2025
16
Jan
NEH Awards Support Preservation Archaeology Projects
Dear Friends,
As do many archaeologists, I love hiking. It’s great to be out in nature, observing the landscape, thinking about what life was like in the past, and looking for evidence of those lives. It’s calming. It’s good for us. It is what we bipedal apes evolved to do—walk with our h...
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2025
15
Jan
cyberSW Receives $350K Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities
Funding will expand the scope, significance, and reach of this digital research and education platform through collaboration with Tribal experts
Tucson, Ariz. (January 16, 2025)— Archaeology Southwest is pleased to announce that cyberSW has received a $350,000 grant from the National Endowment fo...
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2020
23
Jun
Commentary: Border Wall Desecrates Sacred Places, Violates Religious Freedom
Dear Friends,
As I write, it’s hard to be upbeat here in Arizona this evening.
COVID-19 is surging, regularly breaking daily records of new cases. Earlier today, President Trump came to Yuma to celebrate the border wall, followed by an indoor rally in Phoenix.
Indigenous residents in this...
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2020
23
Jun
Grant Award from NEH Funds Tribal Petroglyphs Team
Following on recent field research, specialists from the Fort Yuma Quechan Indian Tribe will begin analysis and compilation project with Archaeology Southwest
Tucson, Ariz. (June 23, 2020)—Archaeology Southwest is pleased to announce that it has received a generous $114,219 grant award from the N...
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2020
30
Apr
Focus on the Field Crew: Jason Andrews
Aaron Wright, Preservation Archaeologist, with Jason Andrews
(May 1, 2020)—The Lower Gila River Ethnographic and Archaeological Project’s (LGREAP) Focus on the Field Crew series has really shown me the value of listening to people. And I’ve not just been listening—asking has been a crit...
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2020
23
Apr
Focus on the Field Crew: Zion White
Aaron Wright, Preservation Archaeologist, with Zion White
(April 24, 2020)—Over the past two weeks, I’ve shared the voices and perspectives of Keahna Owl and Charles Arrow, two of the four members of the Lower Gila River Ethnographic and Archaeological Project’s (LGREAP) 2019–2020 field...
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2020
16
Apr
Focus on the Field Crew: Charles Arrow
Aaron Wright, Preservation Archaeologist, with Charles Arrow
(April 17, 2020)—Continuing with the Lower Gila River Ethnographic and Archaeological Project’s (LGREAP) Focus on the Field Crew blog series, this week I introduce Charles Arrow. Charles is a member of the Fort Yuma Quechan Indian...
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2019
22
Apr
A Perspective on the Lower Gila River Ethnographic and Archaeological Project
Skylar Begay
(April 22, 2019)—Before I begin, I feel it’s important to provide context for the reader as to who I am. My name is Skylar Begay and I’m 25 years old. I was born on the Navajo Reservation in Fort Defiance, Arizona. I have lived in various places on the reservation, but I call...
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2019
28
Mar
Lower Gila Field Notes
Aaron M. Wright, Preservation Archaeologist
(March 28, 2019)—About six months ago, at the beginning of October of last year, I began fieldwork for the Lower Gila River Ethnographic and Archaeological Project. Known as LGREAP to my crew and volunteers, this three-year endeavor aims to better u...
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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
02
Aug
Archaeology and Oral History Project Receives Prestigious NEH Grant
Four American Indian Tribes will collaborate with scholars on three-year study
Tucson, Ariz. (August 2, 2017)—Archaeology Southwest is pleased to announce that a team of affiliated researchers has earned a prestigious Collaborative Research Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH...
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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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