Archaeology Southwest - Exploring and protecting the places of our past

Early Navajos, Tree-Rings, and Warfare in the Dinétah Heartland

Dendroarchaeologist Ron Towner presented this unique perspective on early Navajo history on April 6, 2010. (VIDEO AVAILABLE) more...

Where Did the Mimbres Go…?

On March 16, 2010, archaeologist Steve Lekson assessed possible relationships between earlier Mimbres sites in New Mexico and the 14th-century community at Casa Grandes, Mexico. (VIDEO AVAILABLE) more...

Moquis and Kastilam

On February 2, 2010, ethnohistorian Tom Sheridan examined how Hopi oral traditions concur and differ from the documentary record created by the Spaniards. more...

Tucson’s Electric Streetcars, Then and Now

Transportation historian Gene Caywood presented a history of Tucson's streetcars and shared his thoughts on the Modern Streetcar Project on January 5, 2010. more...

Romans in Tucson?

Don Burgess shared the incredible story of the Silverbell Artifacts on December 1, 2009. more...

Archaeology of a Mexican Family

Historical archaeologist Homer Thiel told the story of Tucson's León Family on November 3, 2009. more...

Deserts, Diets, and Dentition

Bioarchaeologist and Arizona State Museum Curator James Watson contrasted the oral health evidence from two early agricultural populations on October 6, 2009. (VIDEO AVAILABLE) more...

Rio Nuevo sin Dinero

Panelists Bill Doelle, Gayle Hartmann, and Diana Hadley discussed the future of the beleaguered Tucson Origins Project on September 1, 2009. more...