2014
02
Nov
A Unique Preservation Opportunity
Doug Gann, Preservation Archaeologist and Digital Media Specialist
We have a chance to preserve an intact ancient place, as well as a pristine stretch of Sonoran Desert.
Some 700 years ago, a dynamic agricultural society flourished in the lowlands of the desert southwest, with large villages...
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2014
24
Aug
Hohokam Village Excavated to Make Way for Future Strip Mall
Hohokam Village Excavated to Make Way for Future Strip Mall
A “really nice picture” of the workings of early Hohokam civilization is emerging from a recent excavation that uncovered at least part of a prehistoric-era village at a planned Marana outlet mall site. “This site is revealing, becau...
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2014
09
Jun
Prelude to Fieldwork
Leslie Aragon, Field Supervisor
Last week, we kicked off the 2014 Preservation Archaeology Field School. Students arrived in Tucson from all over the country, from Hawaii to Massachusetts, and spent a few days learning about Preservation Archaeology and Salado culture.
At the Himdag Ki museum in T...
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2014
30
Jan
From Above: Images of a Storied Land
By Adriel Heisey, Photographer
I grew up in a land cloaked in verdure, where time and the elements have long since softened every bold edge, so the desert’s nakedness will always turn my head. Even now, after living here a quarter century, when I fly through this land laid bare by clima...
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2014
07
Jan
Tanque Verde Brown and the Temper of Sand
By Lewis Borck, Preservation Fellow
In the not-so-distant past, I organized a meeting of the minds to discuss problems and interesting phenomena associated with precontact southern Arizona pottery (“precontact” meaning “before the arrival of Europeans”). As I prepared for “Edge ...
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2013
15
Sep
Bipartisan Effort to Expand Casa Grande Ruins National Monument Gathers Momentum in Congress
Bill to Expand Casa Grande Ruins National Monument Reintroduced
The boundaries of the Casa Grande Ruins National Monument could expand under a House bill. U.S. Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick a Democrat, has introduced the Casa Grande Ruins National Monument Boundary Modification Act of 2013, and if approve...
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2013
30
May
Not Just for Sherd Nerds
By Matt Peeples, Preservation Archaeologist
Although a holiday, this past Monday definitely was not a quiet day at Archaeology Southwest. The first full day of the Preservation Archaeology Field School kicked off with some introductory lectures and tours. I was fortunate to tag along for ...
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2013
21
Apr
Tohono O'odham Nation Protests Pipeline That Would Impact Cultural Sites
Tohono O'odham Nation Protests Pipeline That Would Impact Cultural Sites
The Tohono O'odham Nation is taking action to officially oppose a proposed pipeline project in the Altar Valley. The Sierrita Pipeline, a Kinder Morgan project, calls for 59 miles of 36-inch pipe to deliver natural gas from ex...
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2013
14
Apr
Paris Auction House Sells Contested Objects Sacred to Hopi Tribe
Paris Auction House Sells Contested Objects Sacred to Hopi Tribe
A contested auction of sacred Hopi Indian artifacts went forward on Friday in Paris and generated more than $1 million in sales, despite the presence of protesters inside and outside the auction house who urged patrons not to take part...
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2013
10
Mar
Patrick Lyons Selected as Director of the Arizona State Museum
Patrick Lyons Selected as Director of the Arizona State Museum
In the midst of its 120th year, Arizona State Museum (ASM) has named Patrick D. Lyons, Ph.D., as its new director. Lyons, an archaeologist, is ASM’s seventh director since its founding by the territorial legislature in 1893. Lyons repl...
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2012
14
Oct
Archaeological Insight on Modern Mexican Migration
Archaeological Insight on Modern Mexican Migration
Jason de Leon regularly traipses the deserts of the American southwest, in search of artifacts and information that could help him understand how Mexican migrants move across the border and into the United States. In the process, he's trying to unde...
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2012
05
Aug
Cliff Palace Closed to Public — Ancient Structures in Peril
Cliff Palace in Peril
Scott Travis stepped delicately around the ruins of Cliff Palace, his eyes deftly scanning the sandstone bricks, the carefully carved windows and the well-worn wooden beams of at one of Mesa Verde National Park’s most extensive cliff dwellings. Below him, hundreds of voices i...
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