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Kiva Journal @kivaswjournal.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Wero & Martin identify archaeological sites affected by the over 900 abandoned uranium mines in the Navajo Nation and draw upon the stories of Navajo mine workers in this ethnoarchaeological study. buff.ly/kxj9FHV #NavajoNation #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth #SWArch

Wero & Martin 2021. Navajo uranium miners working at an unknown mountainside mine in the Cove Mining District circa 1955. Note the presence of a single “office” tent, four open mine adits/portals leading to underground workings, two narrow gauge rail lines, associated heavy equipment, spoil piles, and single access road (Photo by Milton Snow, Series NG6, courtesy of the Navajo Nation Museum Archives, Milton Snow Collection).

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Kiva Journal @kivaswjournal.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Schmader’s research at Piedras Marcadas Pueblo uncovers evidence of fierce Tiwa resistance during Coronado’s 1540s expedition through New Mexico. buff.ly/GuTmT5o #Archaeology #PuebloResistance #NewMexico #CoronadoExpedition

Schmader 2023. Items recovered on surface or by metal detection at Piedras Marcadas Pueblo.
(A) chain mail, (B) bronze clothing lace tags (aglets), (C) brass clothing fasteners, (D) copper
needles, (E) wrought iron nail, (F) bronze buckle, (G) bronze horse bridle cinch, (H) bronze
belt loop, (I) steel sword or dagger tip, (J) bronze medallion, (K) lead arquebus (musket)
balls, (L) copper crossbow boltheads, (M) chipped stone arrow point and spear point. Artifact
photos by M. Schmader, 2020.

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Kiva Journal @kivaswjournal.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

What did Catholic ritual items mean to indigenous communities during the Pueblo Revolt? Gruner’s research shows they became powerful symbols of Indigenous identity. doi.org/10.1179/0023... #Archaeology #PuebloRevolt #SouthwestHistory #NativeAmericanHistory

Gruner 2013. Masked dancer with cross and robes, depicted on a late sixteenth or early seventeenth century Tabira black-on-white vessel (image courtesy Jeanette Mobley-Tanaka).

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Kiva Journal @kivaswjournal.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

How did chilies spice up the Southwest? Diehl et al. examines 18th-century chili seeds in Arizona—evidence of Native adoption and new culinary traditions. buff.ly/zKJJto4 #Archaeology #Southwest #FoodHistory #Chilies #NativeAmericanHistory

Diehl et al. 2021. Illustration of a Capsicum annuum Seed from Feature 7, AZ T:12:174 (ASM) (illustrated by Robert Ciaccio).

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Kiva Journal @kivaswjournal.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Recent research by Shackley reveals obsidian artifacts from northern Sonora Mexico show frequent contact across the Southwest—and hint at a mysterious, unlocated source in the Valle de Altar region. buff.ly/w0k5pmB #Archaeology #Obsidian #Sonora #Southwest #AncientTrade

Shackley 2024. Approximate location of known sources of archaeological obsidian in the North
American Southwest. Adapted from Panich et al. (2017); Shackley (1989, 2005, 2019b);
Shackley et al. (2016, 2018). Source localities not to scale. Government Mountain is a
source in the San Francisco volcanic field (Shackley 1988, 1995, 2005).

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Kiva Journal @kivaswjournal.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

How do point types and material choices correlate? Research by Kocer & Ferguson reveals how stylistic variability is linked to lithic materials in the Gallina Area of New Mexico. buff.ly/otEIMl3 #Archaeology #Gallina #NewMexico #Obsidian #Southwest

Kocer & Ferguson 2017. Gallina point varieties typed to six general categories.

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Kiva Journal @kivaswjournal.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Artifacts collected by Helen G. Blumenschein reveal the same obsidian source was preferred by the people of the Taos area in New Mexico for millennia according to a recent XRF study by Boulanger et al. buff.ly/IlNy0Dp #Archaeology #Obsidian #NewMexico #Southwest #History

Boulanger et al. 2023. Photograph of Helen Greene Blumenschein north of Taos, 1955.

