2012
05
Jul
Student Post: Road Trip!
By Deborah L. Huntley, Preservation Archaeologist
Sarah Griffith shares her impressions of our recent field trip:
This past weekend, the crew and staff packed up and headed out for a fun-filled weekend. Little did I know how incredible our road trip would be.
First, we stopped ...
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2012
02
Jul
Student Post: Time Well Spent
By Deborah L. Huntley, Preservation Archaeologist
Emily Kvamme reflects on the past month:
I came to this program not knowing whether I would enjoy doing archaeology. Now I know that I do—thoroughly!
Over the past month, I have learned so much by working with dif...
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2012
29
Jun
Student Post: Reaching Out, part 2
By Deborah L. Huntley, Preservation Archaeologist
Elizabeth Newcomb describes our second community outreach event:
I had expected that I’d be doing a lot of different things at the Preservation Archaeology field school, but I was pleasantly surprised to find out that our assignment...
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2012
28
Jun
...And More Questions Raised!
By Katherine A. Dungan, Research Assistant
In my last post, I described three goals for our research at Fornholt this year. In this post, I’ll discuss the second of these goals.
Last year, in the two-story part of the southern room block, we found a burned storage room filled wit...
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2012
25
Jun
Student Post: For the Love of Obsidian
By Deborah L. Huntley, Preservation Archaeologist
Jordan Taher's encounter with the Mule Creek obsidian source has been a pilgrimage of sorts:
One of the main reasons I wanted to attend the Archaeology Southwest-University of Arizona Preservation Archaeology field school at Mule Cree...
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2012
21
Jun
Student Post: Reaching Out
By Deborah L. Huntley, Preservation Archaeologist
Andi Sei understands why we must share what we are learning with the community:
Archaeology isn’t just for the academic. Public education is vital for the community and the archaeologist.
This past Saturday, our field school held t...
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2012
19
Jun
Student Post: Reading the Dirt
By Deborah L. Huntley, Preservation Archaeologist
Kelly Sweeney and her crew are learning to "read the dirt":
It is always exciting to start a new unit and uncover what lies beneath the soil. When I first arrived at the Fornholt site, I felt this exact sentiment. My crew’s goal was...
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2012
14
Jun
Student Post: The Importance of Field Training
By Deborah L. Huntley, Preservation Archaeologist
Field training is proving invaluable to student Madeline Weinberger:
If you have any doubts about the importance of field training in archaeology, let me end them. Attending a field school is incredibly important.
After talking to ot...
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2012
11
Jun
Student Post: Expectations
By Deborah L. Huntley, Preservation Archaeologist
Our student Mac Mattingly discovers the reality of archaeological fieldwork:
So much has happened over the past week, it's hard to know where to begin.
When I first heard about this field school, I had no idea what to expect. Maybe w...
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2012
06
Jun
Student Post: Blissfully Disconnected
By Deborah L. Huntley, Preservation Archaeologist
Field school student Megan Smith settles in to the rhythm of camp life:
I often feel that I have lost sight of what is really important in my life as I scramble to meet deadlines and constantly focus my views so nar...
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2012
04
Jun
Student Post: First Days at Mule Creek
By Deborah L. Huntley, Preservation Archaeologist
Our first student blog post comes from Tom Sprynczynatyk:
As we drove up to the field school camp, I couldn’t help but feel some trepidation. Leaving Safford, about 50 miles southwest from Mule Creek, I could see smoke from the Whit...
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2012
22
May
Counting Down the Days
...to the 2012 Preservation Archaeology Field School!
By Deborah L. Huntley, Preservation Archaeologist
It’s nearly here, and our staff is busy making final preparations for the 2012 Archaeology Southwest/University of Arizona Preservation Archaeology Field School at Mule Creek, New M...
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