2015
21
May
Tucson: Ancient, Historic, and Modern
Doug Gann, Preservation Archaeologist and Digital Media Specialist
May 20, 2015—Last Friday morning, as I left for the office, my daughter asked what I wanted for dinner that evening. (She’s learning to write, and wanted to make out a shopping list.) I told her it would depend—on whether or n...
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2015
20
May
Touring the Majestic Chaco Landscape
By Paul F. Reed, Preservation Archaeologist
May 21, 2015—Over the past few months, I have continued to advocate for protection of the Greater Chaco Landscape. This has included attending a number of meetings with Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and other officials, conducting a tour of the Chaco ...
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2015
12
May
What Is Public Archaeology?
By Paul F. Reed, Preservation Archaeologist
May 12, 2015—Scott Michlin welcomed me back to his morning radio program in March (listen here).
We discussed the realm of public archaeology. “Public,” in this case, refers to the funding stream and to the nature of the work completed.
The init...
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2015
19
Apr
High Country News Takes Critical Look at Fracking on the Chacoan Landscape
High Country News Takes A Critical Look at Fracking on the Chacoan Landscape
By now you’ve probably heard that fracking is encroaching on and threatens Chaco Canyon. That’s only partially true: Chaco Canyon, Pueblo Bonito and its sibling structures are all part of the Chaco Culture National His...
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2015
25
Mar
Grant Award News: NEH Fuels SPARC
By Paul F. Reed, Preservation Archaeologist
On March 23, we were thrilled to learn that the Salmon Pueblo Archaeological Research Collection (SPARC) project would be funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). The total project funding is $300,000. The project will preserve a...
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2015
11
Mar
Cedar Mesa and Preservation Archaeology
Bill Doelle, President & CEO
My number of waking hours in Bluff, Utah, was just slightly more than the 16-hour round-trip drive from Tucson to attend the annual Celebrate Cedar Mesa Weekend. It was well worth the effort. As the program rolled out to some 300 attendees, I was thrilled t...
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2015
22
Feb
When is a Village? Defining the Beginnings of Village Life is the Topic of Archaeology Southwest's Next Archaeology Cafe - Tucson
When is a Village? Defining the Beginnings of Village Life is the Topic of Archaeology Southwest's Next Archaeology Cafe - Tucson
On March 3, 2015, Dr. Lisa C. Young (University of Michigan) and Dr. Sarah A. Herr (Desert Archaeology, Inc.) will describe what makes a settlement a village. We meet on ...
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2015
06
Feb
What I'm Doing This Week: Doug Gann
Doug Gann, Preservation Archaeologist and Digital Media Specialist
This week's tasks involve all my favorite things: ancient architecture, 3D modeling, Autocad, LIDAR scans and photogrammetry. Through the Colorado Plateau Cooperative Ecosystem Study Unit (CESU), I've been tasked with digitally docu...
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2015
03
Feb
What I'm Doing This Week: Lewis Borck
By Lewis Borck, Preservation Archaeology Fellow
This week, I'm doing data entry and synthesis for the Edge of Salado project, guest-editing the forthcoming Archaeology Southwest Magazine issue on the Gallina Branch, writing a research grant, writing a book review, and participating on the Universit...
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2015
02
Feb
What I'm Doing This Week: Paul Reed
By Paul F. Reed, Preservation Archaeologist
This week, I’m continuing to advocate for protection of the Greater Chaco Landscape. We're pleased to announce the completion of a short film by EcoFlight, in cooperation with the Partnership for Responsible Business and Archaeology Southwest. T...
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2015
02
Jan
Preserving the Greater Chaco Landscape
By Paul F. Reed, Preservation Archaeologist
Together with the Partnership for Responsible Business and EcoFlight, I was fortunate to be involved in two flights over the San Juan Basin and the Chacoan landscape. In October and again in November, I flew with Bruce Gordon (EcoFlight) and a num...
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2014
21
Dec
Help Create a New Preservation Partnership for Tumamoc Hill
A 2,000-Year-Old Hilltop Village next to Downtown Tucson
Most people living in Tucson have no idea of the cultural history embedded at Tumamoc, the large mesa behind Sentinel Peak (aka "A" Mountain). Some 2,000 years ago, the ancient desert farmers of the Early Agricultural period built a h...
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