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Kiva Journal @kivaswjournal.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

What were Hohokam palettes used for? Bisulca et al. uses multiple analytical methods to uncover lead traces and clues to possible ancient pigment preparation. buff.ly/h0MJkvT #Archaeology #Hohokam #Southwest #AncientArt #History

Bisulca et al. 2024. Two palettes from the ASM collection

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Kiva Journal @kivaswjournal.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Why did Chaco Canyon residents start using distant obsidian around AD 700 when closer sources existed? XRF analysis by Moss et al. shows how social ties shaped trade. buff.ly/MEPO4L2 #Archaeology #ChacoCanyon #ObsidianAnalysis #AncientTrade #NewMexico

Moss et al. 2023. Sites and communities/areas with obsidian samples used in this study.

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Kiva Journal @kivaswjournal.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

A volcanic glass window into history: XRF analysis by Lindsay of obsidian from a 17th-century Spanish homestead in New Mexico sheds light on everyday exchanges between Pueblo and Spanish worlds. doi.org/10.1080/0023... #Archaeology #NewMexico #Obsidian #SpanishColonial #Pueblo

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Kiva Journal @kivaswjournal.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

How did ancient Tucson Basin potters make their glittering purple paint? Ownby & Myhrman analyze Broadline Purple-on-red pottery (AD 500–700) to find out. buff.ly/Ke4kXSV #Archaeology #Tucson #Southwest #Ceramic #Hematite

Ownby & Myhrman 2020. Broadline Purple-on-red sherds examined in this study, (a) DVA-6, (b) DVA-9, © DVA-35, (d) III2-1, and (e) SN-1 (Photos taken by M. Ownby).

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Kiva Journal @kivaswjournal.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

What did the Fremont people smoke? Searcy et al. analyzed ancient pipes from Wolf Village (AD 1000-1100) in Utah, finding traces of tobacco, maize, and other plants. buff.ly/zDIxdGx #Archaeology #Fremont #Utah #AncientPipes #BotanicalAnalysis

Searcy et al. 2022. Fremont ceramic pipes analyzed from Wolf Village.

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Kiva Journal @kivaswjournal.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Thanks to increased access to digital collections, Kurota et al. redefine El Paso Polychrome pottery, improving how archaeologists date Jornada Mogollon sites. buff.ly/UU8Blz3 #Archaeology #JornadaMogollon #ElPaso #Southwest #Ceramic

Kurota et al. 2022. EPP, Style 2 bowls with transposed images depicting stylized life forms: (a)
Vessel 111 with opposing fish motif (image courtesy of NMSU University Museum); (b)
Vessel 124 (image courtesy of White Sands Missile Range Museum); (c) Vessel 63 from
Madera Quemada (image courtesy of Myles Miller); (d) Vessel 27 (source: Texas Beyond
History; Miller and Thompson 2015:Figure 4); (e) crenellated bowl Vessel 116 (source: Centennial Museum); (f) reconstructed sketch of Vessel 23 showing transposed birds (source:
Texas Beyond History); (g) Vessel 71 with transposed birds in flight motif (source: Human
Endeavor Foundation); (h) Vessel 36 (image courtesy Maxwell Museum of Anthropology,
University of New Mexico, Catalog No. 62.24.163); (i) reconstructed sketch of Vessel 8
from LA 15044 (image courtesy of Maxwell Museum of Anthropology, University of New
Mexico, Catalog No. 77.42.64); (j) Vessel 49 from LA 2000; (k) shallow
scoop, Vessel 40; and (l) shallow scoop, Vessel
38.

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Kiva Journal @kivaswjournal.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

How did gender shape ancient exchange? Bischoff’s Tonto Basin study uses multilayer network analysis of ceramics, architecture, and projectile points to uncover separate social spheres. buff.ly/6FD7jq0 #Archaeology #TontoBasin #Southwest #NetworkAnalysis #MaterialCulture

Bischoff 2023. Graphs showing the networks used in this analysis. Each network is displayed
with the five strongest ties between each node. See Table 1 for site labels.

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Kiva Journal @kivaswjournal.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

How did indigenous peoples shape the Southwest through art and architecture? Danielle Romero reviews Art in the Pre-Hispanic Southwest by Radoslaw Polanka. Check it out now! buff.ly/MsvOsdJ #Archaeology #Southwest #IndigenousHistory #Anthropology #BookReview

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Kiva Journal @kivaswjournal.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

What ties the Tewa Basin to Chaco Canyon? Schillaci et al. uses ceramic compositional data to trace movement & interaction in the Late Developmental period (AD 900-1200). buff.ly/nPJOl50 #Archaeology #NewMexico #ChacoCanyon #TewaBasin #Southwest

Schillaci et al. 2020. Early Kwahe’e Black-on-white olla from site LA 391, recovered during the Santa Fe to Pojoaque Corridor Project. Courtesy of the New Mexico Department of Transportation and the Office of Archaeological Studies. Photo by Carol Price.

