles about everything from Iberian rabbits (she received a Fulbright Award to Spain) to a young-adult novel set in archaeological time. In addition, she has taught at Utah State University, and Dine College, University of Arizona. Her hundreds of speaking engagements range from conferences throughout the United States to Paris.

The lecture is free and takes place at Martha Liebert Public Library in Bernalillo, 124 Calle Malinche Street, behind the Town Hall at 829 Camino del Pueblo.