Archaeology Southwest
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Exploring & protecting heritage places & honoring their diverse values. Our HQ is located on the lands of the Tohono O'odham. Follow/RT ≠ endorsement. archaeologysouthwest.org
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 & more. 📸 NPS tinyurl.com/2ssy4ee7
Erasing History at US Museums and Parks - Archaeology Southwest
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...
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August 19, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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 & more. 📸 NPS tinyurl.com/2ssy4ee7
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 videos. tinyurl.com/2yspna82
Pecos Conference Convenes This Week - Archaeology Southwest
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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August 4, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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 videos. tinyurl.com/2yspna82
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We love our National Parks. Help us #SaveOurSigns
We need your help to #SaveOurSigns
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July 22, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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A case for better understanding the significance of the cultural landscape as a preservation, management, and decision making tool. Congrats to @archsw.bsky.social authors on this paper of the month recognition from the publisher!
The #PaperOfTheMonth from @saa-aap.bsky.social is 'Cultural Landscape Studies Help Match Cultural Resource Identification and Assessment Efforts to Undertaking Size and Complexity in the Section 106 Process' by John R. Welch et al., available #openaccess!
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June 29, 2025 at 12:02 AM
A case for better understanding the significance of the cultural landscape as a preservation, management, and decision making tool. Congrats to @archsw.bsky.social authors on this paper of the month recognition from the publisher!
“We strongly encourage Sec. Burgum to leave Chaco’s 10-mi. zone of protection untouched. The amazing cultural heritage of Chaco Canyon & the Greater Chaco Landscape cannot be compromised,” said Paul F. Reed, NM State Director & Preservation Archaeologist
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Indigenous, Preservation, and Conservation Groups Urge Secretary Burgum to Uphold Protections for Chaco Region - New Mexico Wilderness Alliance
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...
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June 25, 2025 at 8:11 PM
“We strongly encourage Sec. Burgum to leave Chaco’s 10-mi. zone of protection untouched. The amazing cultural heritage of Chaco Canyon & the Greater Chaco Landscape cannot be compromised,” said Paul F. Reed, NM State Director & Preservation Archaeologist
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📢Hot off the press from John Welch (VP, Preservation & Collaboration) & colleagues: new research on the practice & benefits of cultural landscape studies. 📷Rick Wicker
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#section106 #NationalHistoricPreservationAct
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#section106 #NationalHistoricPreservationAct
Escaping Minimalist Approaches to National Historic Preservation Act Compliance
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...
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June 10, 2025 at 10:11 PM
📢Hot off the press from John Welch (VP, Preservation & Collaboration) & colleagues: new research on the practice & benefits of cultural landscape studies. 📷Rick Wicker
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#section106 #NationalHistoricPreservationAct
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#section106 #NationalHistoricPreservationAct
"Chaco deserves more than a moment. It deserves protection for all time. That is the promise we believed we made together. It is a promise we still intend to keep." - Acoma Pueblo Gov. Riley on why he wants the Interior Dept. to continue to #ProtectChaco www.santafenewmexican.com/opinion/my_v...
June 4, 2025 at 6:03 PM
"Chaco deserves more than a moment. It deserves protection for all time. That is the promise we believed we made together. It is a promise we still intend to keep." - Acoma Pueblo Gov. Riley on why he wants the Interior Dept. to continue to #ProtectChaco www.santafenewmexican.com/opinion/my_v...
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 national monuments; events & more. 📸 Oak Flat by J. Welch tinyurl.com/3zf94yyf
US Archaeology’s Imperiled Future - Archaeology Southwest
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...
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May 29, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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 national monuments; events & more. 📸 Oak Flat by J. Welch tinyurl.com/3zf94yyf
“The real termination is of trust in the federal government to follow its own laws and regulations,” said Steve Nash [ArchSW CEO].
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In the U.S., Archaeology Stares Down an Uncertain Future
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May 27, 2025 at 6:02 PM
“The real termination is of trust in the federal government to follow its own laws and regulations,” said Steve Nash [ArchSW CEO].
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Preservation Archaeology Today for 5/23/25: Save our SHPOs and THPOs; ongoing threats to public lands; new class of Jr. rangers @ Bears Ears NM; Tribal co-stewardship at GSENM; mud party at Terrenate; new pub on Indigenous archaeology of rock imagery; events & more. 📷 RE Burrillo
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Continuing Coverage and Commentary: Threats to Our Public Lands - Archaeology Southwest
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...
