2024
09
Jan
An Experiment in Conservation and Co-Ownership in Bears Ears
Dear Friends,
Expanding Archaeology Southwest’s Preservation Archaeology mission. That’s what Steve Nash and the organization’s amazing staff will continue when he arrives next Monday. I, too, will begin my own new ways to do the same.
I believe nonprofits are essential 21st-century inst...
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2024
07
Jan
Hands-On Archaeology: How to Make a Tabular Saw
Allen Denoyer, Preservation Archaeologist and Ancient Technologies Expert
(January 8, 2024)—In today’s post, I’ll show you how to make a simple agave-processing tool. Although archaeologists generally call these “tabular knives,” experiments indicate that people probably used them more ...
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2024
02
Jan
Year in Review: 2023 Indigenous Conservation Highlights
Dear Friends,
Archaeology Southwest has had three homes since our founding in 1989. Between 1989 and 2001, we were incubated within the North Tucson Boulevard offices of Desert Archaeology, Inc. We rented space in the Historic YWCA on West University Boulevard from late 2000 to 2010. We’ve been...
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2023
19
Dec
NM Extends Moratorium on Leasing of State Land in Greater Chaco
Dear Friends,
Weather permitting, I’m in Washington Crossing, Pennsylvania, as you open this note. Of course, you never know what you’ll encounter on cross-country flights this time of year.
It’s time to visit my daughter, grandson (11), and granddaughter (9). I’ll miss a few weeks of ...
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2023
12
Dec
Changes to NAGPRA to Expedite Returns
Dear Friends,
Anticipation. Expectation. Last Tuesday I had a full tank of both as I left the office early and drove to Tucson’s Loft Cinema. We were returning to live, in-person Archaeology Cafés. Our last one was—hmmmm—February 2020!
So many people have told me that they were excited ...
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2023
05
Dec
Societies May Become Less Resilient as They Age
Dear Friends,
As I look at retirement, and think about how I’ll spend my time, I don’t see a lot of “free time”—and certainly no boredom.
I do the majority of my “reading” by listening to audiobooks, and I just discovered that I can get a report on my minutes of reading. So far, ...
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2023
29
Nov
Looking Back, Looking Forward: cyberSW and the Tribal Working Group
(November 30, 2023)—Boozhoo (“hello” in Ojibwemowin), I am Ashleigh Thompson, an enrolled member of the Red Lake Ojibwe Nation. I work as Director of Tribal Collaboration in Research and Education at Archaeology Southwest.
Helping form the cyberSW Tribal Working Group (TWG) was one of my fi...
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2023
29
Nov
Archaeology Southwest Researchers Honored with Awards
Tucson, Ariz. (November 30, 2023)—Archaeology Southwest is pleased to share that two of our staff members were honored by professional societies earlier this month.
Preservation Anthropologist Aaron M. Wright received the 2023 Professional Archaeologist Award at the annual meeting of the Arizon...
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2023
28
Nov
Rep. Grijalva Hosts Cultural Preservation Roundtable Today
Dear Friends,
On Monday afternoon I shared the history of my research interests at our monthly Research Team meeting at Archaeology Southwest.
Of course, it was a PowerPoint and it was over Zoom. I began with some background on my pre-professional years. Family, geographic place, some major li...
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2023
22
Nov
Continuing Coverage: Indigenous Opposition to SunZia Route through the San Pedro
Dear Friends,
Forty-eight hours. That’s the number of hours that have passed since we announced Stephen E. Nash will become Archaeology Southwest’s next President and CEO.
Those hours have generated many, many positive comments regarding the selection made by our Board of Directors. It’s...
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2023
20
Nov
Archaeology Southwest Welcomes Stephen E. Nash as New President & CEO
Tucson, Ariz. (November 20, 2023)—The Board of Directors and Staff of Archaeology Southwest are delighted to announce that Dr. Stephen E. (Steve) Nash will be the organization’s next President & CEO. Founder and current CEO William H. (Bill) Doelle will be retiring in January 2024 after 35 y...
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2023
14
Nov
SunZia Transmission Line Must Avoid the San Pedro
Dear Friends,
I mark the arrival of fall as the date that I head back to Catalina State Park to renew my hikes and my immersion in an incredible cultural landscape. Last year fall arrived on October 16. This year it arrived on November 12. That significant offset is yet another measure of climate...
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