2023
31
Oct
The Fate of Belongings Taken from Wounded Knee
Dear Friends,
Today opens National Native American Heritage Month. In acknowledgment, Archaeology Southwest will be highlighting new and archival material throughout the month, as will the Save History project and the Respect Great Bend campaign.
In the “new to you” category is next Tuesda...
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2023
24
Oct
Maxwell Exhibition Marks 50th Anniversary of “Seven Families in Pueblo Pottery”
Dear Friends,
Remember the slow-moving rattlesnake I helped safely cross my street last week?
We met again on Saturday.
The two terraces of the green zone in front of our house comprise a desert level and an oasis level. The desert area supports an ancient palo verde tree that gets watered ...
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2023
17
Oct
American Museum of Natural History Changes Policy on Human Remains
Dear Friends,
The view from my kitchen window impacts my life in an outsized way.
It’s not a particularly large window, but it does give me invaluable perspective. In my specific case, the mere 25 feet to the terraced slope in which my wife and I invest lots of energy—horse manure and mulc...
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2023
10
Oct
Respect Indigenous Traditions about Eclipses
Dear Friends,
It’s a Field Day!
When you open this email, I will be out on the land in one of my very favorite places—the San Pedro Valley.
I never need an excuse to go to the San Pedro. It’s always the right time. Today, I’m part of the team giving an archaeological overview to Ale...
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2023
06
Oct
Community Stewardship in the San Pedro Valley
Alex Binford-Walsh, San Pedro Community Steward
(October 6, 2023)—Hi all! As the new San Pedro Community Steward for Archaeology Southwest, I’m looking forward to promoting Preservation Archaeology and Tribes’ interests in the San Pedro Watershed and adjacent territory.
Here’s what...
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2023
03
Oct
cyberSW and SKOPE Now Work Together
Dear Friends,
This note is divided into two parts: an important Part 1 and a self-indulgent Part 2.
Part 1. Last night, Archaeology Southwest initiated season 16 of its Archaeology Café series. My thanks to Director of Outreach, Sara Anderson, who took over hosting the Café, which allowed me...
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2023
28
Sep
Bug Bling! How to Make a Necklace out of Beetle Legs
Allen Denoyer, Preservation Archaeologist and Ancient Technologies Expert
(September 28, 2023)—When I was visiting Mission Garden this past summer during the height of the fig harvest, I was amazed to see thousands of beetles eating ripe figs. I grew up calling these “June bugs,” but in the...
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2023
26
Sep
Continuing Coverage: Tribal Co-Management of Public Lands
Dear Friends,
As I looked out my kitchen window on Sunday, I saw the first Black-throated Sparrow since sometime in May. And for the last several weeks, I have had to replenish my hummingbird feeder every morning. The nectar-feeding bats that take on the night shift consume a lot more than the da...
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2023
25
Sep
On the Trail of Trails: A Dialogue
John R. Welch, Director, Landscape and Site Preservation Program
Aaron Wright, Preservation Anthropologist
(September 26, 2023)—Archaeology Southwest is, of late, blazing trails in the Archaeology of Trails! Aaron (AW) has been documenting traces of ancient trails in present-day southern Arizo...
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2023
19
Sep
Continuing Coverage: Pueblo Leaders Defend Chaco Protection Zone in DC
Dear Friends,
I have long been interested in changes in population—demography—in my archaeological studies and as a global phenomenon. With colleagues, I have suggested that population numbers may have dropped by as much as 75 percent in the southern Southwest over the century from 1350 to 14...
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2023
12
Sep
All Pueblo Council of Governors in DC to Advocate for Chaco Protection Zone
Dear Friends,
Today’s note comes with my thanks to Linda Vossler, Archaeology Southwest’s Amazing Office Manager. Linda sent our staff a reminder email that our monthly staff lunch this Friday—which we are so fortunate and grateful she organizes—will be catered by the San Xavier Co-op: ...
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2023
11
Sep
Call to Action: Support Common-Sense Reforms to Oil-Gas Leasing on Public Lands
Interior Dept. takes steps to modernize oil and gas leasing on public lands, ensure fair return to taxpayers
Comment now
Tucson, Ariz. and Taos, N.M. (September 11, 2023)—We and our coalition partners commend the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), the Department of the Interior, and the Bi...
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