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Kiva Journal @kivaswjournal.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Myles Miller highlights People in a Sea of Grass edited by Matthew Hill and Lauren Ritterbush, a groundbreaking volume on Indigenous lifeways in the Central Great Plains. Discover why this book matters. buff.ly/xrManlC #Archaeology #GreatPlains #BookReview

Book cover of "People in a Sea of Grass" edited by Hill and Ritterbush

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Kiva Journal @kivaswjournal.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Food or ritual? At Homol’ovi I, rabbit & hare bones show how deeply interconnected the sacred and the everyday were for ancestral Puebloans according to new research by Sheets. buff.ly/wmaNZJe #Archaeology #Homolovi #PuebloanHistory #Zooarchaeology #SouthwestArchaeology

Sheets 2025. Homol’ovi I (map courtesy of HRP-ASM)

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Kiva Journal @kivaswjournal.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

New isotopic evidence by Sharpe et al. shows bison roamed New Mexico’s San Agustin plains, far beyond today’s ranges—living alongside humans for centuries. buff.ly/QWup6iK #Archaeology #SouthwestHistory #Bison #Zooarchaeology #NewMexico

Photo of Bison by Andy Witchger Bison Badlands National Park.jpg on Wikimedia.org

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Kiva Journal @kivaswjournal.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

From early excavations to today, Diné people have shaped Southwestern archaeology. Campbell et al. say it’s time their voices lead the conversation. buff.ly/6GRGUiB #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth #Diné #IndigenousCollaboration #CommunityVoices #DecolonizingArchaeology

Photo by Lyntha Scott Eiler. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF PAUL FRISH, SKILLED NAVAJO WORKMEN PERFORM DELICATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL OPERATIONS. THE DIG IS A PROJECT OF THE MUSEUM OF NORTHERN ARIZONA

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Kiva Journal @kivaswjournal.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Archaeology with, not about, the Akimel O’Odham—Loendorf et al. and the Gila River Indian Community uncover a story of resilience at Blackwater Village. buff.ly/UsMpPeU #AkimelOOdham #GilaRiver #CommunityArchaeology #IndigenousHeritage

Loendorf et al. 2019. Plan view and cross section example of a burned Historic Ki, Feature 13, GR-67.

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Kiva Journal @kivaswjournal.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

In partnership with the Laguna Pueblo, Hopkins et al. trace the story of sheepherding in the Southwest around Mount Taylor—where archaeology meets lived tradition. buff.ly/2IsooFz #Archaeology #LagunaPueblo #IndigenousHeritage

Hopkins et al. 2016. Victor Sarracino at the remains of the Frank Yawea sheep camp. Photograph by T. J. Ferguson, June 28, 2013.

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Kiva Journal @kivaswjournal.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Through collaboration with Native communities, Medchill et al. uncovered how disk beads continue to connect heritage, trade, and identity in the Southwest. buff.ly/OWQJwWx #IndigenousKnowledge #CommunityCollaboration #SouthwestArchaeology

Medchill et al. 2020. Juan Amigo wearing bead necklace, 1899, studio portrait by Adolph F. Muhr.

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Kiva Journal @kivaswjournal.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

By combining archaeology with Native oral histories, Guebard uncovers the story of migration, conflict, and resilience at Montezuma Castle National Monument. buff.ly/KjyTGWA #Archaeology #OralHistory #MontezumaCastle #IndigenousKnowledge

Guebard 2016. Elevation drawing of Montezuma Castle and Castle A (National Park Service 1932).

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Kiva Journal @kivaswjournal.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

New research by Duff et al. on the H-Spear Site reveals how Chacoan great houses were placed within vast ritual landscapes that shaped Pueblo life for generations. buff.ly/ZY518pO #Archaeology #ChacoCanyon #Southwest #PuebloHistory #NewMexico

Duff et al. 2025. Plan of the H-spear site.

