2016
31
Aug
50-Dollar Words, 1-Dollar Ideas, and Priceless People
Lewis Borck, Preservation Archaeologist
(August 30, 2016)—Archaeologists are really good at making up words, or at least turning nouns into verbs in really awkward ways. Many site reports in the English-speaking world are littered with the word “recordation,” as in, “this site underwent r...
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2016
23
Aug
Update on Protecting the Greater Chaco Landscape
Paul F. Reed, Preservation Archaeologist
(August 23, 2016)—I’m overdue for an update on Archaeology Southwest’s efforts—with our partners—to protect the Greater Chaco Landscape. First, good news: we have produced a brochure highlighting the issues we face. This highly readable broch...
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2016
22
Aug
Where Most Research Happens
Katherine Dungan, Preservation Archaeologist
(August 19, 2016)—Odds are good that when you think of archaeology, you’re thinking of an outdoor activity, whether that’s a bunch of dust-covered researchers poking around in square holes or just you, experiencing a place on the landscape with a...
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2016
15
Aug
Nine Mile Canyon Stewardship Day 2016
Jamie Clark Stott, Program Archaeologist, Project Discovery, Utah
(August 15, 2016)—On Saturday, September 17, 2016, Project Discovery will host its third annual Stewardship Day (opens as a PDF) in Nine Mile Canyon, Utah. Project Discovery is a nonprofit education program birthed by education s...
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2016
12
Jul
Chasing the Past
Lindsay Romo, Cochise College
(June 11, 2016)—Advancing knowledge of past people’s lives, beliefs, and practices for future research is one of Preservation Archaeology’s main goals. Leaving parts of the past for future excavations ameliorates the process of understanding what really took pl...
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2016
10
Jun
A Memorable Success in Preservation Archaeology on Elk Ridge
Guest post by R. E. Burrillo, Archaeologist: Manti-La Sal National Forest, Moab-Monticello District, UT
(June 9, 2016)—During the week of May 23, something wholly unremarkable and yet almost never talked about in the media took place in southeast Utah: a group of volunteers did important work an...
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2016
08
Jun
Survey Says…
Adam Sezate, Graduate of United States Naval Academy
(June 8, 2016)–Under our survey supervisor, Evan Giomi, my partners and I had the opportunity to help the Nature Conservancy survey their land along the Gila River. My team and I were in search of any clues of past human settlement in an ...
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2016
07
Jun
Kickoff of Our 2016 Field School Blog Series
Karen Gust Schollmeyer, Preservation Archaeologist
(June 7, 2016)—The 2016 field season brings several exciting changes for the Preservation Archaeology Field School. One of the biggest changes for us is a new excavation site. We finished our fieldwork at the Cliff phase (A.D. 1300–1450+) D...
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2016
28
Apr
The Students Are Coming!
Karen Gust Schollmeyer, Preservation Archaeologist
(April 28, 2016)—Our 2016 Preservation Archaeology Field School is only a month away! For me, late April brings a list of quirky archaeological tasks, such as ordering thousands of very specific plastic bags for artifact curation and re...
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2016
25
Apr
New Mexico Park Visitation Rises
Paul F. Reed, Preservation Archaeologist
(April 25, 2016)—The latest statistics show a dramatic increase in visitation to National Park Service (NPS) parks and monuments in New Mexico, for March 2016.
Several factors may be responsible for the uptick, including a promotional push by the Park Ser...
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2016
06
Apr
Gorod Durakov, or What’s In a Name?
Jeff Clark, Preservation Archaeologist
(April 5, 2016)—I spent a wonderful and exhausting six days in late March as a guide for a weeklong members’ tour of Salado and Classic Hohokam archaeological sites in the valleys of southern Arizona. Bill Doelle, Lyle Balenquah, and Alan Osbourne were my ...
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2016
31
Mar
Archaeology and Digital Technology, Plus an Update on the SPARC Project
Paul F. Reed, Preservation Archaeologist
(March 31, 2016)—Scott Michlin welcomed me back to his San Juan College KSJE Morning Show in February. We discussed the role of digital technology in archaeology. You can listen to our conversation here.
The primary topic for my radio chat with Scott was ...
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