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For three decades, Archaeology Southwest has practiced a holistic, conservation-based approach to exploring the places of the past. We call this Preservation Archaeology. By exploring what makes a place special, sharing this knowledge in innovative ways, and enacting flexible site protection strategies, we foster meaningful connections to the past.
Archaeology Southwest
2d ago
Dear Friends, These are difficult times. Our world is changing, and changing rapidly. The new presidential administration is attacking the people, programs, policies, places, and values at the very core of Archaeology Southwest’s work. The body blows are coming fast and furious, and they are just beginning. Preservation Archaeologist and New Mexico State Director Paul […]
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Archaeology Southwest
2d ago
Paul F. Reed, New Mexico Director and Preservation Archaeologist (February 11, 2025)—Dramatic and harmful changes in Department of Interior management policies are beginning to emerge from the new administration. Last week, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum released Secretarial Order (SO) 3418. This order is meant to implement portions of Executive Order 14154: Unleashing American Energy. As […]
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Archaeology Southwest
1w ago
Dear Friends, As I said last week, one of the joys of working at Archaeology Southwest is that no one day is like another. We work on a wide range of mission-driven projects that have different timelines and cadences. We can’t control external events that have an impact on what we do, we simply have […]
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Archaeology Southwest
2w ago
Sarah Oas, Preservation Archaeologist Caitlynn Mayhew, cyberSW Native American Fellow (February 3, 2025)—On January 16, 2025, we proudly announced that cyberSW had received a $350,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) for a new initiative, “Expanding cyberSW: From Archaeological Research to Cultural Revitalization.” We wanted to share in our own words what this funding […]
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Archaeology Southwest
2w ago
Dear Friends, One of the joys of working at Archaeology Southwest is the daily surprise. One day, Allen Denoyer will come in showing off a beautiful Acheulean hand axe he just made. The next, we’ll be learning new facts at the fourth installment of our fantastic Archaeology Café series on dogs and archaeology. Earlier this […]
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Archaeology Southwest
3w ago
Dear Friends, Archaeology Southwest currently has two dozen full-time employees working on everything from original scientific research to Tribal collaboration, from site and landscape preservation to outreach activities, and from raising money to running the business of a complex nonprofit. We can’t do this work alone, and today I’d like to recognize the talented and […]
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Archaeology Southwest
3w ago
Allen Denoyer, Ancient Technologies Expert (January 22, 2025)—What is lac, and why do we care how it is harvested? If you haven’t yet read Marilen Pool’s recent post on lac, go do that now. Marilen explains what it is and how people have used it through time. Some years ago, Marilen attended one of my […]
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Archaeology Southwest
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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 hands free. Still, […]
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Archaeology Southwest
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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 for the Humanities (NEH) for a new initiative, “Expanding cyberSW: From Archaeological Research […]
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Archaeology Southwest
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The Wenner-Gren Workshop Grant will bring Indigenous, Mexican, and US experts together to create an atlas of the Sonoran Desert’s rock imagery Tucson, Ariz. (January 14, 2025)—Tucson-based nonprofit Archaeology Southwest is pleased to announce that Preservation Anthropologist Aaron Wright has received an award of $19,558 from the Wenner-Gren Foundation to support a three-day workshop for […]
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