2025
01
Apr
Old Dogs, New Tricks: An Overview of Canine Zooarchaeology
Join us in-person at Catalyst Creative Collective in the Tucson Mall, Tuesday, April 1, 2025, when Brandi Bethke (Laboratory Director for the Oklahoma Archeological Survey) will discuss “Old Dogs, New Tricks: An Overview of Canine Zooarchaeology.”
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2025
04
Mar
Sled Dogs in the Southwest: Fact or Fable?
Join us in-person at Catalyst Creative Collective in the Tucson Mall, Tuesday, March 4, 2025, when Martin H. Welker (Assistant Professor of Anthropology & Assistant Curator of Zooarchaeology) will discuss “Sled Dogs in the Southwest: Fact or Fable?” Domestic dogs have become deeply embedded ...
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2025
04
Feb
Connecting and Dividing: Dogs and European Colonists, Enslaved Africans, and Native Americans in the Chesapeake Bay Region, 1600-1800s
Join us in-person at Catalyst Creative Collective in the Tucson Mall, Tuesday, February 4, 2025, when Matthew E. Hill (Director of Undergraduate Studies & Professor of Anthropology) will discuss “Connecting and Dividing: Dogs and European Colonists, Enslaved Africans, and Native Americans in t...
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2024
03
Dec
The History of the Coast Salish Woolly Dogs
Join us in-person at Catalyst Creative Collective in the Tucson Mall, Tuesday, December 3, 2024, when Audrey T. Lin (Gerstner Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Scholar) will discuss “The History of the Coast Salish Woolly Dogs.” Dr. Lin integrates genomics and Indigenous knowledge to illu...
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2024
12
Nov
Weaving the Hair of the Dog: White Dog Hair Textiles in the Ancient Southwest
Join us in-person at Catalyst Creative Collective in the Tucson Mall, Tuesday, November 12, 2024, when Laurie Webster (anthropologist and independent scholar) will discuss “Weaving the Hair of the Dog: White Dog Hair Textiles in the Ancient Southwest.” White dog hair played a unique role in Sout...
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2024
01
Oct
Celebrating the Song Dogs
Join us in-person at Catalyst Creative Collective in the Tucson Mall, Tuesday, October 1, 2024, when R.E. Burrillo (Archaeologist & Research Associate) will discuss “Celebrating the Song Dogs.” This season opener on domesticated dogs and their many roles across space and time in the Americas...
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2024
12
Sep
Interview with Preservation Archaeology Field School Alumni
Dear Friends,
Several weeks ago, Preservation Archaeologists Karen Schollmeyer and Allen Denoyer returned to Tucson after an exhilarating AND exhausting six weeks in Silver City, New Mexico. There, they led the inaugural season of Archaeology Southwest’s new Preservation Archaeology Museum Cura...
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2024
13
Jun
Crow Canyon Welcomes Theresa Pasqual as EVP of Indigenous Affairs
Dear Friends,
Earlier this week we had a small staff meeting of folks who are responsible for our long-running and beloved Archaeology Café series. We met in the library of the Bates Mansion complex, our wonderfully charismatic headquarters here in Tucson, where it has been brutally hot already....
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2024
07
May
Tasting History: A Hands-on Approach and Revival of Native and Traditional Agave Crops in the Tucson Area
Join us on Zoom Tuesday, May 7, 2024, when Jesús García (Kino Heritage Fruit Trees program, Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum) will discuss “Tasting History: A Hands-on Approach and Revival of Native and Traditional Agave Crops in the Tucson Area.”
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2024
02
Apr
A Lifelong Zuni Farmer's Authority and Influence
Join us on Zoom Tuesday, April 2, 2024, when Jim Enote (Colorado Plateau Foundation) will discuss “A Lifelong Zuni Farmer's Authority and Influence.” With experience planting crops for 67 consecutive years, Jim Enote will share thoughts about traditional knowledge, climate change, economics, and...
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2024
05
Mar
Tres Hornos: Experimental Archaeology of Earthen Ovens
Join us on Zoom Tuesday, March 5, 2024, when Jun Sunseri (University of California Berkeley) will discuss “Tres Hornos: Experimental Archaeology of Earthen Ovens.” Everyone's ancestors cooked with earth in one form or another. As a participant-observer and experimental archaeologist, Jun Sunseri...
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2024
06
Feb
Archaeologies of Foodways and Cuisine
Join us in person at the Loft Cinema or on Zoom Tuesday, February 6, 2023, when Sarah Oas (Archaeology Southwest) will discuss “Archaeologies of Foodways and Cuisine.” This talk highlights the importance of food to our minds, bodies, and societies, and explores what archaeological approaches tha...
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