Tag Archives: archaeology
Repatriation and Collaboration: Opening Our Doors to Indigenous Communities
Today’s blog is written by Dr. John McClelland, Lab Manager for ASM’s Osteology Lab and NAGPRA Coordinator. Most people think of museums as places where things are preserved in perpetuity. It may surprise you to learn that my job at the Arizona State Museum is to find ways to give things back! As Native American [...]
Happy GIS Day!
In honor of GIS day, ASM research specialist Shannon Twilling wrote today’s blog. Shannon is the Assistant Manager of the AZSITE Database and ASM’s Archaeological Records Office. AZSITE is the official geographic information system for managing cultural resources in the state of Arizona. November 14, 2012 is the annual celebration of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) [...]
Secrets in Stone
Arizona State Museum Deputy Director Dr. Irene Bald Romano reports on her summer 2012 research in Italy. Dr. Romano came to ASM and the University of Arizona last February. She is a specialist in Greek cult practices, Greek and Roman sculpture, terracotta figurines, and Hellenistic pottery, and is the author/co-author of five books and numerous [...]
Whose Hand Made Those Markings?
Today’s blog was written by Arizona State Museum’s archivist Amy Rule. She can be found working alongside the rest of the Library and Archives staff in the beautiful second floor reading room at ASM providing preservation and access to over 1500 linear feet of archival and manuscript holdings. It is not every day that a [...]
It’s Just a Rock: 101 Ways to Disappoint the Hopeful
Our guest blogger today is Dr. Barnet Pavao-Zuckerman. In this post, she uses humor to reflect on one aspect of her job. Dr. Pavao-Zuckerman is Associate Curator of Zooarchaeology at Arizona State Museum and recently named Associate Director of the University of Arizona’s School of Anthropology. I admit it, sometimes I cringe before I answer [...]
Archaeologists Help Kids Save the Future
Our guest blogger today is Dr. Barnet Pavao-Zuckerman. She shares how curious and resourceful 10-14 year olds can be when trying to save humankind and the crucial role archaeologists played. Dr. Pavao-Zuckerman is Associate Curator of Zooarchaeology at Arizona State Museum and Associate Professor in the University of Arizona’s School of Anthropology. “Finally, an archaeologist.” [...]
Vanished! Help Needed! (not an April Fool’s joke!)
A mystery is brewing at the Smithsonian Institution and the scientists there need the help of youth ages 10 ½ to 14 to solve it. This challenge provides a grand opportunity to play an online science-fiction interactive mystery game, VANISHED, that leads to discovering the truth about an environmental disaster on Planet Earth. Do you [...]
Learning from the Public
This blog is written by Caitlin Wyler as a reflection on the internship she had in the education office at the Arizona State Museum last semester. Caitlin is a senior majoring in Anthropology with a minor in Spanish and History. Next year she plans to go to graduate school to specialize in museum education. There [...]
High School Students Make Big Impact at ASM
This blog post was written by Rick Karl, assisted by Shannon Twilling, of Arizona State Museum’s archaeological records office. This office has a state mandate to maintain cultural resource records in perpetuity. Data from an average of 600 projects a year pour in to this office requiring very specific processing in order to be relevant and accessible [...]
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 [...]
