2018
18
May
Now Online: The Salmon Pueblo Archaeological Research Collection
Tucson, Ariz. (May 18, 2018)—Archaeology Southwest, together with its partners University of Nebraska-Lincoln-Center for Digital Research in the Humanities, Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities at the University of Virginia (IATH) and the Salmon Ruins Museum, is happy to announce ...
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2017
18
Jun
Conservation and Heritage Preservation Communities React To Secretary Zinke's Interim Report
Archaeology Southwest Still Stands with Bears Ears
President & CEO Bill Doelle concludes the organization's official statement by asserting: “These are our provisional comments on an interim report. As Secretary Zinke prepares a final report, Archaeology Southwest will continue to compile a...
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2016
09
Oct
Native Tribes Decry Utah Public Lands Initiative as a Corporate Land Grab
Correction: Carrie Heitman Is Leading Chaco Research with Assistance from NASA
In the September 25, 2016, issue of Southwest Archaeology Today, I miscredited an article about NASA's involvement in Chacoan Research to John Kantner, when in fact the project is the effort is being directed by Carrie ...
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2016
31
Mar
Archaeology and Digital Technology, Plus an Update on the SPARC Project
Paul F. Reed, Preservation Archaeologist
(March 31, 2016)—Scott Michlin welcomed me back to his San Juan College KSJE Morning Show in February. We discussed the role of digital technology in archaeology. You can listen to our conversation here.
The primary topic for my radio chat with Scott was ...
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2015
31
Dec
Archaeology Southwest’s Most Memorable Moments of 2015
Kate Sarther Gann, Communications Coordinator
(December 31, 2015)—Inspired by a clever post from our friends at the Friends of Cedar Mesa, we decided to compile our own list. So, with a hat-tip to Amanda Nichols and Josh Ewing at FCM, we give you, in no particular order,
Archaeology Sout...
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2015
29
Mar
National Endowment for the Humanities Provides Grant to Digitize and Preserve Data from Salmon Pueblo
National Endowment for the Humanities Provides Grant to Digitize and Preserve Data from Salmon Pueblo
Carrie Heitman, an assistant professor of archaeology at UNL, will lead the digitization of the Salmon Pueblo Archaeological Research Collection that tells the story of the indigenous Chacoan cultur...
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2015
25
Mar
Grant Award News: NEH Fuels SPARC
By Paul F. Reed, Preservation Archaeologist
On March 23, we were thrilled to learn that the Salmon Pueblo Archaeological Research Collection (SPARC) project would be funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). The total project funding is $300,000. The project will preserve a...
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