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Kiva Journal @kivaswjournal.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Religion and ecology are more intertwined than you might think. This connection is made evident in Sacred Southwestern Landscapes edited by Aaron M. Wright. Read Van Keuren’s review. buff.ly/9YcXI3G #SouthwestArchaeology #SWArch #BookReview #Archaeology

Book Cover of Sacred Southwestern Landscapes: Archaeologies of Religious Ecology edited by Aaron M. Wright.

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Kiva Journal @kivaswjournal.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Terraces and towns—what do soils teach us about history? New research by Cajigas et al. reveals how the hilltop village on Tumamoc Hill may have been an early monumental site. buff.ly/otuFNyR #Archaeology #SonoranDesert #Arizona #ArizonaHistory #SouthwestHistory

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Kiva Journal @kivaswjournal.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

How did the New Deal shape archaeology in the American West? Kelly L. Jenks reviews New Deal Archaeology In The West edited by Pool and Howe which discusses how this legislation reshaped American archaeology. buff.ly/nrVTCrH #NewDeal #Archaeology #SouthwestArchaeology

Cover of New Deal Archaeology In The West edited by Kelly J. Pool and Mark L. Howe.

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Kiva Journal @kivaswjournal.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

What route did the Coronado expedition (1539–1542) really take? Doolittle revisits the famed expedition route, revealing new evidence and a revised path through the Southwest. buff.ly/q24ozLi #Archaeology #SouthwestHistory #CoronadoExpedition #Arizona #Sonora

Doolittle 2025. A map of the Río Sonora, the San Pedro River, the recently discovered site that may be San Gerónimo III, the widely accepted route of Coronado, and a new link connecting the new site to the established route.

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Kiva Journal @kivaswjournal.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Learn what made Seltzer-Rogers call Reassessing the Aztatlán World edited by Mathiowetz and Pohl “a breakthrough in West Mexico scholarship”. Read the book review on KIVA today! buff.ly/KMObE8U #SouthwestArchaeology #Archaeology #Bookreview #MexicanHistory

Cover of Reassessing the Aztatlán World: Ethnogenesis and Cultural Continuity in Northwest Mesoamerica edited by Michael Mathiowetz and John Pohl

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Kiva Journal @kivaswjournal.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

From local stones to distant shells—Schleher & Turner show how Ancestral Puebloans at Lakeview used adornments to express who they were and where they belonged. buff.ly/SmMlJ91 #Archaeology #Southwest #PuebloHistory #ChacoCanyon #SWArchaeology

Schleher & Turner 2025. Examples of Wallace Shell Ornaments. Photo by Katherine Hughes. Courtesy of the Crow Canyon Archaeological Center.

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Kiva Journal @kivaswjournal.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

This is the best guide out there for archaeologists working with rock art. Read Berrier’s review of Ten Steps for Recording Pictographs and Petroglyphs by Loendorf and Medaris Stone. buff.ly/vDwgfuE #RockArt #Archaeology #BookReview #Petroglyphs #Pictographs

Cover of Ten Steps for Recording Pictographs and Petroglyphs: Methods and Technologies by Larry Loendorf and Nancy Medaris Stone.

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Kiva Journal @kivaswjournal.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Hays-Gilpin & Lomatewama share Pueblo reflections on contemporary archaeology, offering insights into history, mobility, and cultural knowledge that may be missing from current narratives. buff.ly/AXRp2Lu #Archaeology #PuebloHistory

The title header of the article. It reads “SOME CONTEMPORARY PUEBLO PERSPECTIVES ON ARCHAEOLOGY IN THE PUEBLO WORLD”.

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Kiva Journal @kivaswjournal.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

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Kiva Journal @kivaswjournal.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

The Diné (Navajo) have herded sheep for centuries. Campbell’s ethnoarchaeological research traces the traditional pastoral practices of one family since the signing of the Navajo Treaty of 1868. buff.ly/N2S9Zhi #Archaeology #Diné

Map showing the ENPLP Phase 1 study area in relation to the greater Navajo Nation and the Four Corners region of the American Southwest. Campbell, W. (2021).

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Kiva Journal @kivaswjournal.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

What can we learn from 5 coiled basketry shields? Edward Jolie’s analysis reveals the decorative features of these shields and what shows how they were in use earlier than once thought. buff.ly/je4qPxN #Archaeology #BasketryShields

Artistic rendering of the four mostly complete coiled basketry shields from the prehispanic Southwest in plan and cross-section views; (a) Aztec Ruin West, New Mexico, Room 178, (b) White House, Canyon del Muerto, Arizona, (c) Mummy Cave, Canyon del Muerto, Arizona, (d) Cliff Palace, Mesa Verde, Colorado. Illustration by Will G. Russell based on the author’s data. Jolie, E. A. (2022).

