Our Projects

We ask try to ask big questions about people’s lives in this region in the past. We respectfully protect heritage places on the land. We collaboratively advocate for the protection and community interpretation of cultural landscapes.

National Heritage Areas

Archaeology Southwest participated in two national heritage area campaigns: the Little Colorado River valley and the Santa Cruz River valley. National Heritage Areas seek to preserve and celebrate America’s defining landscapes and diverse cultural traditions. National Heritage Areas (NHAs) are ...
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Advocacy

Salmon Pueblo and the Middle San Juan River Valley

From 2001 to 2014, Archaeology Southwest’s Preservation Archaeologist Paul Reed was based at Salmon Pueblo. His long-term collaborative research project examines the reach of the cultures centered at Chaco Canyon and Mesa Verde into the Middle San Juan Basin. It also seeks to understand what commu...
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Outreach, Research

Virtual Southwest

Archaeology Southwest created the Virtual Southwest initiative to explore how emerging technologies in digital media could be utilized to share the results of archaeological research with an interested public. Technologies such as interactive exhibits, 3D animation, and virtual reality were utilized...
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Outreach