2019
30
Aug
Cafés Are Complicated
Bill Doelle, President & CEO
(August 30, 2019)—When Archaeology Southwest wholeheartedly embraced the “science café” movement more than a decade ago, we knew from the overwhelming response that we had started a good thing with Archaeology Café. And before we knew it, we’d hosted c...
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2019
04
Jun
Fingerprints Show Chaco Potters Were Male and Female
New Research: Fingerprints Show Chaco Potters Were Male and Female
In the Pueblo communities of New Mexico and Arizona, pottery is a skill that is traditionally passed down from grandmothers and mothers to younger women of the community. This custom was thought to have ancient origins, and archaeol...
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2019
23
Apr
Commentary: Rosemont Mine Will Be Disastrous for Tohono O'odham Sacred Lands
Commentary: Rosemont Mine Will Be Disastrous for Tohono O'odham Sacred Lands
The mountainous area southeast of Tucson is sacred to the Tohono O’odham Nation. For thousands of years, our people have used these ancestral lands to reflect and pray. We gather medicinal plants and food, and bear grass...
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2019
09
Apr
New Mexico Delegation Introduces Chaco Protection Legislation
New Mexico Delegation Introduces Chaco Protection Legislation
Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich and U.S. Representatives Ben Ray Luján and Deb Haaland introduced the Chaco Cultural Heritage Area Protection Act, S. 1079, a bill to withdraw the federal lands around Chaco Canyon from...
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2019
12
Mar
One Million Acres Protected
Breaking News: President Signs Significant Package of Public Lands Legislation—A Million Acres Protected
Statement: “National Conservation Lands are the big winners with this legislation, and when public lands win, we all win. These treasured places provide clean air and water, critical wildlif...
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2019
29
Jan
Rep. Grijalva Calls for Investigation of Monument Downsizings
Rep. Grijalva Calls for Investigation of Monument Downsizings
"I firmly believe that the shrinkage was in response to the coal industry and uranium mining industry — but I stand to be proven wrong," Grijalva said. "That's why we have oversight. That's why we have those investigations." Grijalva s...
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2018
26
Dec
Their Lands: Native Americans on Monument Reduction
Their Lands: Native Americans on Monument Reduction
Every few months for much of his life, the 66-year-old Navajo spiritual leader has trekked from his nearby home to this slice of land in southeastern Utah, not far from the base of the Bears Ears buttes, to gather sage. Throughout the year, he use...
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2018
18
Dec
Resilient Farmers of the Phoenix Basin
Resilient Farmers of the Phoenix Basin
From approximately A.D. 450-1400, a Native American group known today as the Hohokam overcame a harsh desert environment along with periodic droughts and floods to settle and farm much of modern Arizona. They managed this feat by collectively maintaining an ex...
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2018
27
Nov
Thought-Provoking Essay on Archaeological Headlines
Commentary: Words Matter
These myths of discovery and exploration are particularly damaging because they paint a picture where Indigenous groups are not able caretakers of their own histories and landscapes. Headlines that promote this contribute to the erasure of modern Indigenous connections to l...
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2018
20
Nov
AZ State Parks Director Ousted
AZ Governor Fires State Parks Director
Black's termination follows an Arizona Republic investigation revealing allegations from former department archaeologists that Arizona State Parks & Trails had repeatedly developed state land without regard for laws protecting Native American and other arc...
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2018
06
Nov
Life Before AD 1500 on the Upper Gila River, Southwest New Mexico
Archaeology Café returns to Changing Hands for a new season of programs exploring the deep and diverse history of Phoenix and the greater Southwest in a jargon-free zone. Dr. Karen Schollmeyer will encourage Valley residents to look east up the Gila River as she explores Life Before AD 1500 on the ...
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2018
30
Oct
Archaeologist Blows Whistle on AZ State Parks
Continuing Coverage: Archaeologist Blows Whistle on AZ State Parks
Arizona State Parks & Trails has dug up and bulldozed Native American and other archaeological sites without preserving artifacts in a rush to build visitor attractions and make money, a state archaeologist claims. In one case, ...
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