2024
31
Jan
Continuing Coverage: US Museums Respond to New NAGPRA Regulations
Dear Friends,
Museums are back in the news again.
This week, the American Museum of Natural History in New York announced the closure of two major exhibitions focused on Native American material culture from the Eastern Woodlands and Great Plains. Earlier this month, Chicago’s Field Museum, ...
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2024
23
Jan
Tribes and Conservation Organizations Sue USBLM over SunZia Route
Dear Friends,
On Friday, January 19, my fifth day with this wonderful organization, I had the privilege of attending the Four Southern Tribes Cultural Resources Working Group in Ak Chin, Arizona, near Maricopa, southwest of Phoenix. (The Four Southern Tribes include the Ak-Chin Indian Community, ...
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2024
22
Jan
Tribes and Archaeology Southwest Sue USBLM over SunZia Transmission Line Route
Complaint alleges U.S. Bureau of Land Management failed to complete steps
required by the National Historic Preservation Act prior to authorizing construction
Tucson, Ariz. (January 22, 2024)—On January 17, 2024, the San Carlos Apache Tribe and the Tohono O’odham Nation, joined by Archaeology ...
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2024
16
Jan
A Message from Steve Nash
Dear Friends,
The moment is finally here—Monday, January 15, was my first day as President and CEO of Archaeology Southwest! So far, it has been every bit as exciting as I’d hoped. From the exceptionally capable and welcoming ASW staff to the unique office setting provided by the Bates Mansio...
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2024
09
Jan
An Experiment in Conservation and Co-Ownership in Bears Ears
Dear Friends,
Expanding Archaeology Southwest’s Preservation Archaeology mission. That’s what Steve Nash and the organization’s amazing staff will continue when he arrives next Monday. I, too, will begin my own new ways to do the same.
I believe nonprofits are essential 21st-century inst...
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2024
07
Jan
Hands-On Archaeology: How to Make a Tabular Saw
Allen Denoyer, Preservation Archaeologist and Ancient Technologies Expert
(January 8, 2024)—In today’s post, I’ll show you how to make a simple agave-processing tool. Although archaeologists generally call these “tabular knives,” experiments indicate that people probably used them more ...
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2024
02
Jan
Year in Review: 2023 Indigenous Conservation Highlights
Dear Friends,
Archaeology Southwest has had three homes since our founding in 1989. Between 1989 and 2001, we were incubated within the North Tucson Boulevard offices of Desert Archaeology, Inc. We rented space in the Historic YWCA on West University Boulevard from late 2000 to 2010. We’ve been...
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2023
19
Dec
NM Extends Moratorium on Leasing of State Land in Greater Chaco
Dear Friends,
Weather permitting, I’m in Washington Crossing, Pennsylvania, as you open this note. Of course, you never know what you’ll encounter on cross-country flights this time of year.
It’s time to visit my daughter, grandson (11), and granddaughter (9). I’ll miss a few weeks of ...
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2023
12
Dec
Changes to NAGPRA to Expedite Returns
Dear Friends,
Anticipation. Expectation. Last Tuesday I had a full tank of both as I left the office early and drove to Tucson’s Loft Cinema. We were returning to live, in-person Archaeology Cafés. Our last one was—hmmmm—February 2020!
So many people have told me that they were excited ...
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2023
05
Dec
Societies May Become Less Resilient as They Age
Dear Friends,
As I look at retirement, and think about how I’ll spend my time, I don’t see a lot of “free time”—and certainly no boredom.
I do the majority of my “reading” by listening to audiobooks, and I just discovered that I can get a report on my minutes of reading. So far, ...
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2023
29
Nov
Looking Back, Looking Forward: cyberSW and the Tribal Working Group
(November 30, 2023)—Boozhoo (“hello” in Ojibwemowin), I am Ashleigh Thompson, an enrolled member of the Red Lake Ojibwe Nation. I work as Director of Tribal Collaboration in Research and Education at Archaeology Southwest.
Helping form the cyberSW Tribal Working Group (TWG) was one of my fi...
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2023
29
Nov
Archaeology Southwest Researchers Honored with Awards
Tucson, Ariz. (November 30, 2023)—Archaeology Southwest is pleased to share that two of our staff members were honored by professional societies earlier this month.
Preservation Anthropologist Aaron M. Wright received the 2023 Professional Archaeologist Award at the annual meeting of the Arizon...
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