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  • 11/10/2020 10:14 | AAC Board Admin (Administrator)

    The Arizona State University Anthropological Research Papers (ARP) were originally established in 1969 to publish the results of substantive research conducted by members of the ASU Department of Anthropology. After 1974, the series was expanded. Sixty titles were published between 1974 and 2016, when publication was suspended. Although all the anthropological subdisciplines are represented, the majority of the ARP monographs are concerned with topics in Southwestern archaeology.

    https://shesc.asu.edu/content/arizona-state-university-anthropological-papers-order-list


  • 11/02/2020 19:12 | AAC Board Admin (Administrator)

    Archaeological Consulting Services, Ltd. of Tempe, AZ (ACS) is seeking resumes for 3 Field Archaeologists for a two-week data recovery project at the beginning of December in Mesa. A Bachelor’s degree in Anthropology and several months of previous field experience, preferably in Arizona, are required.

    The duties of this position may regularly require standing, walking or climbing into and out of trenches and excavation units, using hands to manipulate items and to lift or carry them, talking, and hearing. They occasionally require crossing uneven terrain, climbing over fences, and stooping, kneeling, or crouching. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

    Pay levels are competitive and commensurate with experience. The benefits that come with this position are one hour of sick leave earned for every 30 hours worked, up to a total of 40 hours per year under the new Arizona state law. The jobsite is in the Phoenix metro area so there is no lodging or per diem attached. There is the potential for future work.

    Please send a current resume with a cover letter and the names and phone numbers/e-mail addresses of three references who can comment on your relevant work experience to: acs_jobs@acstempe.com. Please include the job title “Field Archaeologist” in the subject line of your e-mail. ACS does not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by law. This position is open until filled or December 4, 2020, whichever comes first.

  • 10/29/2020 22:00 | AAC Board Admin (Administrator)

    The Arizona State Historic Preservation Office, Arizona Preservation Foundation, and Arizona Archaeological Council are holding a webinar on "Examining the Role of Diversity and Inclusion in Arizona Archaeology" on Wednesday, November 18, 2020. If you would like to learn more or register, check out these options:

    ·  Facebook

    ·  Webpage

    ·  Direct Registration Page

    Examining the Role of Diversity and Inclusion in Arizona Archaeology

    ​Date: Wednesday, November 18, 2020

    Time: Noon to 1:30 p.m. (Arizona Time)

    This Arizona Preservation in Place webinar confronts the issues of bias, cultural justice, objectivity, race, and racism in Arizona archaeology today. The session will feature an introduction by William White on archaeology’s whiteness problem followed by a question-focused discussion with a diverse sample of Arizona’s professional Native, Black, Hispanic, and White archaeologists.

    The goal of the session is to bring awareness to different Black, Indigenous, and other People of Color (BIPOC) perspectives, to the role of objectivity in archaeology, to the profession’s traditional bias towards a white Euroamerican perspective, to how the lack of diversity in the field does and does not affect what gets preserved or researched, and the effects that history and archaeology are interpreted in Arizona with the hope of building trust.

    Moderator:

    ​Daniel Garcia, Arizona Archaeological Council

    Participants:

    ​Margaret Hangan, Kaibab National Forest

    Annie J. Lutes, SWCA Environmental Consultants

    Rebecca Renteria, University of Arizona Laboratory of Tree Ring Research

    April Sewequaptewa, Arizona Department of Transportation

    Jewel Touchin, Logan Simpson

    William White, University of California at Berkeley and Society of Black Archaeologists


  • 09/15/2020 21:53 | AAC Board Admin (Administrator)

    The Arizona SHPO has finalized the Historical In-Use Structure forms! The forms and guide are now available on the SHPO website: https://azstateparks.com/shpo-forms-and-publications

  • 08/31/2020 16:38 | AAC Board Admin (Administrator)

    The AAC board has recently drafted an updated Harassment and Assault Policy. It can be viewed by members on the documents page

    We welcome all members to review and comment on the document. Comments on the updated Harassment and Assault Policy will be accepted until October 1st, 2020 and can be submitted via email to aacboard@gmail.com


  • 08/27/2020 09:47 | AAC Board Admin (Administrator)

    Due to the on-going pandemic, the AAC board will to hold a virtual Zoom-based conference on October 23, 2020, consisting of a two-hour event with a post-conference happy hour. We intend to host a series of 5-minute “lightning talks” that may include a brief slideshow from representative CRM firms regarding current Arizona archaeology, as well as general presentations (20-minute length). Please provide submissions no later than September 30, 2020 to be considered for participation in this event.


