2018
19
Jul
SAVED: Ironwood Forest National Monument
Tucson, Ariz. (July 19, 2018)—Representative Paul Gosar’s (R-AZ) Amendment (No. 63) attacking Ironwood Forest National Monument failed yesterday evening in the recorded vote, 193–220. The proposed amendment was attached to H.R. 6147, an appropriations bill for the Department of the Interior a...
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2017
27
Aug
An Assault upon the Antiquities Act
Archaeology Southwest Stands with the Antiquities Act
Archaeology Southwest denounces today’s executive order by President Trump, which requires the Department of the Interior to review national monument designations since 1996 that are greater than 100,000 acres or determined to be lacking in a...
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2017
08
Jan
Is Revocation of National Monuments Even Possible?
Is Revocation of National Monuments Even Possible?
Utah's congressional delegation, Gov. Gary Herbert, and Utah lawmakers have all-but-declared war on the new monument designation. Many have also voiced a desire to have Trump reverse the order once he takes office. That’s something no president ha...
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2015
03
Dec
Study Reveals National Significance of the Great Bend of the Gila
Thursday, December 3rd
NEWLY RELEASED STUDY SHOWS NATIONAL
SIGNIFICANCE OF ARIZONA CULTURAL RESOURCES
ANALYSIS EMPHASIZES CULTURAL IMPORTANCE OF 'THE GREAT BEND OF THE GILA';
REINFORCES NEED FOR PERMANENT PROTECTION
Phoenix, AZ. – An in-depth study released today by the National Tru...
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2015
25
Oct
Archaeology Southwest in D.C. to Support Great Bend of the Gila
Archaeology Southwest in D.C. to Support Great Bend of the Gila
On September 29, 2015, Archaeology Southwest’s President and CEO, Bill Doelle, joined tribal officials and other heritage organizations to make the case for the Great Bend of the Gila National Monument. Three legislators offered suppo...
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2015
15
Apr
What Most of Us Are Doing This Week: Ridiculously Long Titles Edition
Karen Gust Schollmeyer, Preservation Archaeologist
Many of us here at Archaeology Southwest will be spending part of this week in San Francisco, California, at the Society for American Archaeology Annual Meeting. Every year, thousands of archaeologists flock to a different North American city to o...
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2014
24
Aug
Hohokam Village Excavated to Make Way for Future Strip Mall
Hohokam Village Excavated to Make Way for Future Strip Mall
A “really nice picture” of the workings of early Hohokam civilization is emerging from a recent excavation that uncovered at least part of a prehistoric-era village at a planned Marana outlet mall site. “This site is revealing, becau...
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2013
30
Jun
Bipartisan Effort to Expand Casa Grande National Monument
Toward a Grander Casa Grande
The boundaries of Casa Grande Ruins National Monument could be expanded if Congress adopts legislation introduced Tuesday by U.S. Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick, D-Ariz.The Casa Grande Ruins is one of the finest examples of 13th century Hohokam culture in the American Southwest, K...
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2012
22
Oct
Lewis Borck is Newest Preservation Fellow
Archaeology Southwest Announces Latest Preservation Fellow
University of Arizona School of Anthropology doctoral candidate Lewis Borck to pursue Preservation Archaeology in southern Arizona
Tucson, Ariz. (October 22, 2012) — Archaeology Southwest is pleased to welcome its newest Preservation F...
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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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2010
28
Nov
Meetings of the American Anthropological Association Featured a Growing "Jargon Gap"
Meetings of the American Anthropological Association Feature Growing "Jargon Gap"
This weekend's annual conference of the American Anthropological Association drew more than 6,000 scholars, making it among the best-attended meetings in the organization's history. But the robust numbers did not preve...
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2010
10
Jun
Center President in Washington D.C. to Testify
"The Casa Grande Ruins National Monument preserves the remains of an ancient Hohokam farming community and 'Great House,' one of the largest prehistoric structures built in the United States. It is one of our most famous cultural landmarks and is prominent in Akimel O’odham, Tohono O’odh...
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