When Karen Lundquist Armstrong was an archaeology student she had the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to participate with the Dyck Cliff Dwelling Site excavations in Rimrock, Arizona. Karen will discuss her trailblazing work, Paul Dyck, his art, and collections; a tour of the Verde Valley Archaeological Center and Museum and comparison with her crew at the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology located in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The story of the Southwest Museum and Dyck Collection, Karen's history of involvement with archaeological matters; noting the people involved in the Dyck Cliff Dwelling from Paul Dyck to Charles Rozaire to Paul Chace, to Todd W. Bostwick.