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May 23, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Preservation Archaeology Today for 5/23/25: Save our SHPOs and THPOs; ongoing threats to public lands; new class of Jr. rangers @ Bears Ears NM; Tribal co-stewardship at GSENM; mud party at Terrenate; new pub on Indigenous archaeology of rock imagery; events & more. 📷 RE Burrillo
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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. 📷Oak Flat, John R. Welch
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Continuing Coverage & Commentary: Extreme Shake-Up at NSF - Archaeology Southwest
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.
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May 15, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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. 📷Oak Flat, John R. Welch
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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 skepticism; US 11 Most Endangered Historic Places; events & more. 📸 Bob Wick/BLM tinyurl.com/4wcukcv5
House Committee Votes to Sell Off Public Lands - Archaeology Southwest
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...
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May 8, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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 skepticism; US 11 Most Endangered Historic Places; events & more. 📸 Bob Wick/BLM tinyurl.com/4wcukcv5
BREAKING via John Welch: This evening's prayer vigil in front of the Sandra Day O'Connor Courthouse in Phx: The Sky, the Earth, the Ancestors, & the Children are watching. Tomorrow's hearing may determine the fate not only of Chi'chil Bildagoteel, but also respect for holiness, history, & culture.
May 7, 2025 at 3:25 AM
BREAKING via John Welch: This evening's prayer vigil in front of the Sandra Day O'Connor Courthouse in Phx: The Sky, the Earth, the Ancestors, & the Children are watching. Tomorrow's hearing may determine the fate not only of Chi'chil Bildagoteel, but also respect for holiness, history, & culture.
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Mad about the threat of public land sell-offs? So are we. That’s why we made this tool where you can easily email your members of Congress: www.conservationlands.org/keep_public_...
Our access to nature and the outdoors is at risk. We need to keep speaking up in defense of the lands we love. 🌲
Our access to nature and the outdoors is at risk. We need to keep speaking up in defense of the lands we love. 🌲
Act Now to Keep Public Lands in Public Hands
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...
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May 1, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Mad about the threat of public land sell-offs? So are we. That’s why we made this tool where you can easily email your members of Congress: www.conservationlands.org/keep_public_...
Our access to nature and the outdoors is at risk. We need to keep speaking up in defense of the lands we love. 🌲
Our access to nature and the outdoors is at risk. We need to keep speaking up in defense of the lands we love. 🌲
Grateful for this excellent piece on the situation from Paul Ingram and @tucsonsentinel.com: www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report...
Trump admin claws back $350K grant from Tucson archaeology nonprofit
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.
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April 28, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Grateful for this excellent piece on the situation from Paul Ingram and @tucsonsentinel.com: www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report...
BREAKING: We're fighting termination of our recently awarded NEH grant. The DOGE-rescinded award supported our collaborative project with Tribes to document culturally important animal and plant species. www.archaeologysouthwest.org/2025/04/21/a...
Archaeology Southwest Prepares to Fight Unlawful Grant Termination - Archaeology Southwest
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 ...
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April 22, 2025 at 4:53 PM
BREAKING: We're fighting termination of our recently awarded NEH grant. The DOGE-rescinded award supported our collaborative project with Tribes to document culturally important animal and plant species. www.archaeologysouthwest.org/2025/04/21/a...
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 update; podcast, jobs, internships, events, & more. 📷 Caitlynn Mayhew ow.ly/XlOF50Vug7M
BREAKING: NEH Grants Terminated - Archaeology Southwest
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...
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April 3, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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 update; podcast, jobs, internships, events, & more. 📷 Caitlynn Mayhew ow.ly/XlOF50Vug7M
For 15 years, we've partnered w the U of AZ and WNMU Museum to provide field & lab training to students. Our goal is to raise $60,000 for the 2025 Field School, & w $40,000 in matching funds, your donation will have double the impact. www.azgives.org/story/Archae...
#Archaeology #ArizonaGivesDay
#Archaeology #ArizonaGivesDay
April 1, 2025 at 6:08 PM
For 15 years, we've partnered w the U of AZ and WNMU Museum to provide field & lab training to students. Our goal is to raise $60,000 for the 2025 Field School, & w $40,000 in matching funds, your donation will have double the impact. www.azgives.org/story/Archae...
#Archaeology #ArizonaGivesDay
#Archaeology #ArizonaGivesDay
🚨 HOT OFF THE PRESSES!
The latest Archaeology Southwest Magazine—focused on Mesa Verde—is here! 64 pages packed with insights from over 30 experts, including Indigenous knowledge keepers, Park Service staff, & researchers.
Order your copy today: www.archaeologysouthwest.org/product/asw3...
The latest Archaeology Southwest Magazine—focused on Mesa Verde—is here! 64 pages packed with insights from over 30 experts, including Indigenous knowledge keepers, Park Service staff, & researchers.
