2011
14
Sep
Preservation Archaeology in Action
By Deborah L. Huntley, Preservation Archaeologist
What can be learned about an archaeological site without digging? Quite a lot, it turns out, especially if that site has been kept in pristine condition.
I recently visited such a site that is managed by the National Park Service (NPS). Al...
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2011
08
Sep
Mapping the Past
By Katherine A. Dungan, Research Assistant
In our posts during the field season, we mentioned various aspects of Fornholt’s site layout—that it has northern and southern room blocks, two-story sections, a large depression in the southern room block—but we never posted a map of the ...
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2011
31
Aug
Follow the Center's Upper Gila Research
Team members Jeff Clark, Deb Huntley, Rob Jones, and Katherine Dungan share their Upper Gila research as it unfolds. New posts appear each Thursday.
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2011
31
Aug
Mule Creek, Writ Large
By Rob Jones, Preservation Fellow
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2011
26
Aug
Student Post: Chaco Canyon Field Trip
Early on a Friday morning, the students of the Mule Creek Field School dragged themselves from their tents and piled into the Suburban and the fifteen-passenger van. After an eventful drive in very close quarters—a trip that was supposed to take seven hours, but ended up taking ten due to a tire...
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2011
10
Aug
Student Post: Public Outreach in Archaeology
Public outreach is often an overlooked aspect of archaeology. The general public outside of the archaeological community plays an integral part in the work that we do, by giving us access to sites and helping to preserve them. It is also important for archaeologists to share their work with the pu...
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2011
04
Aug
Innovative Virtual Exhibit to Explore Chaco's Legacy
Tucson, AZ (August 4, 2011)—Center for Desert Archaeology Preservation Archaeologists Paul F. Reed and Doug Gann have been awarded a $150,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to digitally interpret recent archaeological findings from the Middle San Juan region of northwestern New M...
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2011
05
Jul
Student Post: Anthropology Across the U.S. - Regional Variation in Archaeological Questions and Methods
One of the reasons I was most excited for this field school—aside from the charm of the Upper Gila and the completely foreign ways of life I was told I'd encounter every day—was because it gave me a chance to compare how archaeology was practiced across regions, particularly within the U.S. and ...
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2011
30
Jun
Center President Doelle Interviewed on The Buckmaster Show
Dr. William H. Doelle, the Center for Desert Archaeology's President and CEO, joined Tucson radio host Bill Buckmaster on Tuesday, June 28, 2011. Doelle and Buckmaster discussed the Center's work in preservation archaeology and ongoing work at Chaco Canyon. To listen to the interview, click here.
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2011
21
Jun
Introducing Kathleen Bader
Please join us in welcoming Membership Assistant Kathleen Bader to the Center family. Kathleen came aboard in May 2011.
Kathleen brings several years of experience with nonprofit institutions and membership programs. An accomplished musician and composer, she moved to Tucson after falling in love w...
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2011
16
Jun
Still Dusty: Archaeology of the Day
One of our major research questions for the summer is the large depression in the center of the south room block at Fornholt. We are currently calling this the plaza/kiva—both type...
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2011
15
Jun
Still Dusty: Archaeology of the Day
A unit excavated into the southern room block has produced a substantial quantity of burnt corn—not a cob or two, but entire lumps of fused, carbonized corn. The kernels are still visible due to carbonization from intense heat.
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