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

Let's do this: www.datarescueproject.org/save-our-sig...

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 tinyurl.com/7urf95v5

📢Hot off the press from John Welch (VP, Preservation & Collaboration) & colleagues: new research on the practice & benefits of cultural landscape studies. 📷Rick Wicker tinyurl.com/3u6bftvr #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...

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]. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/26/s...

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 ow.ly/7v5z50VY6Eu

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 www.archaeologysouthwest.org/2025/05/15/c...

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.

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. 🌲

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...

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

🚨 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...

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...

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

"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

🚨 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

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. 😭

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; Indigenous Fellowship opportunity; events & more. 📷 M. Sjogren ow.ly/xkj950UZPsa

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 roundup. 📷 Morgan Sjogren ow.ly/MQPi50UQI8P

Preservation Archaeology Today for 1/23/25: AZ gov. asks for $7M for NAGPRA compliance at state museum; perspectives on the Antiquities Act; brief intro to Tribal sovereignty; field schools now enrolling; how to harvest lac (a natural adhesive used in the past); events, & more. ow.ly/beVl50UMau3

cyberSW has received a $350K grant from @nehgov.bsky.social supporting creation of a Digital Indigenous Field Guide, starting w culturally significant birds of c. & s. AZ. We're collaborating w Indigenous knowledge holders to ensure accuracy & protect sensitive information. tinyurl.com/mvr48ptv

cyberSW is transforming beyond scholarly use at a desk to a tool that helps connect people with archaeological landscapes and deep knowledge of their ecologies! We’re pleased to announce that cyberSW has received a $350,000 grant from @nehgov.bsky.social. Learn more > tinyurl.com/mvr48ptv

We're pleased to announce that Aaron Wright has received an award from @wennergrenorg.bsky.social that will support a workshop and publication bringing together Indigenous and scholarly perspectives on rock imagery in the Sonoran Desert - on both sides of the border. tinyurl.com/2s43wws6

Pleased to share that our cyberSW team has received an award from @nehgov.bsky.social ! We'll share more about the project here in the coming days.

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 relationships and co-management; jobs, events, & more. 📷 Courtesy of NPS/Brad Sutton ow.ly/be9W50UCSyf

The THC is hosting a webinar on the Wilson family of potters. They helped build a wildly successful pottery business, first for their enslaver, and then for themselves after the Civil War. Their former kilns are a National Register Archaeological District. www.thcfriends.org/event/enslav...

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 agreement; events & more. 📷K. Bader www.archaeologysouthwest.org/2025/01/02/a...

🏺🧪 Really honoured to have been asked to comment on some upcoming Indigenous-led work on developing ethical approaches to handling animal remains in a heritage context! This work is going to be so important for future approaches to zooarchaeology. www.science.org/content/arti...

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; upcoming events & more. www.archaeologysouthwest.org/2024/12/11/s...

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Please consider us as you make your donations for Giving Tuesday. We do important work, and we do it well, thanks to the support of folks like you. www.archaeologysouthwest.org/yearend2024/

This three-year collaborative ethnohistoric research project with four Native American groups on glyphs in the San Pedro Valley underscores how archaeologists can use oral traditional knowledge to study human experience and past behavior. #Archaeology #Arizona https://buff.ly/4915EKo

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. www.archaeologysouthwest.org/2024/11/21/i...

Preservation Archaeology Today for 11/14/24: Yucca House National Monument expands; zooarchaeologists weigh in on moose policy; Zuni parched corn; new edition of Pottery SW; kids' books recs for the holidays; upcoming events & more. 📸 National Park Trust www.archaeologysouthwest.org/2024/11/14/y...

The @archsw.bsky.social talk series highlights the deep history of human-dog relationships. Join us as we share select Kiva articles exploring the role of dogs in the Southwest. #SWArch #ArchaeologyDogs https://buff.ly/48tnkOF

Friends, Kiva is now on here. Give 'em a follow! @kivaswjournal.bsky.social

🔥 HOT OFF THE PRESS 🔥 Archaeology SW Magazine 36:3&4, "Better for It: Archaeology Conceived in Collaboration with Community" www.archaeologysouthwest.org/product/asw3...

A New Kind of Archaeology: Learn more about the why and how of our work. youtu.be/Dz5BYjhgeQM?... 🎥 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

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; where are they now w/ field school alums; events & more. www.archaeologysouthwest.org/2024/04/24/a...

Preservation Archaeology Today for 4/4/24: Visit with Respect film debut; ancient campsite found at Holloman AFB; Silver Creek archaeology; women of the Smithsonian; jobs, awards, and fellowships; events and more. 📷 RE Burrillo ow.ly/guHv50R8Hys

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 opportunities; events & more. tinyurl.com/2uk45zw8