Emerging Attacks on Our Public Lands

Dramatic and harmful changes in Department of Interior management policies are beginning to emerge. Paul Reed discusses some of the most concerning provisions of a recent secretarial order.

cyberSW Receives $350K Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities

Funding will expand the scope, significance, and reach of this digital research and education platform through collaboration with Tribal experts.

Wright Receives Grant Award from Wenner-Gren Foundation

Funding will support a 3-day workshop for scholars and Indigenous knowledge holders and result in a public-facing volume on the rock imagery of the Sonoran Desert.

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Welcome

Archaeology Southwest practices Preservation Archaeology, a holistic, collaborative, and conservation-based approach to exploring and protecting heritage places while honoring their diverse values. We compile archaeological information, make it accessible and understandable, share it with the public and decision-makers, advocate for landscape-scale protection, and steward heritage properties and conservation easements. We are committed to real and ongoing collaboration with Indigenous communities. Our headquarters are located on the Homelands of the Tohono O’odham Nation and the lands of the Pascua Yaqui Tribe.

Current Magazine

Better For It: Archaeology Conceived in Collaboration with Community

This issue is a companion to our 2022–2023 season of Archaeology Café (videos on our YouTube channel). Contributors explore the challenges, scope, and rewards of collaborative archaeology. They share a vision of how collaboration will transform archaeology and carry communities’ stories into the future.

 

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A New Kind of Archaeology

Learn more about our work to ensure that people’s histories in the land endure well into the future.