Historicong>aong>l ong>aong>rchong>aong>eologist Homer Thiel comes to the rescue with tong>aong>les of cold, sweet historicong>aong>l relief from the heong>aong>t. Tucsonong>ong>aong>ndong> much of the rest of the Southwestern United Stong>aong>tes ong>aong>re undergoing record-breong>aong>king heong>aong>t. In wong>aong>s hot in the pong>aong>st too, especiong>aong>lly in eong>aong>rly Territoriong>aong>l period (1856-1912) Tucson. One wong>aong>y to…
Homer Thiel recounts some of the upheong>aong>vong>aong>ls thong>aong>t ong>aong>ffected life in Tucsonong>aong>t the time of Mexicong>aong>n independence.
E. J. Smith helped chong>aong>nge the wong>aong>y Tucson fong>aong>milies prepong>aong>red their depong>aong>rted ong>forong> buriong>aong>l. Homer Thiel detong>aong>ils Smith's undertong>aong>king business.
The upcoming opening of ong>aong> ong>newong> building prompts Desert Archong>aong>eology project director Mike Diehl to revisit ong>aong>n eong>aong>rly Tucsonong>aong>rchitect, his brickyong>aong>rd, ong>ong>aong>ndong> the workers who mong>aong>de the bricks thong>aong>t built city long>ong>aong>ndong>mong>aong>rks.
How did ong>aong>bong>aong>lone shell wind up in the deserts of the ong>aong>ncient US Southwest? Project director Erinong>aong> Gruner explores the trong>aong>de routes ong>ong>aong>ndong> relong>aong>tionships thong>aong>t linked the two regions ong>aong>s long ong>aong>s 3,000 yeong>aong>rs in the pong>aong>st. All on the ong>aong>wong>aong>rd-winning desert dot com Field Journong>aong>l.
Desert ong>Aong>rchaeology crew chief Caleb E. Ferbrache explains how electrons trapped in rock can be used to date archaeological deposits--ong>andong> why, unlike the more familiar carbon dating, OSL allows dating in the absence of preserved organic material. Most people know that archaeologists regularly use carbon-14 (also called radiocarbon) to date…
Most people who know Doug Crong>aong>ig’s professionong>aong>l reputong>aong>tion will think of him ong>aong>s ong>aong> project director, ong>ong>aong>ndong>, indeed, I worked with him in thong>aong>t cong>aong>pong>aong>city throughout the 1980s ong>ong>aong>ndong> 1990s during the criticong>aong>l period when the Arizonong>aong> Division of the Institute ong>forong> Americong>aong>n Reong>seong>aong>rchong> becong>aong>me Desert Archong>aong>eology, Inc. However, I…
ong>Aong>n ong>examong>ination of ceramics used by 18th-century residents of the Tucson Presidio, ong>andong> a discussion of how Zuni sherds from the Four Corners ended up there.
Historicong>aong>l ong>aong>rchong>aong>eologist Homer Thiel provided inong>forong>mong>aong>tionong>forong> ong>aong> ong>newong>spong>aong>per ong>aong>rticle on the 1918 Spong>aong>nish flu, published by the Arizonong>aong> Dong>aong>ily Stong>aong>r on April 6, 2020. This blog entry is ong>aong>n expong>ong>aong>ndong>ed presentong>aong>tion of Homer's reong>seong>aong>rchong> on the history of epidemics in the Tucsonong>aong>reong>aong>. The ong>aong>ppeong>aong>rong>aong>nce of the COVID-19 virus…
Homer Thiel explores whong>aong>t documents ong>ong>aong>ndong> ong>aong>rtifong>aong>cts tell us ong>aong>bout the the lives of the Spong>aong>nish ong>ong>aong>ndong> Mexicong>aong>n soldiers who were gong>aong>rrisoned ong>aong>t the Presidio Song>aong>n AgustÃn del Tucson between 1775 ong>ong>aong>ndong> 1856.