ARCHAEOLOGY SOUTHWEST

Join us at the 2024 Archaeology Fair! 📅 Date: Saturday, July 27 🕙 Time: 10 AM - 12 PM 📍 Location: Mimbres Culture Heritage Site (12 Sage Dr, Mimbres NM 88049) Learn about what we're learning, view exhibits, and try hands-on activities with students of the 2024 Preservation Archaeology Field School. Don't miss this opportunity! Bring your friends and family for an educational and exciting day. #Archaeology #HandsOn #MimbresCulture

Director Karen Schollmeyer introduces Preservation Archaeology Field School 3.0! Learn more about the new curriculum, which focuses on museum collections management, noninvasive archaeological survey, and hands-on experimental and experiential archaeology. https://ow.ly/NXk250Sxjhv

Preservation Archaeology Today for 6/27/24: Feature on the Great Bend of the Gila; the Santa Cruz River as teacher; planning for a new Sabino Canyon visitor center; Naco Heritage Alliance seeks exec director; events and more. https://ow.ly/4P9j50SrgEx

Southern New Mexico area friends, please join our field school group for a public lecture on archaeometry by Dr. Jeff Ferguson at the beautiful WNMU Museum, Wednesday, June 26 at 6pm. For details please see the Grant County Archaeological Society website, https://lnkd.in/gpiniBVV. #WNMUMuseum #FieldSchool #PublicLecture

Preservation Archaeology Today for 6/20/24: Wildfire in El Malpais National Monument; Santa Ana gains ancestral land; keep that tower out of Bears Ears; positions & internships; events & videos. 📷: Place in El Malpais NM by K. Throgmorton https://ow.ly/KviK50SmSRO

Preservation Archaeology News for 6/13/24: Crow Canyon Welcomes Theresa Pasqual as EVP of Indigenous Affairs; Arizona State Museum Honors Repatriation Obligations under Challenging Circumstances; 1st Anniversary of the Chaco Protection Zone; events & more. https://ow.ly/8vJA50SioPK

On the one-year anniversary of the administrative withdrawal of Federal lands in the 10-mile zone around Chaco Canyon to protect its cultural resources from oil & gas drilling, Paul Reed reflects on this hard-won victory. We are grateful to everyone who spoke up to #ProtectChaco and to the President of the United States & U.S. Department of the Interior for listening. Read more >> https://lnkd.in/gvX_N4fZ Watch Emmy-award winning video on protecting Chaco >> https://lnkd.in/gpWNbCcz #ProtectChaco #PublicLands #nmpol

World Atlatl Day at Catalina State Park! 📅 Saturday, June 1, 2024 🕖 7:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. 📍 Romero Trailhead, Catalina State Park Join Archaeology Southwest for Hands-On Archaeology, including atlatl throwing, artifact exploration, and family fun. Perfect for all ages! #WorldAtlatlDay #HandsOnArchaeology #CatalinaStatePark

Preservation Archaeology Today for 5/9/24: Celebration at Fort Apache Historic Park; great news for the Lands Between; update on SunZia opposition; survey for section 106 pros; museums adjust to new NAGPRA rules; videos, podcast, events, & more! https://ow.ly/uIma50RAZ4T

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 places and stories that connect us all to our humanity and its history are alive. We collaborate broadly to help understand, restore, and protect those stories, places, and connections. Watch it here, now: https://lnkd.in/gRXc9AS5 Please share! We’re excited to get to know everyone who supports and wants to know more about this work. #southwestarchaeology #preservationarchaeology 🎥 Produced by David Wallace Visuals and Archaeology Southwest 🎙️ Very special thanks to narrator Corey Flintoff 🏜️ Drone footage courtesy of Russ McSpadden, Center for Biological Diversity