Center for Desert Archaeology, Archaeology Southwest Newsletter

The Center for Desert Archaeology was incorporated in 1989 to pursue research, preservation, and educational activities focused on the places and archaeology of the southwest and northern Mexico. The Center shares their work with the public through a quarterly publication entitled Archaeology Southwest. Archaeology Southwest was first published in 1986. Each issue currently contains eight to ten articles written by leading Southwestern archaeologists and other authors. Through Archaeology Southwest, the Center helps the public connect with the diverse landscapes of the Southwest.

Archaeology Southwest also helps the general public and professional archaeologists keep up with the latest in Southwestern scholarship. Generous distribution of the newsletter has enabled the Center to build preservation partnerships and to practice community-based archaeology on a wide geographic scale. Anthropology professors use Archaeology Southwest to fill a niche left unaddressed by introductory textbooks. Archaeology Southwest also plays an important role in reaching underserved communities in rural areas and on Indian reservations. The newsletter has been described as “a text-book case for how public archaeology can and should be done.”