2020
09
Jul
Putting the People Back into Wilderness
Maxwell Forton, Binghamton University
(July 9, 2020)—Normally this week I’d be wrapping up teaching survey on Archaeology Southwest’s Preservation Archaeology Field School. The past two summers, I’ve had the pleasure of leading our intrepid students in archaeological surveys in the Gila N...
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2019
27
Jun
Shield Rock Art of Tsegi Canyon
On Thursday, June 27, Maxwell Forton (State University of New York Binghamton) will present a public lecture, "Shield Rock Art of Tsegi Canyon," at the Preservation Archaeology Field School headquarters, 8179 Hwy 180 W, Cliff NM 88028. Look for the cream building with blue portable toilets on the no...
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2018
12
Jul
Finding History in the Shade of Ponderosas
Maxwell Forton, Binghamton University
(July 12, 2018)—I’ve had the pleasure of being the survey director for this year’s Preservation Archaeology Field School. Survey is the systematic on-the-ground search for new archaeological sites—a critical step in the preservation of cultural proper...
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2018
11
Jun
Small World
Karen Schollmeyer, Preservation Archaeologist
(June 11, 2018)—Our field school has been in session for just over a week now. As usual, we began with a whirlwind introduction to Hohokam area archaeology before proceeding to our camp in Cliff, New Mexico. We’re settling in to our normal routi...
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2017
07
Apr
I Took My Dremel to Vancouver
Karen Gust Schollmeyer, Preservation Archaeologist
(April 7, 2017)—Last week, several of us from Archaeology Southwest attended the Society for American Archaeology annual meetings in Vancouver, BC. Thousands of archaeologists migrated north and flocked to the Vancouver Convention Centre to s...
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2016
18
Feb
Where Are They Now? Part 1
Karen Gust Schollmeyer, Preservation Archaeologist
(February 18, 2016)—This summer’s field school in the Upper Gila area of southwest New Mexico will mark the fifth year of our successful partnership with the University of Arizona (UA) to offer archaeological field training as a college-level ...
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2015
15
Apr
What Most of Us Are Doing This Week: Ridiculously Long Titles Edition
Karen Gust Schollmeyer, Preservation Archaeologist
Many of us here at Archaeology Southwest will be spending part of this week in San Francisco, California, at the Society for American Archaeology Annual Meeting. Every year, thousands of archaeologists flock to a different North American city to o...
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2014
30
Jun
A Lesson Quickly Learned
Maxwell Forton, Preservation Archaeology Field School Student
A lesson quickly learned: not every excavation is going to unearth the find of the century. All too often, a unit is going to fail to meet your hopes and expectations. My group’s excavations atop the hill overlooking the Dinwiddie site...
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