On Sunday, November 23, 2025, Friends of Coronado and Jemez Historic Sites will sponsor a free in-person presentation on “Horses, People & Landscapes in Central New Mexico 1540 to Present” by archaeologist Emily Lena Jones, Ph.D. Hernán 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. Jones is Professor of Anthropology at the University of New Mexico. This presentation will be held at the Martha Liebert Public Library, 124 Calle Malinche, in Bernalillo, NM (behind the Town Hall at 829 Camino del Pueblo). For more information visit https://www.coronadojemezfriends.org/lectures.
Photo above of Dr. Jones courtesy of Friends of Coronado and Jemez Historic Sites