2025
19
Jun
Threats to Public Lands Intensify
Dear Friends,
Fair warning: This note is not about archaeology, at least not per se. It’s about my attempts to make meaning out of the chaos that seems to get even more chaotic by the day.
I try to work out every weekday. The elliptical machine is my tool of choice. With some Air pods cranki...
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2025
10
Jun
Defending the 10-Mile Protection Zone around Chaco Culture National Historical Park
Paul F. Reed, New Mexico Director and Preservation Archaeologist
(June 11, 2025)—Interior Secretary Burgum is considering reduction options for the 10-mile protection zone around Chaco Culture National Historical Park—either revocation of the entire withdrawal or reduction in size or types of...
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2025
05
Jun
June 7 Is a Day of Action for Public Lands
Dear Friends,
It’s hard to believe, but we’re fast approaching the summer solstice on Friday, June 20.
In the northern hemisphere, the summer solstice is longest day of the year. Here in Tucson, daytime highs are again breaching 100 degrees, but the early morning temperature is just about ...
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2025
29
May
US Archaeology’s Imperiled Future
Dear Friends,
Tuesday, May 27, was a rollercoaster, whipsaw day for those of us who support the myriad efforts to protect places that are important to Indigenous culture, history, and ecology.
Midday, within minutes of each other, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) and the 9th Cir...
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2025
23
May
Continuing Coverage and Commentary: Threats to Our Public Lands
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, Preservation Archaeologist Karen Schollmeyer, Vice President of Preservation and Collaboration John Wel...
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2025
15
May
Continuing Coverage & Commentary: Extreme Shake-Up at NSF
Dear Friends,
Some folks hate to fly on airplanes. I enjoy it. In spite of all the hassle, I can sit back and marvel at the fact that humans have created machines that move at 550 miles per hour. I always get a window seat so I can watch the world go by. I sit quietly. I think. I read, listen to ...
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2025
08
May
House Committee Votes to Sell Off Public Lands
Dear Friends,
The assault on all we hold near and dear continues, led by an unelected shadow government hired by the very people who howled about the presence of a sinister and so-called “deep state.” The irony of this situation would be delicious if their actions weren’t so short-sighted, ...
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2025
01
May
Ironwood Forest National Monument May Be Opened to Industry
Dear Friends,
It has been a ridiculously busy couple of weeks!
At this time last week most of our staff were headed to Denver for the 90th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. I am thrilled to report that we showed up en masse and in force; our exhibit booth was hoppin’! S...
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2025
22
Apr
Archaeology Southwest at SAA 2025: Where to Find Us
Sara Anderson, Director of Outreach
Banner image: R0uge, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
(April 23, 2025)—As we head to the Society for American Archaeology’s annual meeting in Denver this week, I’ve been reflecting on something we heard loud and clear during our Appreciative Inquiry...
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2025
21
Apr
Archaeology Southwest Prepares to Fight Unlawful Grant Termination
DOGE-rescinded award supported regional nonprofit’s collaborative project with Tribes
to document culturally important animal and plant species
Tucson, Ariz. (April 22, 2025)—On April 2, Tucson-based nonprofit Archaeology Southwest received digital correspondence stating that the organization�...
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2025
17
Apr
Protecting Ancestral Lands: Nanbé Owingeh Installs Fence to Safeguard an Ancestral Pueblo
Sean O’Meara and Michael Spears, Principal Investigators at MOS Research, LLC
(May 1, 2025)—Atop a windswept mesa nestled in the foothills of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, opening onto sweeping views of the Pojoaque Basin and the Jemez Mountains, the Pueblo of Nambé—Nanbé Owingeh—recent...
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2025
17
Apr
In Memoriam: William D. Lipe (1935–2025)
Dear Friends,
Late yesterday, the New York Times posted a story entitled Tucson, Ariz: Western Skies and Competitive Home Prices. In it, and in another column last fall, columnist and Tucson native Abbie Kozolchyk shared some of her tips and favorites in and about the Old Pueblo, including restau...
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