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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:
Lost Art
Stone Pendant
Susannah Johnson, Utah Valley University (June 23, 2017)—Patience is a virtue that few possess. In a day of here and now, “instant” is our battle cry. [...] more »

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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

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

June 18, 2017: Conservation and Heritage Preservation Communities React To Secretary Zinke’s Interim Report  more »

June 11, 2017: Archaeology Is Often the Last Line of Defense for the Places of the Past  more »

June 4, 2017: The Antiquities Act Turns 111 – Celebrate by Protecting the Law  more »

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