Preservation Archaeology Today for 8/18/25: Erasing history at US museums & parks; the fight to protect Chuckwalla Nat. Mon.; virtual tours of Bears Ears; "hardware archaeology"; upcoming events & mor...

Preservation Archaeology Today for 8/4/25: Pecos Conference convenes this week; what is going on with the management of our public lands?!; Sacagawea in Hidatsa history; upcoming events & recent video...

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NM Wild has taken considerable time to organize all of the information we have regarding the NM Wilderness. Find at more at Indigenous, Preservation, and Conservation Groups Urge Secretary Burgum to U...

On behalf of our ace team from ARCHAEOLOGY SOUTHWEST (Alex Binford-Walsh and me), Simon Fraser University Department of Archaeology, MOS Research(Michael Spears and Sean O'Meara), and Heritage Busines...

Preservation Archaeology Today for 5/29/25: US archaeology in peril; SCOTUS rejects Apache Stronghold's appeal; a win in the SunZia case bolsters NHPA; NSF cuts visualized; voters oppose cuts to natio...

Dear Friends, The Statewide Historic Preservation Conference (Preserve AZ) was held in Phoenix last week, and Archaeology Southwest showed up in force: Preservation Anthropologist Aaron Wright, Preser...

Preservation Archaeology Today for 5/15/25: Continuing coverage & commentary on gutting of NSF, on Oak Flat, & on clear threats to public lands; chimp empathy; avocado domestication; events & more.

Preservation Archaeology Today for 5/8/25: House committee votes to sell public lands in NV & UT; update on Oak Flat litigation; balancing access & protection; pseudo-archaeology & authentic skepticis...

Congress is considering selling off America’s public lands to raise money to fund tax cuts for the wealthy. This is one of the most serious threats to public lands we’ve seen in decades, and we need y...

Archaeology Southwest, a Tucson-based nonprofit, faces staff layoffs after a Trump administration official said the National Endowment for the Humanities is clawing back a $350,000 grant.

Archaeology Southwest prepares to fight termination of our recently awarded NEH grant. The DOGE-rescinded award supported our collaborative project with Tribes to document culturally important animal ...

Preservation Archaeology Today for 4/3/25: NEH grants terminated; IMLS disbanded; Smithsonian, Interior told to whitewash history; the importance of Indigenous curators; Chaco roads; SunZia case updat...

Learn more about the past, present, and future of the living cultural landscapes of Mesa Verde through the perspectives of researchers, land managers, and Indigenous knowledge holders.

Interior Secretary Douglas Burgum’s plans to “unleash” industrial exploitation of public lands seeks to gut public land stewardship principles enshrined in law and in the time-honored American traditi...

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Dear Friends, In my note here on November 7, 2024, I quoted the following passage from Rabbi Abraham Heschel: How strange we are in the world and how presumptuous our doings. Only one response can mai...

Dramatic and harmful changes in Department of Interior management policies are beginning to emerge from the new administration.

Our country's treasured public lands and waters, including national parks and monuments, are at risk. Speak up today to ensure they remain protected today, tomorrow, and for future generations.

Preservation Archaeology Today for 2/13/25: Oil & gas advocate to direct Bureau of Land Management; endangered national monuments; deep cuts expected for NSF; Tribal co-management in the news; Indigen...

Preservation Archaeology Today for 1/30/25: Concerns about the future of our public lands and the Antiquities Act; call for Indigenous artists; scholarship opportunity; upcoming events; video channel ...

Preservation Archaeology Today for 1/23/25: AZ gov. asks for $7M to support NAGPRA compliance at state museum; in memoriam: Helga Teiwes; perspectives on the Antiquities Act; a brief intro to Tribal s...

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 Archaeologic...

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-da...

Preservation Archaeology Today for 1/9/25: Biden declares Chuckwalla and Sattitla national monuments at behest of Tribes; upcoming SUWA rally to protect public lands; new paper on Tribal-federal relat...

The Wilson Pottery Pioneers, Hiram, James, and Wallace Wilson, reached Texas as enslaved men in 1856 and were brought to the […]

Preservation Archaeology Today for 1/3/25: Canyon de Chelly bans air tours; church returns Arapaho belongings; new recommendations for handling zooarch collections; Acoma & USBLM sign co-stewardship a...

New recommendations stress tracing and respecting links between communities and animal bones, pelts and other remains

Preservation Archaeology Today for Dec. 12, 2024: Christopher Schwartz appointed as City of Phoenix archaeologist; Southwest Symposium Jan. 16-18; James Judge passes; Biden's national monuments; upcom...

The processes of dog domestication and human-wolf mutualism were ancient and complex in northern North America.

Preservation Archaeology Today for 11/21/24: Tucson archaeology community mourns John Douglass; public lands in the next administration; conservation wins; Wupatki at 100; events, videos, & more.

Preservation Archaeology Today for 11/14/24: Yucca House National Monument expands; zooarchaeologists weigh in on moose policy; looters busted; Zuni parched corn; new edition of Pottery SW; kids' book...

This issue is a companion to our 2022–2023 season of Archaeology Café. Contributors explore the challenges, scope, and rewards of collaborative archaeology. They share a vision of how collaboration wi...

Welcome to Archaeology Southwest! This short video shares why we do our work: to ensure that people’s stories on the land endure well into the future. The pl...

Preservation Archaeology Today for 4/25/24: Debating pseudoarchaeology; lawsuit watch; mobilizing for monuments; The Archaeological Conservancy welcomes new director; KIVA journal seeks new editor; ev...

Preservation Archaeology Today for 4/4/24: Visit with Respect film debut; ancient campsite at Holloman AFB; Silver Creek archaeology; women of the Smithsonian; jobs, awards, and fellowships; events an...

Preservation Archaeology Today for 3/27/24: NAGPRA in the news; comment period open for Bears Ears plan; show support for Great Bend of the Gila to become a national monument; job and funding opportun...