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2022
03
May
Camp Naco Is Back in the News
Bill Doelle, President & CEO
(May 4, 2022)—I have spent nearly five decades in southern Arizona. That’s long enough to gain a realistic perspective on the pace of preservation advocacy. Sadly, failure is often rapid. But success often takes decades.
Camp Naco has been part of Archaeology S...
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2022
21
Apr
Protect Chaco Comment Deadline Is May 6
Banner image of well pad in Greater Chaco courtesy of EcoFlight
Paul F. Reed, Preservation Archaeologist and Chaco Scholar
(April 21, 2022)—In November 2021, Interior Secretary Deb Haaland announced the withdrawal of 351,000 acres of Federal surface land from oil-gas development in a 10-mile z...
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2022
19
Apr
In Memoriam: Gwinn Vivian
Paul F. Reed, Preservation Archaeologist and Chaco Scholar
(April 19, 2022)—I cannot think of a Southwestern archaeologist and scholar who has made a more positive impact on our field than Gwinn Vivian (1935–2022). And the effect his recent passing is having on all of us who were fortunate to...
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2022
12
Apr
Archaeology Southwest at the SAAs—Recap
Karen Schollmeyer, Preservation Archaeologist and Director, Preservation Archaeology Field School
(April 12, 2022)—In early April, a handful of us from Archaeology Southwest attended the Society for American Archaeology (SAA) annual meeting in Chicago—in person! After a few years of cancell...
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2022
31
Mar
Archaeology Southwest at the SAAs
Sara Anderson, Director of Outreach
(March 31, 2022)—It’s the end of March, and for some that signifies the transition from winter to spring. For others, it represents that pesky “spring forward” time change—luckily not for many Arizona residents. For us here at Archaeology Southwest an...
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2022
22
Feb
From Opportunistic Acquisition to Strategic Stewardship—A Day of Service at the Gillespie Narrows Preserve
John Welch, Director, Landscape and Site Preservation Program
Jaye Smith, Volunteer, Landscape and Site Preservation Program
(February 22, 2022)—The Gillespie Narrows Preserve, located in the north section of the Great Bend of the Gila region, has been on Archaeology Southwest’s radar since ...
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2022
17
Feb
What’s the Point? The Newly Named Placencia Point
This is the next post in a series called “What's the Point?” In this series, Allen Denoyer and other stone tool experts explore various aspects of technologies and traditions.
Allen Denoyer and Ismael Sánchez-Morales
(February 18, 2022)—Ismael originally described and named this poi...
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2022
08
Feb
Time to Step up to Protect Chaco!
Paul F. Reed, Preservation Archaeologist
(February 8, 2022)—In November 2021, Interior Secretary Deb Haaland announced the withdrawal of 351,000 acres of Federal surface land from oil-gas development in a 10-mile zone around Chaco Culture National Historical Park.
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2022
13
Jan
Hands-On Archaeology: How to Make a Cruciform
Allen Denoyer, Preservation Archaeologist and Ancient Technologies Expert
(January 14, 2022)—Cruciforms are artifacts people made by flaking and then grinding stone. In the Southwest, archaeologists find them in sites dating to the Early Agricultural period, particularly those of the Cienega ph...
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2021
17
Dec
On Archaeology: Shannon Cowell
Here is the latest essay in our “On Archaeology” series, in which some of our staff reflect on what they thought archaeology was, how they see it now, and what they think archaeology should be or could be. Updates will continue almost every Friday through the end of the year.
Shannon Cowell, Pr...
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2021
02
Dec
On Archaeology: Sara Anderson
Here is the latest essay in our “On Archaeology” series, in which some of our staff reflect on what they thought archaeology was, how they see it now, and what they think archaeology should be or could be. Updates will continue almost every Friday through the end of the year.
Sara Anderson, A...
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2021
19
Nov
On Archaeology (My Evolution as an Archaeologist): Paul F. Reed
Saturday, October 16, was International Archaeology Day. When we can, we like to commemorate IAD with a blog series. This year, several members of our staff are sharing how they got into archaeology, what they thought the field was, how they think about it now—and even what they think archaeo...
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