Archaeology Southwest Magazine Vol. 36, No. 1 & 2

Issue editor: William H. Doelle

This issue is dedicated to the memory of Tohono O’odham Elder Juanita Ahill.

Retiring founder and CEO Bill Doelle offers a special personal edition of the magazine: his love letter to the southern Southwest.

Love of the Gila: Reflections on Millennia of Life in the Southern Southwest, William H. Doelle

Lead up to the Indian Claims Commission Act of 1946 (justice.gov)

The Gila River Watershed

Merriam’s Life Zones

Mount Baldy (USDA Forest Service)

A Chronology of Transformations, William H. Doelle, Catherine Gilman, Robert B. Ciaccio, and Rebecca Cerny-Ciaccio

Archaeological Patterns: Early Life in the Gila Watershed

More about the Naco Mammoth site (University of Arizona)

Murray Springs (blm.gov)

The Archaic Southwest: Foragers in an Arid Land, edited by Bradley J. Vierra, University of Utah Press, 2017.

Spotlight: Las Capas and Sunset Footprints

Verlon Jose’s reflections on the Sunset Footprints (SaveHistory.org, Pima County, and SWCA) (opens at YouTube)

The NHPA in Arizona: 50 Years of Protection, 200 Generations of Heritage (Archaeology Southwest and the Making Archaeology Public Project) (opens at YouTube)

Archaeological Patterns: The Hohokam Ballcourt World—An Inclusive Ideology

Fact sheet: The Hohokam Ballcourt World

Blog: Excavating a Hohokam Ballcourt, Leslie D. Aragon

Blog: Group Identity and the Hohokam Ballcourt World, Leslie D. Aragon

Spotlight: Insights from South Mountain Petroglyphs

Religion on the Rocks: Hohokam Rock Art, Ritual Practice, and Social Transformation, Aaron M. Wright, University of Utah Press, 2014.

Spotlight: Changing Domestic Architecture

Tribal Perspectives: O’Odham Songs, Barnaby V. Lewis and William H. Doelle

Gila River Indian Community

HuHuGam Heritage Center

Gila River Indian Community Cultural Resource Management Program

Respect Great Bend Story Map

Archaeological Patterns: The Spread of Platform Mounds

S’edav Va’aki Museum (formerly Pueblo Grande)

Archaeological Patterns: Salado—A Second, Very Different Inclusive Ideology

Salado polychrome map, page 30: Pinto Polychrome bowl, ASM 85-89-22, recovered from East Ruin/Hill Top House/Bead Mountain Pueblo Tonto Polychrome jar, EAC 90-5-836, recovered from the Dinwiddie site Gila Polychrome bowl, EAC 90-5-757, recovered from the VIV Ruin Cliff Polychrome bowl, EAC 90-5-1177, recovered from the Kuykendall site

(ASM=Arizona State Museum; EAC= Eastern Arizona College)

Blog: Life of the Gila: Salado—Bringing Worlds Together, Jeff Clark

Tribal Perspectives: The Path to the Tribal Historic Preservation Office, Shane Anton and William H. Doelle

Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community Tribal Historic Preservation Office

Huhugam Ki: Museum

Respect Great Bend Story Map

Tribal Perspectives: Connecting to Huhugam Heritage, Reylynne Williams and William H. Doelle

Gila River Indian Community

HuHuGam Heritage Center

Respect Great Bend Story Map

Archaeological Patterns: Identities, Boundaries, and Change

Identities, Boundaries, and Change: Persistent and Permeable: The Hohokam–Patayan Boundary

Blog: Life of the Gila: The Patayan World, Aaron Wright

Blog: Where’s the Buff? Aaron Wright

Blog: There’s the Buff! Aaron Wright

Identities, Boundaries, and Change: Across a Boundary: The Komadk Trail

Blog: Following in Their Footsteps, Aaron Wright

Video: Komadk Trail Survey, January 23, 2021 (opens at YouTube)

Identities, Boundaries, and Change: Sharp and Transitory: The Hohokam–Mimbres Boundary

Blog: Life of the Gila: Was Mimbres a World? Karen Schollmeyer

Identities, Boundaries, and Change: Sells Red Pottery: Development of a Local Identity?

Archaeology Café with Samuel Fayuant and Bill Doelle: Was Sells Red Pottery a Marker of Tohono O’odham Identity in Late Precontact Times? (opens at YouTube)

Tribal Perspectives: Cultural Learning on the Tohono O’odham Reservation, Samuel Fayuant and William H. Doelle

Tohono O’odham Nation Cultural Center and Museum, Himdag Ki:

Identities, Boundaries, and Change: Diverse and Transforming: Local Identity in the Tonto Basin

Tonto National Monument (nps.gov)

Tonto National Forest (USDA Forest Service)

Identities, Boundaries, and Change: Expanding and Connected: The Perry Mesa Local Identity

Agua Fria National Monument (blm.gov)

Identities, Boundaries, and Change: Hohokam Epilogue

Identities, Boundaries, and Change: Final Thoughts

Where to Visit, Kate Sarther and William H. Doelle

respectconnectprotect.org

Visit wth Respect (Bears Ears Partnership)

Tribal Perspectives: Reflections on the Great Bend, Angelo Cortez and Skylar Begay

Angelo Cortez’s art (opens at Instagram)

Full interview

CahokiaPHX

Spotlight: The Great Bend of the Gila, The Respect Great Bend Coalition

Respect Great Bend campaign

Back Sight, William H. Doelle