2024
03
Sep
New Research on Old Turkeys in the Mimbres Area
Karen Gust Schollmeyer, Preservation Archaeologist and Director, Preservation Archaeology Field School
(September 2, 2024)—One of the many fun and interesting things I got to do this summer while working at the WNMU Museum with our Preservation Archaeology Field School team was a rapid assessme...
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2024
03
Sep
A Decade of Weathering: The Mule Creek House
Allen Denoyer, Ancient Technologies Expert
(September 1, 2024)—In 2014, I joined the Archaeology Southwest Field School staff. The field school had been operating out of Mule Creek, New Mexico, for several years prior, and I was brought in to develop and teach the experiential component of the cu...
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2024
28
Aug
Archaeology Journal Goes Open Access
Dear Friends,
CNN recently published a story about a 4-year-old boy who accidently broke a 3,500-year-old Bronze Age jar at the Hecht Museum in Haifa. The jar was on open display because the museum’s founder wants to keep artifacts more accessible to the public, even if they are not supposed to...
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2024
27
Aug
Archaeology Southwest Honors Linda Pierce on the Occasion of Her Retirement
Pierce served the organization for decades, growing it from a team of 3 to an annual budget of $3M
Tucson, Ariz. (August 27, 2024)—Please join Archaeology Southwest’s Board of Directors, staff, and longtime supporters in celebrating Linda Pierce and her innumerable contributions to the heart ...
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2024
22
Aug
Why Great Bend of the Gila Should Be a National Monument
Dear Friends,
I am thrilled to announce our lineup for the 2024–2025 Archaeology Café series, focused on dogs in North American archaeology, has now been set!
Tuesday, October 1, 2024: R.E. Burrillo, Bureau of Land Management
Tuesday, November 12, 2024: Laurie Webster, Independent Schola...
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2024
15
Aug
NPS Awards Funds to Aid NAGPRA Compliance
Dear Friends,
This week, I’d like to highlight some of the work of our cyberSW team, led by Vice-President of Research Jeff Clark and cyberSW manager Josh Watts. Before diving into specifics of their work, I’d like to ask you to consider our digital world from a 30,000-foot perspective.
Ri...
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2024
13
Aug
Floodplain Fusion
Jonathan Hazel, Arizona State University
(July 15, 2024)—Recently, my cohort within the field school wrapped up a week of archaeological survey along the banks of the Mimbres River. We uncovered a diverse array of ceramic sherds—brownwares, redwares, bowls, jars—each piece a testament to the ...
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2024
13
Aug
Making and Cataloguing Jewelry
Lydia-Ann Snyder, Arizona State University
(July 15, 2024)—Although I would not consider myself to be a particularly stylish person, I can recognize beauty in other people’s wardrobes. Fashion is not usually something people think about when considering the past. It is easy to assume that cloth...
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2024
08
Aug
Grijalva Introduces Legislation to Create Great Bend of the Gila National Monument
Dear Friends,
Archaeology Southwest practices preservation archaeology in all its manifestations—from minimally invasive and nondestructive scientific research to landscape and site preservation, from Tribal collaboration and co-management to advocacy for site and landscape protections. At any ...
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2024
02
Aug
Archaeology Southwest Applauds Rep. Grijalva’s Introduction of Legislation to Designate Arizona’s Great Bend of the Gila as a National Monument
Great Bend of the Gila is a globally significant landscape — invaluable, unique, and fragile
Tucson, Ariz. (August 2, 2024)—Congressman Raúl M. Grijalva (D-AZ) today reintroduced legislation in the House of Representatives seeking national monument designation for a remarkable cultural landsca...
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2024
01
Aug
The Return of Zuni Waffle Gardening
Dear Friends,
Last week I had the good fortune of taking an epic road trip around the American Southwest with two of our newest employees—Vice-President of Development Ethan Cox and Development & Marketing Manager Elysia Hansel. Neither had ever been to Mesa Verde National Park, Chaco Canyo...
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2024
31
Jul
Reaching out to Indigenous Youth
Skylar Begay, Diné, Mandan and Hidatsa, Director, Tribal Collaboration in Outreach & Advocacy
(July 31, 2024)—We had three incredible opportunities to spend quality time with Indigenous young people this summer. Here, I share my reflections on those occasions, as well as those of some of my ...
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