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In this issue:

Archaeometry in Southwest Archaeology: Pursuing Archaeological Questions through Scientific Techniques — Mary F. Ownby and Mark D. Elson, Desert Archaeology, Inc.

When Did It Happen? (Re)Dating the Eruption of Sunset Crater Volcano — Mark D. Elson, Desert Archaeology, Inc., and Michael H. Ort, Northern Arizona University

What Is It Made Of? Scanning Electron Microscopy of Minuscule Beads — Mary F. Ownby and Jenny L. Adams, Desert Archaeology, Inc.

Where Was It Made? Using Petrography to Reconstruct Trade in Eastern Sonora — Matthew Pailes, University of Arizona

Where Did It Come From? Source Analysis of Obsidian Found at the Yuma Wash Site — Stacy L. Ryan, Desert Archaeology, Inc., and M. Steven Shackley, University of California, Berkeley

Special: Portable XRF Analysis of a Special Collection from Los Morteros — Stacy L. Ryan, Desert Archaeology, Inc., and M. Steven Shackley, University of California, Berkeley

Where Did It Come From? Using X-ray Diffraction to Track Argillite Sources and Artifacts — Mark D. Elson, Desert Archaeology, Inc.

Where Did It Come From? A New Method for Learning about Ancient Turquoise Mining and Trade — Alyson Marie Thibodeau, University of Arizona

Where Was It Grown? Biogeochemical Markers and Chaco’s Corn — Linda S. Cordell, University of Colorado Boulder and School for Advanced Research

Why Did They Do That? Soil Science and Ancient Agriculture on Perry Mesa — Melissa Kruse-Peeples, Arizona State University and Native Seeds/SEARCH

Back Sight — William H. Doelle, Archaeology Southwest