2011
23
Nov
Talking Turkey: Unexpected Encounters with New World Domesticates
By Katherine A. Dungan, Research Assistant
With Thanksgiving nearly upon us, we thought that it would be fun to share with our readers our own memorable turkey experience, as captured on film when we were recording Archaeology Southwest’s Mule Creek videos. But first, a bit of...
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2011
18
Nov
Learning from Pottery, Part 1: Dating
By Deborah L. Huntley, Preservation Archaeologist
When an archaeologist says that a site was inhabited, say, during the late 1200s A.D., how does he or she know that? There are many methods used to date archaeological sites. Some, like radiocarbon dating of materials like burned wood or ...
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2011
19
Oct
Even Farther Underground: The Pithouses of Mule Creek
By Katherine A. Dungan, Research Assistant
As you know from previous posts, our work in the Upper Gila focuses on the Kayenta and Salado migrations of the late 13th through mid-15th centuries and on the 13th century occupation at the Fornholt site, where we worked this past summer. Mule Cr...
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2011
10
Jul
The City of Mesa Plans to Open Interpretive Park for Mesa Grande
The City of Mesa Plans to Open Interpretive Park for Mesa Grande
Once the center of a thriving, powerful Hohokam village, the Mesa Grande ruins may be available for regular public viewing for the first time this winter when the Arizona Museum of Natural History opens a long-anticipated "welcoming c...
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2010
01
Dec
Preservation Archaeology News, Fall 2010
To download a PDF of this issue, click here.
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Updates from the Field
Deborah Huntley: Mule Creek 2010
The third field season at Mule Creek, New Mexico, was as productive and enjoyable as ever. Katherine Dungan and Rob Jones began in mid-May by finishing site recording and mapping from t...
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