2015
28
Jun
Conservationists Push to Preserve Chaco Landscape
Conservationists Push to Preserve Chaco Landscape
Paul Reed, a preservation archaeologist with Tucson-based Archaeology Southwest and a Chaco scholar, led tribal members of the Acoma Historic Preservation Office and others to Chaco Culture National Historical Park and the park's outlying areas last ...
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2015
25
Jun
Contrasts
Connor Walsh, University of Notre Dame
Several months ago, when I was considering my options for an archaeological field school, I hoped to choose a school which would broaden my experience; all of my previous work was in Ireland, and I knew that my base of knowledge was therefore limited to the id...
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2015
25
Jun
Welcome to the Grand Ballroom
By Will Russell, Ceramics Lab Director, Preservation Archaeology Field School
From what I gather, blog posts are supposed to be insightful, so I’ll apologize up front. This isn’t going to solve any of life’s riddles. Rather, it’s more an expression of interpretive frustration. You see, we s...
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2015
23
Jun
Survey equals fun; sort of.
Diana Trevizo, Eastern New Mexico University
The first time I heard that we were going to have the opportunity to participate in archaeological survey in addition to excavation, I was ecstatic! Before attending this field school, I had participated in mock excavations at Eastern New Mexico Universi...
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2015
22
Jun
New Normal
Alexandra Norwood, Arizona State University
To me, field school has been all about new experiences. New isn’t always better and adjustment has been, in large part, learning to love some part of any situation. There have been struggles: frustration when the excavators in other units find artifacts...
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2015
21
Jun
Another Study Finds Kennewick Man Was Native American
Another Study Finds Kennewick Man Was Native American
On Thursday, Danish scientists published an analysis of DNA obtained from the skeleton. Kennewick Man’s genome clearly does not belong to a European, the scientists said. “It’s very clear that Kennewick Man is most closely related to conte...
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2015
21
Jun
Ideologies of Inclusion
Alexander Ballesteros, Northern Arizona University
The Southwest United States has a long history of cultural coalescence, and as a fourth-generation Arizonan, I have a firsthand glimpse at the history of group aggregations in the region. Some historic instances of cultural coalescence in Arizona i...
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2015
19
Jun
The Spark
Monica Veale, University of Texas at Arlington
As a child, my first experience with archaeology was a long road trip to Portland, Oregon, for a family reunion. The trip involved stops in Mesa Verde National Park, Bandelier National Monument, and Gila Cliff Dwellings. I was only eight years old at t...
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2015
18
Jun
What We're Doing at the 2015 Field School
Karen Gust Schollmeyer, Preservation Archaeologist
As you can tell if you're following Archaeology Southwest on Facebook, our 2015 field season is off and running! This year, as in the past, students are rotating through experiences in excavation, archaeological survey, field laboratory analysis, ...
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2015
17
Jun
Preservation and Purpose at the PZ Ranch
By Andy Laurenzi, Southwest Field Representative
All buildings—whether agricultural, residential, industrial, or commercial—are built with a purpose and function in mind. The owners spend money to construct and maintain the structure to fulfill that purpose and function. There is an economic...
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2015
16
Jun
New Skills
Joe Hall, Cochise College
Part of our field school experimental archaeology work includes a hike to the San Francisco River to work on flinknapping and atlatl carving. On our recent hike with instructor Allen Denoyer, fellow student Lindsay Shepard and I were lucky to be accompanied by visiting g...
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2015
14
Jun
Innovative Preservation Compromise or a Rather Tough Bargain?
Indian Camp Ranch - Innovative Preservation Compromise or a Rather Tough Bargain?
The first archaeological subdivision in America has a simple premise: The owner of each roughly 35-acre plot is guaranteed that his or her property contains archaeological sites. The covenants of the homeowners ass...
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