2024
09
Mar
Archaeology Southwest at Tucson Festival of Books
Join Archaeology Southwest at the Festival of Books!
Join us at booth 261 at the 2024 Tucson Festival of Books. Engage with Allen Denoyer as he demonstrates flintknapping, atlatls, arrow-shaft straighteners, and more, and check out our latest issue of Archaeology Southwest Magazine, Love of the G...
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2018
16
Oct
Pueblo Leaders on Saving the Greater Chaco Landscape
Podcast: Save the Greater Chaco Landscape
On today’s podcast we are hugely honored to have three special guests who spoke with Jessica [Yaquinto] about the Greater Chaco Landscape during their advocacy trip to Washington D.C. The first segment features All Pueblo Council of Governors (APCG) Chair...
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2017
01
Nov
What We're Doing This Week
Kate Sarther Gann, Communications Coordinator, and Content Editor, Archaeology Southwest Magazine
(November 1, 2017)—Every so often, I ask our staff to say a few words about what they're working on that week. Here's this week's edition:
Aaron Wright:
I'm managing data and records from our...
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2016
11
Oct
The Translators
As International Archaeology Day (October 15, 2016) approaches, we’re celebrating by sharing posts about what we’re working on now—the daily work of archaeology.
Kate Sarther, Communications Coordinator
(October 11, 2016)—Well, not exactly. One of us was an archaeologist, one of us was...
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2015
31
Dec
Archaeology Southwest’s Most Memorable Moments of 2015
Kate Sarther Gann, Communications Coordinator
(December 31, 2015)—Inspired by a clever post from our friends at the Friends of Cedar Mesa, we decided to compile our own list. So, with a hat-tip to Amanda Nichols and Josh Ewing at FCM, we give you, in no particular order,
Archaeology Sout...
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2015
13
Oct
Santa Fe Underground: Archaeology in the City Different
Santa Fe Underground: Archaeology in the City Different
Latest edition of Archaeology Southwest Magazine reviews recent findings
(Tucson, Ariz.) October 12, 2015—Tucson-based nonprofit organization Archaeology Southwest is pleased to announce the publication of “Santa Fe Underground.â€...
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2015
24
Jul
People's Stuff
By Kate Sarther Gann, Communications Coordinator
(July 24, 2015)—Archaeologists examine people's stuff. As a former assistant museum curator, I can tell you that people's stuff—at least, once that stuff is "vintage"—is pretty nifty. One of my favorite artifacts in the collections of t...
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2015
09
Feb
What Does Protection Really Mean?
Josh Ewing, Executive Director, Friends of Cedar Mesa
Cedar Mesa and the landscape surrounding it are full of sacred places. Around almost every bend is another site where even the most detached type-A personality, like me, can connect with people and events far in the past. It’s places like this...
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2015
03
Feb
What I'm Doing This Week: Lewis Borck
By Lewis Borck, Preservation Archaeology Fellow
This week, I'm doing data entry and synthesis for the Edge of Salado project, guest-editing the forthcoming Archaeology Southwest Magazine issue on the Gallina Branch, writing a research grant, writing a book review, and participating on the Universit...
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2013
04
Nov
This Post Is Not about the Borg or Peanut-Butter Cups—Or Is It?
Kate Sarther, Communications Coordinator, and Jeff Clark, Preservation Archaeologist
(November 4, 2013)—One of the most rewarding aspects of serving as the content editor of Archaeology Southwest Magazine is the continual opportunity to learn new things directly from the finest scholars. I ha...
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2013
18
Jul
Of Ancient Networks and Bacon Numbers
By Matt Peeples, Preservation Archaeologist
Yesterday afternoon, many of us at Archaeology Southwest gathered around the first box off the truck, grinning over the new issue of Archaeology Southwest Magazine. It's on its way to our members' mailboxes now (if you're not yet a member, join no...
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2012
02
Jan
Center for Desert Archaeology Is Now Archaeology Southwest
Tucson-based Nonprofit Explores and Protects Region’s Ancient Places
Tucson, Ariz. (January 3, 2012)—The Center for Desert Archaeology is pleased to announce that it has changed its name to Archaeology Southwest. Known to archaeology enthusiasts and professionals for its flagship quarterly, Arch...
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