2018
20
Nov
AZ State Parks Director Ousted
AZ Governor Fires State Parks Director
Black's termination follows an Arizona Republic investigation revealing allegations from former department archaeologists that Arizona State Parks & Trails had repeatedly developed state land without regard for laws protecting Native American and other arc...
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2018
02
Mar
Greater Bears Ears as Borderlands
Today’s post is by our friend and frequent contributor R. E. Burrillo, who co-edited, with Benjamin A. Bellorado, the new issue of Archaeology Southwest Magazine, “Sacred and Threatened: The Cultural Landscapes of Greater Bears Ears,” released today.
R. E. Burrillo, SWCA Environmental Cons...
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2016
20
Dec
Celebrating a Mammoth Dust-Up in Bluff
R. E. Burrillo, University of Utah
San Juan County is no stranger to controversy. A divisive and tragic bust of archaeological looters took place in Blanding between 2007 and 2009. In 2014, a group of fed-up locals followed a county commissioner on an illegal “protest ride” through a popul...
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2015
11
Mar
Cedar Mesa and Preservation Archaeology
Bill Doelle, President & CEO
My number of waking hours in Bluff, Utah, was just slightly more than the 16-hour round-trip drive from Tucson to attend the annual Celebrate Cedar Mesa Weekend. It was well worth the effort. As the program rolled out to some 300 attendees, I was thrilled t...
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2015
08
Jan
From the Editor’s Desk
By Kate Sarther Gann, Content Editor, Archaeology Southwest Magazine
Thoughts on Archaeology Southwest Magazine 28(3 & 4), “Tortuous and Fantastic: Cultural and Natural Wonders of Greater Cedar Mesa”:
No doubt about it, this issue is a whopper. The biggest we’ve ever done, in ...
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