Student Post: Reading the Dirt
By Deborah L. Huntley, Preservation Archaeologist Beginning excavations in the possible kiva or pit structure. Click to enlarge. Kelly Sweeney and her crew are learning to “read the dirt”: It is...
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By Deborah L. Huntley, Preservation Archaeologist Andi and Madeline at the “show and tell” table. Click to enlarge. Andi Sei understands why we must share what we are learning with the community:...
View ArticleStudent Post: For the Love of Obsidian
By Deborah L. Huntley, Preservation Archaeologist Looking down at the obsidian outcrop from above. Click to enlarge. Jordan Taher’s encounter with the Mule Creek obsidian source has been a...
View ArticleStudent Post: Reaching Out, part 2
By Deborah L. Huntley, Preservation Archaeologist Community members gather at our show-and-tell table inside the Gila Senior Center. Click to enlarge. Elizabeth Newcomb describes our second...
View ArticleStudent Post: Time Well Spent
By Deborah L. Huntley, Preservation Archaeologist Emily Kvamme reflects on the past month: First day in the field. Everyone is setting up units in the smoky haze. Click to enlarge. We take a break...
View ArticleStudent Post: Road Trip!
By Deborah L. Huntley, Preservation Archaeologist Archaeology Southwest’s Paul Reed leads a tour of Pueblo Bonito. Click to enlarge. Sarah Griffith shares her impressions of our recent field trip:...
View ArticleStudent Post: Wrapping up the Season
By Deborah L. Huntley, Preservation Archaeologist Mac, Kelly, and Tom starting their excavation of a pithouse. Click to enlarge.Nathan Thrapp summarizes this season’s field school: With the field...
View ArticleOpen Pueblo
Student Ali Mendha and staff member Elizabeth Jaroszewski screen for artifacts near the south room block. Click to enlarge. Deb Huntley, Preservation Archaeologist On Saturday, August 10, around 100...
View ArticleStudent Research at the Dinwiddie Site: Raw Material Sources
Deb Huntley, Preservation Archaeologist Students attending the 2013 Archaeology Southwest/University of Arizona Preservation Archaeology Field School completed several interesting and valuable...
View ArticleA Dream Comes True
Deb Huntley, Preservation Archaeologist When I was a kid growing up in the Denver area, I loved going to the Denver Museum of Nature and Science (DMNS). There, I could see fantastic nature dioramas,...
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