Kelley Hays-gilpin, Professor or Anthropoloty, author, and leader of educational tours to Southwest destinations on the Colorado Plateau: MNA Ventures

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Kelley Hays-Gilpin

Kelley Hays-Gilpin is Professor of Anthropology at Northern Arizona University, and Curator of Anthropology at the Museum of Northern Arizona. She holds a PhD in Anthropology from the University of Arizona, and has nearly 30 years of experience studying rock art, pottery, and other visual arts in the Southwest. She has authored numerous articles and books, including Ambiguous Images: Gender and Rock Art (AltaMira Press), which won the 2005 Society for American Archaeology book award. Her current research focuses on the long-term histories of Hopi and Zuni communities and their relationships with land and water through production of visual arts. She has worked closely with El Morro National Monument to produce an online exhibit about El Morro archaeology, focused on Atsinna Pueblo, a 13-14th century pueblo in the monument.