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2022
20
Jun

Preservation Archaeology 2022 Public Lectures

Archaeology Southwest and the University of Arizona ask you to join the 2022 Preservation Archaeology Public Lecture series. All lectures begin at 6:30 p.m. (MDT), located at 8179 Hwy 180 W, Cliff NM 88028. Look for the cream building with orange portable toilets on the north side of Hwy 180 just...
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2022
15
Jun

Preservation Archaeology 2022 Public Lectures

Archaeology Southwest and the University of Arizona ask you to join the 2022 Preservation Archaeology Public Lecture series. All lectures begin at 6:30 p.m. (MDT), located at 8179 Hwy 180 W, Cliff NM 88028. Look for the cream building with orange portable toilets on the north side of Hwy 180 just...
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2022
09
Jun

Preservation Archaeology 2022 Public Lectures

Archaeology Southwest and the University of Arizona ask you to join the 2022 Preservation Archaeology Public Lecture series. All lectures begin at 6:30 p.m. (MDT), located at 8179 Hwy 180 W, Cliff NM 88028. Look for the cream building with orange portable toilets on the north side of Hwy 180 just...
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2022
01
Jun

Preservation Archaeology 2022 Public Lectures

Archaeology Southwest and the University of Arizona ask you to join the 2022 Preservation Archaeology Public Lecture series. All lectures begin at 6:30 p.m. (MDT), located at 8179 Hwy 180 W, Cliff NM 88028. Look for the cream building with orange portable toilets on the north side of Hwy 180 just...
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2020
21
Jul

Google Won’t Save You Here

Kelsey Hanson, University of Arizona (July 21, 2020)—I hate looking dumb. I always have and I always will. And I will readily admit that I try really hard to not look dumb. How do I do that? I have two answers. One answer is the one everyone probably expects: I do my homework. I’ve been in...
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2019
10
Jun

Treasures in the Screen

This post is one in our annual series of essays by our Preservation Archaeology Field School students. We invite you to follow along with their experiences over the next six weeks through their own words. Chris Fuchs, Washington College (June 10, 2019)—I’ve always found archaeology particu...
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2017
05
Jul

Learning about Preservation in Archaeology

Taylor Picard, Humboldt State University (July 5, 2017)—Recognizing that archaeological resources are nonrenewable, today’s archaeologists try to preserve as much of the resource as possible, as circumstances allow. Some nondestructive techniques include ground-penetrating radar, remote-sensing...
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2017
19
Jun

Watching the Landscape Change

Dylan Fick, New College of Florida (June 19, 2017)—Scarcely before we had finished digging our initial trench it was time for me to head out with two other students and a staff member to survey possible new sites for preservation and perhaps later investigation. This let me see a lot more of the ...
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2016
13
Jul

The Durability of an Ancient Technology

Alyssa Kyper, Eastern New Mexico University (Posted on July 13, 2016)—Today was an excellent day on survey with Evan, Karen, and Jon. We spent the cool, crisp morning showing Karen an array of check dams and terraces on a bench above the Gila River we had surveyed earlier in the season, double-...
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2016
12
Jul

A Room Revealed

Stacy L. Ryan, Teaching Assistant, Preservation Archaeology Field School (July 12, 2016)—Field school provides an opportunity to spend weeks getting to the bottom of a feature, and interpretations of what we encounter along the way can shift during the process. We proceed with patience and the ...
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2016
03
Jul

Community Outreach in Archaeology

Peter Babala, Santa Rosa Junior College (July 3, 2016)—A huge part of what initially attracted me to the field of archaeology was the sense of connection I get when I learn little more about the places I have lived and where the roots of my ancestries lie. It is a gift to have been given the op...
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2016
30
Jun

The Importance of Floors: A Case Study of Feature 300

Jonathan Alperstein, Vassar College (June 29, 2016)—Whether you are working in a pit house or a pueblo room block, one of the most exciting parts of an excavation unit to work on is the floor fill. This year, while excavating the pueblo room we labeled Feature 300, we removed a grueling number ...
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