2013
30
May
Not Just for Sherd Nerds
By Matt Peeples, Preservation Archaeologist
Although a holiday, this past Monday definitely was not a quiet day at Archaeology Southwest. The first full day of the Preservation Archaeology Field School kicked off with some introductory lectures and tours. I was fortunate to tag along for ...
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2012
21
Jun
Student Post: Reaching Out
By Deborah L. Huntley, Preservation Archaeologist
Andi Sei understands why we must share what we are learning with the community:
Archaeology isn’t just for the academic. Public education is vital for the community and the archaeologist.
This past Saturday, our field school held t...
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2012
06
Apr
Salado polychrome pottery, part 2
By Deborah L. Huntley, Preservation Archaeologist
A major part of our research at Mule Creek—and in the Upper Gila region in general—is to identify compositional and stylistic variability in Salado polychrome pottery (also known as Roosevelt Red Ware) through time and across space. ...
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2012
03
Feb
The Sherds of Gamalstad: Ceramic Chronology in Mule Creek
By Katherine A. Dungan, Research Assistant
In a post back in October, I discussed the Late Pithouse period at Gamalstad, one of the sites we investigated during the 2009 field season. As I wrote then, we have evidence of a substantial pithouse occupation (c. A.D. 550–1000), underneath s...
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