Category Archives: Research/Reports from the Field
Media for Change
Several weeks ago I received a call from Native American Public Telecommunications inviting me to attend the Media for Change workshop. The name alone was appealing, but then I learned it would be during Indian Market in Santa Fe. Would I want to join them? Hmmm…. Santa Fe during Indian Market, an event displaying fantastic [...]
Ancient Calendar
Today’s blog is written by ASM archaeologist Dr. E. Charles Adams. Dr. Adams runs the Homol’ovi Research Program. My favorite object story begins on a typical summer day in northeastern Arizona at the ancient Hopi village of Homol’ovi II, just outside Winslow. Homol’ovi is the Hopi word used to describe the Winslow area and means [...]
Archaic Origami
The amazing thing about museum collections is that their objects represent people, real people. Someone once made or used the objects and they hint at lives lived and stories to tell. This past weekend I was at the Grand Canyon. At the Visitor’s Center in Tusayan, a National Geographic IMAX film shows a scene with [...]
Ancient life in the driest desert in the world: a report from the field
Today’s blog is a report from the field by Dr. James Watson who has been in Chile teaching and researching supported by a Fulbright award. When I arrived in Arica, Chile to start four months of research on the dental health of some of the world’s oldest skeletons I had no idea how barren a [...]
Summer Research Adventures
This summer, three of Arizona State Museum’s curators are off on explorations far from home. Associate Curator of Ethnohistory Michael Brescia is taking in the beauty of Southern Spain to learn about historic traditions related to water rights. Associate Curator of Conservation Teresa Moreno is part of an international team in Arcadia, Greece, discovering mythical [...]
