2023
04
Apr
Vatican Rescinds “Doctrine of Discovery”
Dear Friends,
Late last week, the Vatican repudiated the “Doctrine of Discovery,” which derives from 15th-century papal proclamations and served as a legal underpinning for laying claim to “discovered lands” that were not inhabited by Christians. It was a critical engine driving European ...
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2023
30
Mar
What's the Point? Atlatl Loops, the Rarest of the Rare
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, Preservation Archaeologist and Ancient Technologies Expert
(March 30, 2023)—Hunters used atlatl...
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2023
28
Mar
Pueblo Grande Becomes S'eḏav Va'aki Museum
Dear Friends,
Last Thursday I put a lot of miles on my Prius as a “water tourist” along an extended area of the proposed Great Bend of the Gila National Conservation Area. What I saw really worried me, and it might worry you, too, however nonsensical that seems for a desert in a drought. I’...
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2023
28
Mar
Archaeology Southwest Continues to Oppose Routing of SunZia Transmission Line through Arizona’s San Pedro Valley
Formal protest submitted to the Bureau of Land Management on March 18
Tucson, Ariz. (March 28, 2023)—Earlier this month, on behalf of Archaeology Southwest, William H. Doelle (President & CEO) and John R. Welch (Director, Landscape and Site Preservation Program) filed a formal protest regardi...
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2023
22
Mar
Archaeology Southwest at the SAAs, 2023 Edition
Karen Gust Schollmeyer, Preservation Archaeologist and Director, Preservation Archaeology Field School
(March 22, 2023)—Early spring here at our Tucson office means the last of the winter rains, the appearance of spring flowers (and, for me, allergy season), and lots of preparation for the So...
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2023
21
Mar
Designated! Avi Kwa Ame and Castner Range National Monuments
Dear Friends,
When Archaeology Southwest takes on a conservation easement, we commit to caring for it “in perpetuity.” That’s clearly a very long time. Regularly thinking about the distant future is part of why I keep coming back to my deep concern over the climate crisis.
I just finishe...
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2023
14
Mar
Threats to Utah’s Nine Mile Canyon
Dear Friends,
If you spend a lot of time trekking across the landscape of the lower Gila River, chances are you’ll meet some interesting people.
Archaeology Southwest Preservation Anthropologist Aaron Wright has trekked the lower Gila a lot in recent years. That’s why many of us now know D...
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2023
08
Mar
Why I No Longer Call It “Art”
Aaron Wright, Preservation Anthropologist
(March 9, 2023)—I’ve been thinking about the power of words, especially those pertaining to petroglyphs and pictographs, for quite some time. With the annual meeting of the American Rock Art Research Association (ARARA) taking place in Tucson this w...
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2023
07
Mar
Rep. Grijalva Introduces Bill to Protect Oak Flat
Dear Friends,
I have been “enjoying” learning from someone a mere 27 percent of my age—Greta Thunberg—the 20-year-old Swedish climate activist.
It’s necessary to use those quotes, because one does not really enjoy most of what is delivered in The Climate Book.
The book is a compen...
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2023
03
Mar
There’s the Buff!
Aaron Wright, Preservation Anthropologist
(March 3, 2023)—A few years ago I shared thoughts and information as I began a journey into the world of Patayan pottery, namely the “Lower Colorado Buff Ware” (LCBW) associated with ancestral Yuman tribes of the lower Gila and lower Colorado Rive...
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2023
28
Feb
Onward, Camp Naco!
Bill Doelle, President & CEO
(March 1, 2023)—On the last weekend of Black History Month, l drove a road I know well but hadn’t traveled since COVID—the road to Camp Naco.
There was an Open House to celebrate Black History Month and to mark grant awards to the City of Bisbee and N...
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2023
28
Feb
Respect Great Bend Coalition Premieres Story Map
Dear Friends,
On the last weekend of Black History Month, l drove a road I know well but hadn’t traveled since COVID—the road to Camp Naco.
There was an Open House to celebrate Black History Month and to mark grant awards to the City of Bisbee and Naco Heritage Alliance totaling $8.1 milli...
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