2013
21
Jul
Sacred Object Sold at Paris Auction Returned to Hopi Tribe
Sacred Object Sold at Paris Auction Returned to Hopi Tribe
One of the several dozen sacred items sold at auction in Paris last spring has been returned to the Hopi people. The tribe was vehemently opposed to the sale. In April when lawyer Pierre Servan-Schreibercouldn’t convince a French judge ...
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2013
23
Jun
Fort Huachuca's Black Officers' Club Named to National Trust's 11 Most Endangered Places
Fort Huachuca's Black Officers' Club Named to National Trust's 11 Most Endangered Places
The fate of a Fort Huachuca building that preservationists say is significant to honoring the contributions of African-American military personnel during World War II is still uncertain despite attempts to prese...
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2013
10
Jun
An Archaeology Road Show in Arizona's Mogollon Highlands
By Doug Gann, Preservation Archaeologist and Digital Media Specialist
In a community such as Springerville, like almost every place in the Southwest with nearby water, archaeological evidence of ancient peoples is fairly common. The objects linking the past of these places to the present ar...
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2013
29
May
Art and Preservation Archaeology at Casa Malpais
By Doug Gann,
Preservation Archaeologist
For the past twelve years, I've been helping a community in eastern Arizona’s Mogollon Highlands preserve, protect, and interpret a unique ancient place now known as Casa Malpais. Because they are located at cooler elevations in and around the Wh...
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2011
30
Jun
Help Us Protect the Places of Our Shared Past
You can help the Center protect sites in the Mimbres Valley and across the Southwest. We need to raise $30,000 by July 31st to keep our Site Protection program running at full strength. more…
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2011
10
Jun
New Videos - Center Archaeologists on Work in Mule Creek, New Mexico
Deborah Huntley, Rob Jones, and Katherine Dungan share their research questions and their perspectives on working in the Upper Gila River region of west-central New Mexico in these new Center-produced video segments.
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2011
29
Mar
Following the Kayenta and Salado Up the Gila
This issue of Archaeology Southwest presents the Center's ongoing research on the twelfth through fifteenth centuries in the Upper Gila and preliminary results of field efforts in Mule Creek, New Mexico.
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2011
21
Jan
2011 Mule Creek Field School
Center for Desert Archaeology and University of Arizona
2011 Preservation Archaeology Field School at Mule Creek, NM
The Center for Desert Archaeology and the University of Arizona School of Anthropology are offering a preservation archaeology field school from May 29 through July 4, 2011. The fiel...
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2010
26
Oct
Global Conference Explores Preservation Archaeology
Global Conference Explores Preservation Archaeology
So, how can we manage these sites in a sustainable fashion? How can we create a system of site selection, preservation, and conservation that helps the local economy protect a cultural treasure that ultimately belongs to the world? How can techn...
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2010
24
Sep
Politics Push Back Casa Grande Expansion
The Casa Grande Ruins National Monument expansion bill (HR 5110) received a substantial majority of votes on Thursday (Sept. 23), with 244 votes "yea", and 174 votes "nay." However, the bill was considered under “suspension of the rules,” which requires a two-thirds vote. The bill did not reach ...
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2010
28
Jun
Hohokam Heritage: The Casa Grande Community
Volume 23, No. 4 of Archaeology Southwest reviews the historical background of the Casa Grande Ruins National Monument and provides a broader archaeological context for thinking about the monument’s expansion.
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