2015
13
Jul
Learning the Landscape
Barry Price Steinbrecher, Survey Director, Preservation Archaeology Field School
The 2015 survey component of the field school primarily focused on surveying land on the Pitchfork Ranch in the Burro Mountains south of Silver City. The ranch owners generously hosted us as we hiked our way through ...
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2015
23
Jun
Survey equals fun; sort of.
Diana Trevizo, Eastern New Mexico University
The first time I heard that we were going to have the opportunity to participate in archaeological survey in addition to excavation, I was ecstatic! Before attending this field school, I had participated in mock excavations at Eastern New Mexico Universi...
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2014
13
Jun
Rusty American Dream
By Lewis Borck, Preservation Archaeology Fellow
Ahhhhhhh, the scent of green chiles, sage, piñon, dust, ponderosa…and a vehicle full of sweaty, tired folk who have lost all sense of societal norms. It must be field school season again.
This year, my job is to lead the survey portion of ...
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2014
03
Apr
Tracking Canals in the Safford Basin: A Tale of Fate 34 & 54 Years in the Making
By James A. Neely, Professor Emeritus, University of Texas at Austin
This story begins in the summer of 1994, when I accompanied Kyle Woodson—one of my graduate students at the University of Texas at Austin—into the field to get him started on excavations for his master’s thesis project at t...
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2013
06
May
The Brigadoon Effect
By Bruce Hilpert, Archaeology Southwest Member and Volunteer
Springtime for southern Arizona archaeology means... the Brigadoon Effect! Now you see it, now you don't.
As many of you probably know, vegetation can be an archaeologist's friend or foe. Trees and creosotes can hide site features—...
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