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is currently delivering behind the scenes a tightly-defined
set of strategic information projects & services.
This important change in daily operations means no web
services are offered at this time except for provision
of the 2007
Pecos Conference web site. Individual queries should
be directed to the Editor.
American archaeologists
call it "The Greater Southwest." The
geographic boundaries have never been precisely delineated,
but an 'old saw' suggests that the region runs from
Durango Colorado to Durango Mexico, and from Las Vegas
Nevada to Las Vegas New Mexico. The archaeologists of
this region celebrate a diverse mix of people and their
cultures, the in-situ preservation of sites and artifacts,
and the greater scientific appreciation of these elements
within their cultural, biological and spatial contexts.
Before you visit the local dig, check with SWA for the
latest information about the archaeology of the Greater
Southwest. Then, get out your "45-5" Marshalltown
Trowel and sharpen it. There are many great layers of
material culture and stratigraphy to uncover!
Need information about the prehistory or history of
the Greater Southwest? Contact SWA to find out about:
the material culture of the Cold War and the 1950's;
present-day Native American cultures; Route 66 - the
Mother Road; Territorial Period ranch and urban architecture;
the material culture of the Mexican Revolution; lifeways
of the Old West; mineral exploration; the inhabitants
of western Chinatowns; irrigation and water control
systems; railroads; the military conquest of the Southwest
by American, Mexican, and Spanish forces; the construction
of missions, and campaigns of religious conversion and
geographical exploration by Franciscans and Jesuits;
the Entrada and the Pueblo Revolt; Protohistoric and
Prehistoric Native American archaeology; Paleo-Indians;
the detailed technical methods of anthropological and
archaeological work; the politics of preservation and
the requisite transparency of consultation; the challenges
of exploration and the weighty responsibilities of discovery;
the business of satisfying the information needs of
resource managers; the shaping and guiding of the experiential
needs of diverse customers; and ultimately, the scientific,
cultural and administrative principles by which archaeologists
working in the Greater Southwest come to understand
and explain their efforts. This website is about the
daily advancement of science and public archaeology,
and about all the American, Native American and Mexican
archaeologists who diligently practice these crafts
with their many partners and patrons.
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Archaeology, Anthropology and History of the American Southwest and
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