The Great Bend of the Gila is a globally significant landscape — invaluable, unique, and fragile.
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Archaeology Southwest practices Preservation Archaeology, a holistic, collaborative, and conservation-based approach to exploring and protecting heritage places while honoring their diverse values. We compile archaeological information, make it accessible and understandable, share it with the public and decision-makers, advocate for landscape-scale protection, and steward heritage properties and conservation easements. We are committed to real and ongoing collaboration with Indigenous communities. Our headquarters are located on the Homelands of the Tohono O’odham Nation and the lands of the Pascua Yaqui Tribe.
Current Magazine
Better For It: Archaeology Conceived in Collaboration with Community
This issue is a companion to our 2022–2023 season of Archaeology Café (videos on our YouTube channel). Contributors explore the challenges, scope, and rewards of collaborative archaeology. They share a vision of how collaboration will transform archaeology and carry communities’ stories into the future.
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A New Kind of Archaeology
Learn more about our work to ensure that people’s histories in the land endure well into the future.
From Our Blog
Reaching out to Indigenous Youth
Skylar Begay, Diné, Mandan and Hidatsa, Director, Tribal Collaboration in Outreach & Advocacy
(July 31, 2024)—We had three incredible opportunities to spend quality time with Indigenous young ...
Archaeological Survey at NAN Ranch
Cassie Merrill, UNC Chapel Hill
(July 3, 2024)—For the past week, I have had the opportunity to explore the Chihuahuan Desert at NAN Ranch in Faywood, New Mexico, as part of the field survey rotati...