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DIGITAL VIDEO ARCHIVE

Archaeology Southwest is currently in the process of digitizing and posting a wide range of digital videos concerning preservation archaeology in the American Southwest and Mexican Northwest. We will continue to post new events and content as we continue to fulfill its mission of preserving the places of our shared past.

Archaeology Café: Archaeology Southwest President and CEO William Doelle and Bernard Siquieros, Director of Education at the Himdag Ki Cultural Center & Museum, discuss the future of preservation archaeology. Launch Video >>  1/3/2012

Archaeology Café: ”No Stone Unturned.” On Tuesday, December 6, 2011, ground stone tool expert Dr. Jenny Adams shared some of the singular insights into the past that her pioneering analytical methods have made possible. Launch Video >> 12/6/2011

Archaeology Café: Ruth Van Dyke guided us through a unique Chaco Experience. Check out our video to gain a richer understanding of life in this much-studied time and place. Launch Video >> 11/1/2011

Archaeology Café: Rob Jones and Andy Laurenzi discussed Archaeology Southwest’s (formerly the Center for Desert Archaeology) integrated preservation archaeology program in southwestern New Mexico. Launch Video >> 10/4/2011
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Archaeology Southwest Video: This feature 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. Launch Video >> 9/20/2011

Tea and Archaeology: Dr. Barbara Mills presents Clay as Canvas: Zuni Pottery and Changing Social Identity, A.D. 1300-1900. In this presentation, Dr. Mills explores how Zuni potters reinforced community identity through their medium. Launch Video >> 9/18/2011

Archaeology Café: Dr. Randall McGuire shared his provocative insights into Mesoamerican connections with the Southwest in Feathered Serpents and Pole-Climbing ClownsLaunch Video >> 9/6/2011

Archaeology Southwest Video: Preservation archaeologist Deborah Huntley talks about preservation archaeology, ongoing research, and what we can learn about Salado from our research in Mule Creek, New Mexico. Launch Video >> 6/9/2011

Archaeology Southwest Video: Preservation Fellow and University of Arizona graduate student Rob Jones discusses his work analyzing Mule Creek obsidian and its connections to populations throughout the southern Southwest. Launch Video >> 6/9/2011

Archaeology Southwest Video: Archaeology Southwest research assistant and University of Arizona graduate student Katherine Dungan talks about her interest in the archaeology of Mule Creek, New Mexico, and what she’s hoping to discover in her research. Launch Video >> 6/9/2011

Tea and Archaeology: Dr. Katherine Spielmann presents Stability, Connectivity and Conflict in the Salinas Province. In this presentation, Dr. Spielmann reviews eight centuries of life at the eastern edge of the Pueblo world. Launch Video >> 5/15/2011

Archaeology Café: Dr. Kelley Hays-Gilpin (Northern Arizona University) takes us on a journey to Flower World as she shares archaeological and oral history evidence of sophisticated ecological knowledge in the past. Launch Video >> 5/3/2011
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Archaeology Café: Dr. Douglas Gann and Steve Baumann talk about the use of LIDAR scanning to document the inscriptions at El Morro National Monument in Paso Por aquí with LasersLaunch Video >> 4/5/2011

Mule Creek Valley, New Mexico. Tea and Archaeology: Dr. Deborah Huntley presents Practicing Preservation Archaeology at Mule Creek. In this presentation, Dr. Huntley talked about the integrated preservation archaeology program at Mule Creek, NM, and the new insights the team is gaining on 14th and 15th century life in the region. Launch Video >> 3/3/2011
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Archaeology Café: Dr. M. Steven Shackley discusses the science of obsidian in What Obsidian Studies Hath WroughtLaunch Video >> 3/1/2011

Baboquiviri peak Archaeology Café: Dr. Dale Brenneman and a panel of experts discuss their work Telling the O’Odham Side of History in the Pimería AltaLaunch Video >> 2/1/2011

Archaeology Café: Dr. Todd Surovell, University of Wyoming, discusses why he believes that only the overkill hypothesis can explain What Happened to the Mammoths. Launch Video >> 1/4/2011

Archaeology Café: Dr. Patrick Lyons, Head of Collections and Acting Associate Director of the Arizona State Museum, discusses The Role of Pottery in Understanding the Ancient SouthwestLaunch Video >> 12/7/2010

Brooks Jeffery Archaeology Café: In Sustainability and Sense of Place, R. Brooks Jeffery discusses new concepts in vernacular architecture that are based in sustainability and seek to foster a sense of place. Launch Video >> 11/2/2010

Archaeology Café: Paul Reed presents The Diversity and Complexity of Chaco Canyon, in which he evaluates current theories on the ancient settlements of Chaco Canyon and argues for a new research perspective that does not over-simplify the complexity and diversity of these villages and and the people who lived there. Launch Video >> 10/4/2010

Dr. Patrica Crown Tea and Archaeology: Dr. Patricia Crown presents Science and Serendipity: The Recovery of Cacao in Chaco Canyon. In this presentation, Dr. Crown relates a series of events that led to a discovery that further illuminates the ancient ties between Chaco Canyon and Mesoamerica. Launch Video >> 9/18/2010

Michael Boley Archaeology Café: Michael Boley presents 2500 Years in the Marsh. Recent excavations at the Marsh Station area east of Tucson reveal evidence for a long span of human occupation in this unique cienega environment. Launch Video >> 9/7/2010

Bill Doelle

InterviewLocal Matters: Join Archaeology Southwest (formerly the Center for Desert Archaeology) President Dr. Bill Doelle and Preservation Archaeologist Dr. Doug Gann as they discuss the organization’s mission to preserve the places of our shared past, and Archaeology Southwest’s role in the redevelopment of downtown Tucson. Launch Video >> 3/15/2003

Ron Towner

Archaeology Café: Ronald Towner presents Early Navajos, Tree-rings, and Warfare in the Dinétah Heartland. University of Arizona Laboratory of Tree Ring Research Scholar Ron Towner describes his research on pueblito architecture in the Navajo heartland. Launch Video >> 4/6/2010

Archaeology Café: Steve Lekson presents Where Did Mimbres Go? Where Did Paquimé Come From? This Archaeology Café presentation examines the connections between the ancient Mimbres culture and the rise of the fourteenth-century city of Paquimé in Northern Chihuahua. Launch Video >> 3/16/2010

Tea and Archaeology: Dr. R. Gwinn Vivian presents Living in Chaco: Interpreting Chaco. In this presentation, Dr. Vivian discusses his experiences and those of others who have lived in Chaco Canyon. He links these experiences to his current research on the role of the natural environment in the evolution of the Chacoan cultural system. Launch Video >> 3/7/2010