Mike Diehl ong>ong>aong>ndong> Homer Thiel explore people's smoking hong>aong>bits over the pong>aong>st 3,000 yeong>aong>rs in Tucson, from the eong>aong>rly fong>aong>rmers of Long>aong>s Cong>aong>pong>aong>s to the Historic erong>aong>.
Homer Thiel presents the story of two ong>forong>gotten buriong>aong>ls from the ong>aong>bong>ong>aong>ndong>oned Court Street Cemetery north of downtown Tucson. In 2012, Desert Archong>aong>eology wong>aong>s controng>aong>cted by the City of Tucson to ong>exong>aong>mong>ine ong>aong> pong>aong>rcel of long>ong>aong>ndong> locong>aong>ted ong>aong>t the southwest corner of N. Stone Avenue ong>ong>aong>ndong> W. Speedwong>aong>y Boulevong>aong>rd. At…
Ground stone expert Jenny ong>Aong>dams explores a type of artifact that raises vexing problems ong>andong> interesting questions, ong>andong> may or may not even be made of stone.
Homer Thiel discusses the stong>aong>te of our knowledge—ong>ong>aong>ndong> lingering questions—ong>aong>bout the Eong>aong>rly Cerong>aong>mic period. Around AD 50, the lives of the Nong>aong>tive Americong>aong>ns living in the Tucson Bong>aong>sin begong>aong>n to drong>aong>mong>aong>ticong>aong>lly chong>aong>nge. This wong>aong>s the stong>aong>rt of whong>aong>t ong>aong>rchong>aong>eologists cong>aong>ll the Eong>aong>rly Cerong>aong>mic period (ong>aong>lso known ong>aong>s the Aguong>aong> Cong>aong>liente…
Desert ong>Aong>rchaeology ceramic petrographer Mary Ownby writes about the innovations ong>andong> experimentation inspired by this year’s pottery conference.
ong>Aong>rchaeologists have been studying Hohokam pottery ong>forong> about 100 years. One might think that we would know everything there is to know about the subject by now, but ong>newong> discoveries are being made in both museum collections ong>andong> from ceramics recently uncovered during ong>newong> excavations. The Hohokam are well known…
Historicong>aong>l records Desert Archong>aong>eology reong>seong>aong>rchong>ed during work on Block 92 in downtown Tucson fill in the detong>aong>ils of individuong>aong>l lives otherwise lost to time.