2018
22
Apr
Important News about Southwest Archaeology Today
Important News about Southwest Archaeology Today
Dear Friends:
Southwest Archaeology Today (SAT) is undergoing an editorial transition and will resume publication on Wednesday, May 2. From then on, SAT will be delivered to your email inbox every Wednesday morning, though the occasional delay d...
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2018
14
Apr
Hands-On Archaeology at Celebrate Oro Valley
Celebrate Oro Valley: Then & Now
April 13 – 15, 2018
Celebrate Oro Valley is new, annual event, designed to celebrate the community we love. This year’s theme, “Then & Now” will highlight the Town’s founding year of 1974, showcasing the following pillars of our history.
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2018
06
Apr
Archaeology Southwest in DC
Banner image: Carol M. Highsmith, via Wikimedia Commons
Kate Sarther Gann, Communications Coordinator, and Content Editor, Archaeology Southwest Magazine
(April 6, 2018)—The Society for American Archaeology (SAA) will host its 83rd annual meeting in Washington, DC, next week, April 11–15. Th...
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2018
27
Mar
What's in a Notch?
Stacy Ryan, Preservation Archaeologist
(March 28, 2018)—Projectile points were important tools for hunting and weaponry. They might have served a social function, as well, as suggested by occasional elaborate designs or placement in ritual deposits. We study points because they may be reliabl...
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2018
10
Mar
Archaeology Southwest at Tucson Festival of Books
Once again, Archaeology Southwest will have a booth at the Tucson Festival of Books. Stop by booth 419 and say hello to our team members, be amazed by Allen Denoyer's flintknapping skills, and acquire a few issues of Archaeology Southwest Magazine you might have missed.
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2018
02
Mar
Archaeology Southwest Welcomes New Preservation Outreach Associate
Dr. John R. Welch of Simon Fraser University to coordinate site and landscape protection activities and tribal collaborations
Tucson, Ariz. (March 2, 2018)—Archaeology Southwest is pleased to announce that longtime collaborator and supporter John R. Welch of Simon Fraser University (SFU) will b...
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2018
16
Feb
Group Identity and the Hohokam Ballcourt World
Leslie Aragon, Preservation Archaeology Fellow
(February 16, 2018)—I’ve been thinking a lot about identity lately. Group identity, in particular. We all have them…a lot of them. The great thing about group identity is that you don’t have to choose just one. Identity is an active social co...
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2018
25
Jan
Statement on Shash Jáa National Monument and Indian Creek National Monument Act (H.R. 4532)
Statement of Archaeology Southwest
William Doelle, President and CEO
Shash Jáa National Monument and Indian Creek National Monument Act (H.R. 4532)
House Natural Resources Federal Lands Subcommittee Hearing
January 9, 2018
Chairman McClintock, Ranking Member Hanabusa, and members of the Commit...
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2017
26
Dec
Abusing Places of the Past Is a Violation of Human Rights
Abusing Places of the Past Is a Violation of Human Rights
For many archaeologists, one of the darkest moments in memory was the destruction of the fourth and fifth-century Bamiyan Buddhas by the Taliban in 2001. That tragedy was later eclipsed by ISIS’s destruction of Baghdad museum artifac...
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2017
06
Dec
BROAD COALITION SUES TO STOP TRUMP ADMINISTRATION’S UNLAWFUL DISMEMBERMENT OF THE BEARS EARS NATIONAL MONUMENT
For Immediate Release
December 6, 2017
CONTACTS: See list below
Archaeology Southwest Stands with Coalition to Defend Bears Ears in Court
(Washington, D.C.)–A broad coalition of Native American, conservation, and historic preservation organizations, outdoor industry, scientists, and ou...
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2017
04
Dec
Archaeology Southwest Prepared to Defend the Antiquities Act
(December 4, 2017)—Archaeology Southwest stands with sovereign tribal nations, local and national conservation organizations, and millions of other Americans in denouncing President Trump’s drastic dismantling of Bears Ears National Monument and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument.
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2017
01
Nov
What We're Doing This Week
Kate Sarther Gann, Communications Coordinator, and Content Editor, Archaeology Southwest Magazine
(November 1, 2017)—Every so often, I ask our staff to say a few words about what they're working on that week. Here's this week's edition:
Aaron Wright:
I'm managing data and records fr...
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