This Archaeology Southwest video takes you on a spectacular journey to the Gila Bend region of southern Arizona, where you will experience the richness and fragility of this abiding cultural crossroads.
EVENT: From Above: Images of a Storied Land DATE/TIME: Until January 7, 2012, the show will be open on the first and third Saturdays of each month from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., and by appointment. LOCATION: Ventana Gallery, Ventana Medical Systems, Inc., 1910 Innovation Park Drive, Oro Valley, Arizona. ADMISSION: Free. EXPLORE THE EXHIBITION [...]
Team members Jeff Clark, Deb Huntley, Rob Jones, and Katherine Dungan share their Upper Gila research as it unfolds. New posts appear each Thursday.
Tucson, AZ (August 4, 2011)—Center for Desert Archaeology Preservation Archaeologists Paul F. Reed and Doug Gann have been awarded a $150,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to digitally interpret recent archaeological findings from the Middle San Juan region of northwestern New Mexico. The funding comes through a special program at NSF, Communicating Research [...]
The Center for Desert Archaeology has joined with a broad array of regional partners in support of the Sonoran Desert Heritage Campaign, which seeks to preserve significant landscapes in western Maricopa County.
You can help the Center protect sites in the Mimbres Valley and across the Southwest. We need to raise $30,000 by July 31st to keep our Site Protection program running at full strength. more…
Please join us in welcoming Membership Assistant Kathleen Bader to the Center family. Kathleen came aboard in May 2011. Kathleen brings several years of experience with nonprofit institutions and membership programs. An accomplished musician and composer, she moved to Tucson after falling in love with the Sonoran Desert. You can read more about Kathleen here. [...]
Deborah Huntley, Rob Jones, and Katherine Dungan share their research questions and their perspectives on working in the Upper Gila River region of west-central New Mexico in these new Center-produced video segments.
Follow along with Center Preservation Fellow Robert Jones and the staff and students of the Center for Desert Archaeology and University of Arizona School of Anthropology’s Preservation Archaeology Field School as they conduct a fourth season of fieldwork in the Mule Creek region of western New Mexico.
Center for Desert Archaeology and University of Arizona 2011 Preservation Archaeology Field School at Mule Creek, NM The Center for Desert Archaeology and the University of Arizona School of Anthropology are offering a preservation archaeology field school from May 29 through July 4, 2011. The field school will combine training in basic excavation and site [...]
Archaeology Southwest Vol. 24, No. 3 examines social identity in the Northern San Juan Basin. This interactive exhibit displays 3D models of ancient ceramics, just one of many kinds of artifacts being used to explore ideas about identity in this fascinating part of the Southwest. more…
The Center for Desert Archaeology announces our new online bookstore. More items are now available as downloads. Check it out!
At a recent Center for Desert Archaeology gathering, Dr. Patricia Crown related the series of serendipitous events that led to her discovery of ancient cacao residues on ceramics from Chaco Canyon’s Pueblo Bonito. This presentation was recorded on September 19, 2010. more…