2024
14
Nov
Yucca House National Monument Expands
Dear Friends,
Last week Archaeology Southwest Vice President of Communications & Outreach (and editor of this newsletter) Kate Sarther received an inquiry from a national reporter who wanted to know our thoughts on possible threats to landscape and cultural heritage preservation efforts under...
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2024
05
Sep
Sandals and Power in the Ancient Southwest
Dear Friends,
I hope you had a great Labor Day Weekend!
I spent the holiday weekend laboring (as it were) on archaeological research! I don’t get to do that often, so it didn’t really feel like work. It was a pleasure. An honor. A responsibility. And a privilege. I’ll share details of th...
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2021
13
Jul
Indigenous Astronomy in the National Parks
Dear Friends,
The pace has slowed a bit recently as the summer vacation season thins the number of colleagues who are in the office or available for the next Zoom call.
That’s OK.
Especially since I’ll be one of those vacationers next week. Like throngs of Arizonans, I’m off to ...
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2021
20
Apr
Maize, the Mother of All Things
Dear Friends,
I’ll be brief today.
Our first link will take you to a wonderful essay by Robin Wall Kimmerer. It’s a powerful consideration of relationships among “sun, soil, water, plant, and farmer.” Kimmerer states that, “They have entered into a covenant of reciprocity: if the...
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2021
06
Apr
GAO Releases Report on Improving Response to Crimes against Native American Cultural Resources
Dear Friends,
Being vaccinated opens opportunities. That’s why I'm in Newtown, Pennsylvania, typing this. It’s why I flew on an airplane, which is the only realistic option to visit my daughter and grandchildren.
And, as I've noted previously, it's my worries about the world my grandki...
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