2018
22
Apr
Important News about Southwest Archaeology Today
Important News about Southwest Archaeology Today
Dear Friends:
Southwest Archaeology Today (SAT) is undergoing an editorial transition and will resume publication on Wednesday, May 2. From then on, SAT will be delivered to your email inbox every Wednesday morning, though the occasional delay d...
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2018
08
Apr
Archaeology Southwest Is off to the SAA Meetings in Washington, DC
Bears Ears in DC: Two Forums
Bears Ears, the Antiquities Act, and the Status of Our National Monuments, an SAA President-Sponsored Session, takes place Thursday, April 12, from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., at the 83rd Annual Meeting of the SAA in Washington, DC. (Registered attendees only.) The paneli...
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2018
06
Apr
Archaeology Southwest in DC
Banner image: Carol M. Highsmith, via Wikimedia Commons
Kate Sarther Gann, Communications Coordinator, and Content Editor, Archaeology Southwest Magazine
(April 6, 2018)—The Society for American Archaeology (SAA) will host its 83rd annual meeting in Washington, DC, next week, April 11–15. Th...
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2018
01
Apr
Archaeologists Document Oldest Known Footprints in North America
Archaeologists Document Oldest Known Footprints in North America
A team of Canadian scientists from the University of Victoria and the Hakai Institute has found fossilized human footprints of at least three different sizes impressed into a 13,000-year-old paleosol beneath beach sands on Calvert Is...
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2018
27
Mar
What's in a Notch?
Stacy Ryan, Preservation Archaeologist
(March 28, 2018)—Projectile points were important tools for hunting and weaponry. They might have served a social function, as well, as suggested by occasional elaborate designs or placement in ritual deposits. We study points because they may be reliabl...
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2018
25
Mar
Trump Administration Auctions off Parcels in Bears Ears
Trump Administration Auctions off Parcels in Bears Ears
The Interior Department on Tuesday is auctioning off 32 parcels of public lands in southeastern Utah for oil and gas development. The Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) lease sale includes more than 51,000 acres of land near Bears E...
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2018
22
Mar
Plant and Animal Use in the Mimbres
Karen Schollmeyer, Preservation Archaeologist
(March 22, 2018)—One thing I enjoy about working at Archaeology Southwest is the opportunities we have to share new research beyond the specialized journals where a lot of our work gets published. In that spirit, I’m happy to share an update on ...
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2018
18
Mar
Momentum Builds against Oil and Gas Development on Ancient and Historic Landscapes
Momentum Builds against Oil and Gas Development on Ancient and Historic Landscapes
Five years versus five days. That succinctly describes the different weights accorded to constituents raising objections to expanded oil and gas leasing in landscapes with special circumstances. As the Trump adminis...
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2018
16
Mar
Michael Harner’s Early Years as an Archaeologist (In Memoriam)
Aaron Wright, Preservation Archaeologist
(March 16, 2018)—Just a few weeks ago we lost one of the pioneers of Patayan archaeology. Michael Harner, who passed away on February 3 at the age of 88, is renowned as one of the world’s preeminent anthropologists of shamanism. After a successful ca...
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2018
14
Mar
UAV Photogrammetry in Southwest New Mexico
Kent Mead, University of Arizona
(March 14, 2018)—In 2017, Archaeology Southwest sponsored an internship for a photogrammetry and 3D-modeling project in southwest New Mexico, and I was fortunate to be that intern. I worked with Preservation Archaeologists Doug Gann and Karen Schollmeyer to coor...
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2018
11
Mar
Another Auction, Another Threat to the Ancient Places of the Four Corners
Another Auction, Another Threat to the Ancient Places of the Four Corners
Now, the 13,000-year-old historical record of Native Americans who inhabited the outskirts of two national monuments near the Colorado-Utah border is facing an unprecedented threat. On March 20, the federal government is sche...
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2018
04
Mar
Zinke Postpones Chaco Fracking
Zinke Postpones Chaco Fracking
“After hearing from tribes, Senators Udall and Heinrich, historic preservation experts and other stakeholders, I’ve decided to defer the sale that was scheduled for later this month,” Zinke said, referring to the state’s Democratic senators, Tom Udall and Mart...
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