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2022
30
Sep
Because Places Matter to People
Kate Sarther, Content & Communications Director, and Staff
(September 30, 2022)—Have you read our newly released 2021 Annual Report? If not, you can find it here. I always enjoy compiling these reports and the sense of satisfaction I—we—you can take in all that we managed to accomplis...
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2022
30
Aug
Experiencing and Understanding the Landscape of Petroglyph National Monument
Paul F. Reed, Aaron Wright, Lia Griesser, and Kurt Anschuetz
(August 30, 2022)—Archaeology Southwest is preparing an Indigenous Cultural Landscape Report (ICLR) for Petroglyph National Monument (Monument), located within the city of Albuquerque and Bernalillo County, New Mexico. The Monument enco...
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2022
23
Aug
Don’t Worry, She’ll Hold Together
Andrew Van Cleve, Restoration Archaeologist
(August 23, 2022)—“You hear me, baby? Hold together.” Han Solo may have been talking about the Millennium Falcon, but I recently found myself thinking that during work at 700-year-old cliff dwellings.
Located northeast of Phoenix, Tonto Nat...
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2022
17
Jul
Ah, Plants!
Janae Garcia, University of Hawai‘i at Hilo
(July 2, 2022)—Ah, plants! They surround us and blanket our Earth with such grace and beauty. I have always felt such a love and desire for learning about naturopathic medicine, as well as the variations and impact of plant use throughout history an...
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2022
17
Jul
Decolonizing Archaeology: An Indigenous Perspective
Totsoni Willeto, University of Arizona
(July 1, 2022)—Yá’át’ééh and warm greetings from all of us here at the Gila River Farm site. As we move through the final week and begin wrapping up the field school, one cannot help but reminisce about all the amazing moments we’ve shared with o...
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2022
17
Jul
A Home away from Home
Aleesha Clevenger, University of Arizona
(June 28, 2022)—A place that has become near and dear to my heart is the adobe structure. This small little mudroom building has been my go-to spot for reading, stargazing, and sunset-watching. Over the past week, it has proven to be a perfect place for ...
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2022
17
Jul
Inspired and Determined
Ashley Tillery, University of Nevada Las Vegas
(June 27, 2022)—Field school is truly an experience like no other—you work, play, and live with your classmates. We all have the same experiences but discuss them through many different lenses. An experience I will never forget was our field trip...
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2022
17
Jul
My Thrilling Discovery
Seth Pratt Phillips, University of Arizona
(June 23, 2022)—During my time spent learning and practicing experimental archaeology, I went to Mule Creek to search for obsidian. People have obtained obsidian for making tools from this local source for millennia.
Having just learned how to use a...
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2022
15
Jul
Meals, Bonds, and Paleoethnobotany
“[Humans] don't just survive; they discover; they create. ... I mean, just look at what they do with food!” – Remy, from the 2007 hit motion picture “Ratatouille”
Jonah Bullen, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
(June 21, 2022)—An important takeaway I’ve learned during my five year...
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2022
30
Jun
Getting Down and Dirty: The Robinson Collection Project Team Visits the Gila River Farm Site
Jaye Smith, Robinson Collection Project Team Lead
(July 1, 2022)—When working on a legacy collection, it is hard to envision the context of the excavations conducted from just the notes and artifact assemblages. As the Robinson Collection Project Team conducts their preliminary research and reh...
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2022
29
Jun
Finders But Not Always Keepers
Rena Schrager, Temple University
(June 29, 2022)—“Can we keep this one? It’s not bigger than a quarter, but it’s decorated and pretty.” asks Ashley Tillery, a fellow excavator in Unit 462, inquiring about a small painted ceramic sherd she is holding in her hand as she searches through t...
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2022
29
Jun
Knapping by the River
Jorge Barceló, University of Arizona
(June 29, 2022)—Today [6/10/22] was my first day of experimental archaeology with Allen Denoyer, along with Aleesha and Tots. After a short, steep hike down to the San Francisco River, we sat on the bank and Allen began to show us the basics of flintknappin...
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