Order your copy today: www.archaeologysouthwest.org/product/asw3...
Continuity and Connections (ASWM 37-1) - Archaeology Southwest
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.
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March 21, 2025 at 6:49 PM
🚨 HOT OFF THE PRESSES!
The latest Archaeology Southwest Magazine—focused on Mesa Verde—is here! 64 pages packed with insights from over 30 experts, including Indigenous knowledge keepers, Park Service staff, & researchers.
Order your copy today: www.archaeologysouthwest.org/product/asw3...
The latest Archaeology Southwest Magazine—focused on Mesa Verde—is here! 64 pages packed with insights from over 30 experts, including Indigenous knowledge keepers, Park Service staff, & researchers.
Order your copy today: www.archaeologysouthwest.org/product/asw3...
ICYMI, Our op-ed by John Welch, Paul Reed, & Sky Begay:
Public lands: The places that hold our nation’s stories are not for sale | Guest opinion www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/repo...
Public lands: The places that hold our nation’s stories are not for sale | Guest opinion www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/repo...
Public lands: The places that hold our nation’s stories are not for sale | Guest opinion
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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March 13, 2025 at 7:10 PM
ICYMI, Our op-ed by John Welch, Paul Reed, & Sky Begay:
Public lands: The places that hold our nation’s stories are not for sale | Guest opinion www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/repo...
Public lands: The places that hold our nation’s stories are not for sale | Guest opinion www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/repo...
For those following the case, here's an interview with John Welch regarding the history, status, and upcoming hearing in the 9th Circuit regarding our legal challenge, w/ Tohono O'odham Nation & San Carlos Apache Tribe, to the siting of the SunZia transmission line: www.youtube.com/live/y7A_7Yt...
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March 9, 2025 at 7:19 PM
For those following the case, here's an interview with John Welch regarding the history, status, and upcoming hearing in the 9th Circuit regarding our legal challenge, w/ Tohono O'odham Nation & San Carlos Apache Tribe, to the siting of the SunZia transmission line: www.youtube.com/live/y7A_7Yt...
Preservation Archaeology News for Feb. 20, 2025: Potential impacts of freezes and firings at the National Park Service & National Science Foundation; taking a deep-time perspective; zooarchaeology internship opportunity, events & more. 📸 P. Vanderveen tinyurl.com/5ddsxw2e
Potential Impacts of Freezes and Firings at NPS - Archaeology Southwest
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...
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February 20, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Preservation Archaeology News for Feb. 20, 2025: Potential impacts of freezes and firings at the National Park Service & National Science Foundation; taking a deep-time perspective; zooarchaeology internship opportunity, events & more. 📸 P. Vanderveen tinyurl.com/5ddsxw2e
"Although it is early in this new administration, we are already seeing dramatic, potentially destructive changes in DOI policy that are a threat to the sites, TCPs, and landscapes that so many of us care about."
— Paul Reed
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— Paul Reed
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Emerging Attacks on Our Public Lands - Archaeology Southwest
Dramatic and harmful changes in Department of Interior management policies are beginning to emerge from the new administration.
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February 17, 2025 at 11:03 PM
"Although it is early in this new administration, we are already seeing dramatic, potentially destructive changes in DOI policy that are a threat to the sites, TCPs, and landscapes that so many of us care about."
— Paul Reed
Learn more: tinyurl.com/4dzf5tzw
— Paul Reed
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🚨 RED ALERT: The assault on America's monuments & public lands has begun. @Interior's secret 15-day "review" is a familiar playbook:
2017: They gutted monuments
2024: They're moving even faster and behind closed doors.
Take action now: ow.ly/FC1950UVkQv
#MonumentsForAll
2017: They gutted monuments
2024: They're moving even faster and behind closed doors.
Take action now: ow.ly/FC1950UVkQv
#MonumentsForAll
Millions for Monuments, not Monuments for Millionaires!
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.
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February 14, 2025 at 7:00 PM
🚨 RED ALERT: The assault on America's monuments & public lands has begun. @Interior's secret 15-day "review" is a familiar playbook:
2017: They gutted monuments
2024: They're moving even faster and behind closed doors.
Take action now: ow.ly/FC1950UVkQv
#MonumentsForAll
2017: They gutted monuments
2024: They're moving even faster and behind closed doors.
Take action now: ow.ly/FC1950UVkQv
#MonumentsForAll
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Heartbreaking news… Tonight, many of our friends were let go, and tomorrow, even more will follow. Word is that all probationary employees at NPS will be let go. 😭
February 14, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Heartbreaking news… Tonight, many of our friends were let go, and tomorrow, even more will follow. Word is that all probationary employees at NPS will be let go. 😭