2013
25
Jul
The Casa Grande Community—In More Ways than One!
By Bill Doelle, President & CEO
Community. Just when cynicism seems at its most pervasive, I am glad to see that community spirit can still shine through. It certainly infuses the new legislation for the expansion of Casa Grande Ruins National Monument.
A bipartisan group of Arizona Re...
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2013
26
Jun
Bipartisan Proposal Aims to Expand Casa Grande Ruins National Monument
Archaeology Southwest is part of a broad coalition that has advocated the expansion of Casa Grande Ruins National Monument, the nation's first archaeological preserve:
[From the National Parks Conservation Association]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 26, 2013
Contacts:
Kevin Dahl, Arizona ...
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2013
08
Jun
Archaeological Eyes
By Ely Rareshide, field school student from Rice University
Before we put trowel to dirt at the Dinwiddie site, we first visited the Valencia site at Pima Community College, Desert Vista Campus, to train our “archaeological eyes.” Bill Doelle led us through the site and explained how to interpr...
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2012
05
Nov
Report from the 2012 National Preservation Conference
By Bill Doelle, Archaeology Southwest President & CEO
The National Trust for Historic Preservation holds an annual conference in a different U.S. city each year. Last week, from October 31 through November 2, we converged on Spokane, Washington, a city of 209,000 that has a robust historic do...
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2012
09
Sep
The City of Mesa Breaks Ground on Mesa Grande Visitors Center
The City of Mesa Breaks Ground on Mesa Grande Visitors Center
At the age of 93, Sam Lewis still gets emotional about his grandparents’ former property in west Mesa — the one he and his family knew as home in the 1920s, long after the ancient Hohokam lived there. When he was a boy, Lewis, the gr...
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2012
06
Jul
Student Post: Wrapping up the Season
By Deborah L. Huntley, Preservation Archaeologist
Nathan Thrapp summarizes this season's field school:
With the field school coming to an end today, I thought a short summary of our shared experiences at Mule Creek would be fitting. Starting our journey in Tucson, ...
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2012
25
Mar
Preservation Archaeology Along the San Pedro
Preservation Archaeology Along the San Pedro and the Story of Archaeology Southwest
The bulldozer scars are old, but somebody's been here recently. Someone's been scraping away with hand tools on a terrace above the San Pedro River, where the Hohokam built villages and fortifications centuries ago....
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2012
27
Jan
Fruitful Discussions at the Southwest Symposium
By Deborah L. Huntley, Preservation Archaeologist, with Katherine Dungan, Research Associate
A few weekends ago, several Archaeology Southwest staff members had the opportunity to attend the 13th Biennial Southwest Symposium in Albuquerque, New Mexico. This year’s symposium title was “...
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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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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, Arc...
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2011
05
Jun
Off to a Good Start
The last few days have been incredibly busy, but the field school is now underway! The students arrived late Sunday afternoon to a meal of turkey mole prepared by our wonderful hosts. They gave a brief introduction to their ranch and life here in Mule Creek, and Bill Doelle talked to the students ...
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2010
01
Dec
Preservation Archaeology News, Fall 2010
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Updates from the Field
Deborah Huntley: Mule Creek 2010
The third field season at Mule Creek, New Mexico, was as productive and enjoyable as ever. Katherine Dungan and Rob Jones began in mid-May by finishing site recording and mapping from t...
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