We are once again accepting book donations for our Used Book Sales
The Mimbres Pueblo culture came to its zenith during the late 11th and early 12th centuries. Large and small pueblo sites utilizing some of the most beautiful black-on-white ceramics ever made could be found on the Gila, Mimbres and Rio Grande drainage systems. Mimbres ceramics were widely traded within the system and far to the […]
TRIP FULL - WAITING LIST ONLY This trip requires an Arizona State Land permit. The application has been submitted and is pending approval. If you are interested in being on the list to be notified when the trips have been approved please contact the Trip Organizer listed. Archaeologist Doug Craig will lead a tour of the […]
The Greater Chaco Landscape is threatened by increasing drilling activity associated with development of the Mancos Shale via fracking. Many groups and individuals have spoken up and banded together to fight this threat. Archaeology Southwest has been actively engaged in this process for several years. Increasingly, it is clear that ongoing archaeological research and the […]
In conjunction with the Tucson Festival of Books and the Arizona State Museum Friends Benefit Sale AAHS will be holding a used book sale on the lawn in front of the ASM building on Saturday March 10, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. In addition to archaeology books we have a wide variety of books […]
WAITING LIST ONLY This trip requires an Arizona State Land permit. The application has been submitted and is pending approval. If you are interested in being on the list to be notified when the trips have been approved please contact the Trip Organizer listed. The aboriginal flora of the eastern Tortolitas consisted of a dense diversity […]
We recently completed a recording project at the Cocoraque Butte Complex spanning five field seasons. With the help of a large group of volunteers and the sponsorship of AAHS, we recorded rock art, a variety of structures and grinding features, as well a large number of boulders that produce a clear, bell-like tone (“bell rocks”). […]
Honey Bee Village is a prehistoric Hohokam Ballcourt Village on the southeastern flank of the Tortolita Mountains in the middle of the Canada del Oro Valley. In anticipation of private development within the site, Pima County acquired 13 acres of the core site area that includes an array of trash mounds, the ballcourt, as well […]
Clothing traditions are important components of all societies, and clothing both mediates the ways people interact with the world and allows us to negotiate identity politics. Archaeologists rarely have the opportunity to study dressing practices in ancient societies, due largely to issues of preservation. When clothes are encountered, they are usually removed from the contexts […]
The Special Collections at the University of Arizona holds some fascinating and unique material and over the years many historians and archaeologists have relied on the staff’s expertise in ferreting out the documentary evidence they need for research and reports. The Director of Special Collections, Stephen Hussman, has a personal interest in archaeology and would […]
