2025
29
May
US Archaeology’s Imperiled Future
Dear Friends,
Tuesday, May 27, was a rollercoaster, whipsaw day for those of us who support the myriad efforts to protect places that are important to Indigenous culture, history, and ecology.
Midday, within minutes of each other, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) and the 9th Cir...
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2024
03
Apr
Bears Ears Partnership Debuts Short Documentary
Dear Friends,
Paul Reed, Preservation Archaeologist and Director of our New Mexico State Program, recently published a stunning report on the problem of orphaned and abandoned oil and gas wells and energy infrastructure surrounding Bears Ears National Monument in Utah and Chaco Canyon National Hi...
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2023
28
Mar
Archaeology Southwest Continues to Oppose Routing of SunZia Transmission Line through Arizona’s San Pedro Valley
Formal protest submitted to the Bureau of Land Management on March 18
Tucson, Ariz. (March 28, 2023)—Earlier this month, on behalf of Archaeology Southwest, William H. Doelle (President & CEO) and John R. Welch (Director, Landscape and Site Preservation Program) filed a formal protest regardi...
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2012
15
Nov
Migrants and Mounds
Archaeology Southwest Publishes Much-Anticipated “Migrants and Mounds”
Preservation Archaeology in southeastern Arizona’s San Pedro River valley reveals a story of migration, tension, and integration in the distant past
Tucson, Ariz. (November 14, 2012) — Archaeology Southwest is pleased t...
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2012
15
Nov
Archaeology Southwest Publishes Much-Anticipated “Migrants and Mounds”
Archaeology Southwest (formerly the Center for Desert Archaeology) is pleased to announce the publication of Migrants and Mounds: Classic Period Archaeology of the Lower San Pedro Valley, edited by Jeffery J. Clark and Patrick D. Lyons. The richly illustrated volume presents the results of Archaeolo...
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2012
05
Nov
Report from the 2012 National Preservation Conference
By Bill Doelle, Archaeology Southwest President & CEO
The National Trust for Historic Preservation holds an annual conference in a different U.S. city each year. Last week, from October 31 through November 2, we converged on Spokane, Washington, a city of 209,000 that has a robust historic do...
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