New Report on Bears Ears Archaeology

Archaeology Southwest and the Friends of Cedar Mesa are pleased to announce the release of Bears Ears Archaeological Experts Gathering: Assessing and Looking Ahead. Image: R. E. Burrillo.

Announcing cyberSW

Archaeology Southwest is pleased to announce that a new joint initiative, cyberSW, has received a $1.7 million award through the National Science Foundation’s RIDIR program.

Prestigious NEH Award

The $175,000 grant will help fund The Lower Gila River Ethnographic and Archaeological Project, an interdisciplinary humanities program directed by Preservation Archaeologist Aaron Wright. Image: Elias Butler.

The Meaning of Monument

Aaron Wright considers what rock art in and around Bears Ears National Monument tells us about people's lives across that landscape over millennia. Image: Jonathan Bailey.

Featured Place: Painted Rock Petroglyph Site

Explore a rock art wonderland southwest of Phoenix, Arizona.

Featured Place: Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument

Explore Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument in Central New Mexico.

Welcome

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.

Current Magazine

Mimbres Preservation, Pithouses, Pueblos, and Pottery

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

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Upcoming Events

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Gila River Festival

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....

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Seek the San Pedro

Ancient technologies expert Allen Denoyer will share Hands-On Archaeology activities at Seek the San Pedro, a festival marking National Public Lands Day and celebrating the San Pedro Riparian National...