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Archaeology Southwest Still Stands with Bears Ears
Read our statement opposing Secretary Zinke's recommendations for Bears Ears National Monument. Image: R. E. Burrillo. more >>
For three decades, Archaeology Southwest has practiced a holistic, conservation-based approach to exploring the places of the past. We call this Preservation Archaeology. By exploring what makes a place special, sharing this knowledge in innovative ways, and enacting flexible site protection strategies, we foster meaningful connections to the past and respectfully safeguard its irreplaceable resources. more »

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Preservation Archaeology:
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Paul Reed at Chaco
Stacy L. Ryan, Field School Staff Member (July 14, 2017)—For most of the year, we staff members of the Upper Gila Preservation Archaeology Field School work [...] more »

Archaeology Southwest Magazine

Mimbres Preservation, Pithouses, Pueblos, and Pottery
ASWM 31-1 Cover

Issue editors Patricia A. Gilman and Roger Anyon and contributors show how preservation intersects with the cutting edges of Mimbres archaeology today.

Southwest Archaeology Today

July 16, 2017: Diné and Pueblo Youth Join to Fight Fracking of the Chaco Landscape  more »

July 9, 2017: Wild Potatoes Were on the Clovis Menu  more »

July 2, 2017: New Journal for Bioarchaeology  more »

June 25, 2017: Bipartisan Legislation to Protect Objects Sacred to Native Peoples Introduced in Congress  more »

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Upcoming Events

    Karen Gives Site Tours
    Gila River Festival
    September 24, 2017 8:00 am

    Karen Schollmeyer and Allen Denoyer will be giving a tour of the Gila River Farm site and doing some experimental archaeology demos during the Gila River Festival on Sunday, September 24, from 8:00 a.m. to noon. Visit the Festival’s website here for more information on the many other events, activities, speakers, and field trips offered September […]

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