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Kiva Journal @kivaswjournal.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Davina Two Bears’ article on the Old Leupp Boarding School illustrates Diné survivance and the essential role of oral histories in preserving Diné experiences and resilience. buff.ly/ndaQARJ #Archaeology #Diné #SWArch #NativeHistory

Navajo girls weaving with their Diné teacher, Marie Martin, Leupp Indian School 1941 (NF2-12, Milton Snow Collection, Courtesy of Navajo Nation Museum). Two Bears, D. R. (2021).

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Kiva Journal @kivaswjournal.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Art meets resistance at Opodepe, Sonora: Jackson explores how a “flute player” motif on a Jesuit church reveals enduring Indigenous traditions. buff.ly/xt41OXe #Archaeology #Sonora #ArtHistory #IndigenousBeliefs

Jackson 2015. Panels depicting a pair of lizards and a human and the flute player.

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Kiva Journal @kivaswjournal.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Archaeology at Spanish Mission San Xavier del Bac uncovers how Sobaipuri O’odham villagers navigated faith, trade, and resistance during early Spanish encounters. buff.ly/ewPMlAO #Archaeology #SouthwestHistory #Oodham #SanXavierdelBac #Tucson

Stokes & Gregory 2020. Spiral iridescent clear glass bead from Burial 5 (Feature 14) at AZ BB:13:1(REC) (Stokes and Schilling 2007:Figure 118).

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Kiva Journal @kivaswjournal.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

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Kiva Journal @kivaswjournal.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Did Ancestral Pueblo peoples fight battles, not just raids? Hernandez uncovers early evidence of organized warfare as early as A.D. 1200 in the Southwest. buff.ly/OKEP8OD #Archaeology #SouthwestHistory #PuebloHistory #AncientWarfare

Hernandez 2020. Pueblo warrior with shield, and bow and arrow from Pottery Mound, Kiva 7, Layer 8, South Wall. Image redrawn by Christopher Hernandez from Schaafsma (2000).

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Kiva Journal @kivaswjournal.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

What did Catholic ritual items mean to indigenous communities during the Pueblo Revolt? Gruner’s research shows they became powerful symbols of Indigenous identity. buff.ly/u9l4EBx #Archaeology #PuebloRevolt #SouthwestHistory #NativeHistory

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Kiva Journal @kivaswjournal.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

The mapping of Cerro de Moctezuma by Pitezel shows it was more than a hilltop home—it played a special role in the political and ritual networks of the Casas Grandes region. doi.org/10.1179/kiv.... #Archaeology #CasasGrandes #Chihuahua #Paquimé #Southwest

Pitezel 2007. Dry-laid rubble core masonry at EI Pueblito, from north-central masonry room block. Scale = 1 m.

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Kiva Journal @kivaswjournal.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

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Kiva Journal @kivaswjournal.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

From everyday tools to signs of status—Willhite’s research at 76 Draw, NM, uncovers how stone use reflected social and economic life in the Casas Grandes region and shows what sets Paquimé apart. buff.ly/cGuaA4I #Archaeology #Southwest #CasasGrandes #Paquimé #AncientTrade

Willhite 2016. Geographic locations of 76 Draw and Paquimé.

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Kiva Journal @kivaswjournal.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Forgotten border markers, a vanished town, and human connection—Howe’s study of the El Paso–Ciudad Juárez region revives borderland history. buff.ly/sNi6X9o #Borderlands #History #Archaeology #ElPaso #Mexico

Howe 2020. Smeltertown 8-18-1939, Photo A46A. Facing southeast toward the Rio Grande River. Courtesy of USIBWC collections.

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Kiva Journal @kivaswjournal.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

What can an ancient pithouse from the Viejo period (600 –1250 CE) in Chihuahua tell us about ritual and memory? Zborover uncovers how people shaped space to connect with their ancestors. buff.ly/PO9hvxk #Archaeology #History #Chihuahua #AncientMexico #Ritual

Zborover 2019. View of Ch-254 and Structure 5A, looking east. Cerro Picacho is in the background.

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Kiva Journal @kivaswjournal.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

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Kiva Journal @kivaswjournal.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

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