  • 07/17/2020 11:18 | AAC Board Admin (Administrator)

    The Verde Valley Archaeology Center is pleased to announce that a new publication is now available for purchase on their website (verdevalleyarchaeology.org): The Dyck Cliff Dwelling: A Sinagua Habitation Site Overlooking Beaver Creek, Central Arizona (2020), edited by Todd W. Bostwick. This two-volume report presents a history of excavations and recent analysis of thousands of well-preserved artifacts from a Sinagua cliff dwelling located on private land northwest of Montezuma Castle National Monument. The report is more than 700 pages in length and includes 111 tables, numerous black and white photographs taken during excavations in the 1960s and early 1970s, and over 300 color photographs of the artifacts and architecture.



  • 07/17/2020 08:04 | AAC Board Admin (Administrator)

    Republished with permission from AAHS, 2020 Glyphs 71(1):6-7. July 2020.

    Written by Suzy Fish and Maren Hopkins

    His many friends and colleagues will greatly miss Douglas B. Craig, who passed away on May 14 at the age of 64 after an extended illness complicated by COVID-19. Doug and his wife, Rebecca Craig, shared their unique, artisan-built home in the desert near Marana, Arizona throughout their 34 years of marriage. Their life together was full of good food, good music, artwork, and dogs! 

    Doug came to Tucson and Hohokam archaeology following a 1978 Harvard University B.A., received a 1982 Anthropology M.A. from the University of Arizona, and later returned to complete his Ph.D. in 2004. Doug was staff archaeologist at Pima Community College’s Centre for Archaeological Field Training in the early 1980s and thereafter was project director for Desert Archaeology, Inc. on the Roosevelt Community Development Study. Joining Northland Research, Inc. in 1993, he served as project director and principal investigator for the rest of his notably productive career. 

    Doug was the consummate field archaeologist, with expertise in the Phoenix, Tonto, and Tucson Basins and surrounding areas. He had the foresight and on-the-ground skills to design, execute, and bring to full publication a series of projects that advanced central Hohokam issues and cutting edge approaches in regional archaeology. Investigations at the Grewe site near Casa Grande Ruins provided the basis for Doug’s dissertation and combined many of the innovative intellectual pathways he so successfully pursued. These interests included the role of architectural visibility in population estimates, households and community development, duration of courtyard groups, Gila River streamflow in relation to population dynamics, agent-based modeling, and Hohokam applications of house society concepts. His creative inquiries into the rise of Hohokam inequality addressed labor estimates for public architecture, prominent courtyard groups’ sponsorship of feasting and ballcourt affairs, differential investments in domestic architecture, and the formation of corporate descent groups, property, and wealth.

      In addition to his exemplary cultural resources management (CRM) publications, Doug was a prolific academic author and valued collaborator. His individual and co-authored contributions have appeared in Archaeology, American Antiquity, Journal of Field Archaeology, The Kiva, Journal of Arizona Archaeology, Archaeology Southwest, Oxford Handbook of Southwest Archaeology, and numerous chapters in thematic edited volumes from academic presses.  

    Doug generously supported archaeological organizations and public outreach. He served as preservation advocate and as President of Friends of Casa Grande Ruins National Monument, President of the Arizona Archaeological Council and co-guest editor of two initial issues of its Journal of Arizona Archaeology, on the Editorial Board of American Archaeology Magazine, in officer and editor positions for Old Pueblo Archaeology, and on the Marana Cultural Preservation Board. Audiences enthusiastically responded to Doug’s lively presentations in countless public talks, site visits, and tours.

    Suzy Fish will remember her experience as Doug’s doctoral advisor when she gained a lasting colleague along with new perspectives on Hohokam archaeology. In a final collaboration at University Indian Ruin, we admiringly recall how field school students eagerly responded to Doug as pied piper, drawing them into the intellectual intricacies and adventure of investigating platform mounds.

    Maren Hopkins will remember Doug as a loyal friend, mentor, and colleague who taught her how to be bold, stick to her guns, and own her ideas. Doug was a timeless person, full of energy, joy, and curiosity. His integrity, creativity, and intelligence will never be forgotten.   



  • 06/16/2020 15:43 | AAC Board Admin (Administrator)

    The 2020 Arizona Historic Preservation Conference has been moved online to be Preservation in Place due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 

    https://www.azpreservation.org/conference

    A full-day virtual event will include interesting plenary and keynote speakers, including Paul Edmondson, president & CEO of the National Trust for Historic Preservation (pictured at right); seven informative breakout sessions; a toast to the recipients of the 2020 Governor's Heritage Preservation Honor Awards and Governor's Archaeology Advisory Commission Awards; and an end-of-day networking "happy hour" hosted by local preservation luminaries. From the comfort of your home office, kitchen table, or Arizona Room, you are free to pick and choose what you would like to join in and participate.


  • 04/25/2020 12:41 | AAC Board Admin (Administrator)

    The next meeting of the AZSITE Consortium Board is Thursday April 29, 2020, 10 am. Remote participation only. The draft Agenda is now available on the SHPO website, along with an AZSITE fee proposal, at https://azstateparks.com/shpo/

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