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Feb/20/2015
Pilot Pithouse
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Jul/28/2017
Burning an Early Agricultural Period Pithouse: Documenting the Process
This is the second post in our "Burning Down the (Pit) House" series. For part 1, read Allen Denoyer's post here.
Doug Gann, Preservation Archaeologist and Digital Media Specialist
(July 28, 2017)—In experimental archaeology, a common technique for trying to learn about past human activities...
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Jan/16/2018
Historic Photo of Pithouse
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Mar/06/2014
Heighten Your Awareness on March 29
By Matt Peeples, Preservation Archaeologist
March is Archaeology and Heritage Awareness Month for the State of Arizona. Setting aside a month to celebrate archaeology highlights the importance of our shared past, as well as the social and economic impacts of archaeology in the state. Of c...
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Sep/12/2014
Meltdown!
By Allen Denoyer, Preservation Archaeologist and Ancient Technologies Expert
On September 8, 2014, southern Arizona received heavy rains from a hurricane (Norbert) moving up along the Baja California of Mexico. Previous rains had caused some damage to our pilot pithouse experiment, but Mond...
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Apr/22/2015
Are You an Entomologist or a Pest Control Expert? We Have Questions…
Allen Denoyer, Preservation Archaeologist and Ancient Technologies Expert
One of the interesting things I have noticed out at the replica pithouse at Steam Pump Ranch in Oro Valley, Arizona, is the amount of termite damage to the ramada we built next to the pithouse. We built the ramada of mesqui...
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May/19/2017
Burning Down the (Pit) House, part 1
Allen Denoyer, Preservation Archaeologist and Ancient Technologies Expert
(May 19, 2017)—In 2015, volunteers joined me in building a half-scale model of a typical dwelling from the Early Agricultural period (2000 B.C.–A.D. 50) in the Tucson Basin. We built the model near our full-scale replic...
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Feb/06/2015
What I’m Doing This Week: Allen Denoyer
Allen Denoyer, Preservation Archaeologist and Ancient Technologies Expert
Yesterday and today, I've been repairing our pilot pithouse at Steam Pump Ranch in Oro Valley, Arizona. In these pictures, volunteer Katie Bubnekovich is soaking the roof and I am floating it with a hand stone.
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Oct/10/2016
Painting Party
As International Archaeology Day (October 15, 2016) approaches, we're celebrating by sharing posts about what we're working on now—the daily work of archaeology. It could easily be argued that in this regard, Allen has the most fun of any of our staff on a daily basis!
Allen Denoyer, Preservati...
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Mar/27/2015
A Glorious Morning
By Kate Sarther Gann, Content Editor, Archaeology Southwest Magazine
My daughter proved herself apt at hunting (fake) small mammals with a throwing stick. My neighbor’s son, who attended with his archaeologically famous grandparents, mastered atlatl throwing. My mother and I shaped,...
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Jun/22/2021
Arqueología: Entendiendo nuestro pasado para abrazar nuestro futuro
Josué Cortijo Contreras, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Río Piedras
Mr. Cortijo Contreras is bilingual. He offers an English-language version of this post following the Spanish.
(22 Junio 2021)—Siempre he visto la arqueología como una vía para ayudar a otros; especialmente, aquellos que han...
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Nov/06/2016
What You Need to Know about the Dakota Access Pipeline Conflict
What You Need to Know about the Dakota Access Pipeline Conflict
In recent weeks, protests against the building of the Dakota Access Pipeline across North Dakota have escalated. Native American elders, families and children have set up tepees and tents on a campsite near the pipeline’s path in the...