GCAS August Field Trip Part I – the Microwave Site
The Microwave Site has no microwave tower. Not that there’s anything wrong with that. It once had one. This site in southwestern New Mexico is very well known to locals…
Back to Back to Back Field Trip Reports – Part V: The Croteau Collection
Our final field trip report in this 5-part series addresses the GCAS’s visit to the Mimbres Culture Heritage Site (MCHS) on July 7, 2019, to examine the artifacts comprising the…
Back to Back to Back Field Trip Reports – Part IV: Gila River Farm’s Excavation
Our preceding post featured the fine work that Archaeology Southwest Field School students display as part of their public outreach duties. The second portion of the June 29, 2019, GCAS…
Back to Back to Back Field Trip Reports – Part III: Gila River Farm
It’s always a pleasure to visit directing archaeologist Karen Schollmeyer, PhD, and her crew of the Archaeology Southwest/Preservation Archaeology Field School when they wind up another productive season of research…
Back to Back to Back Field Trip Reports – Part II: Ponderosa Ranch
Marilyn Markel guided us on the second leg of our June 2, 2019, field trip to the archaeological sites atop (way atop) a steep bluff at Ponderosa Ranch in the…
Back to Back to Back Field Trip Reports – Part I: Spirit Canyon
The summer months find the GCAS all over the place partaking of events aplenty. Our field trips are no exception; by the close of the first week of July we…
Today’s Guest Photographer: Torie Grass
Torie Grass joins us today to share a photo she took on a GCAS field trip to the Rock House Petroglyph Site on April 28, 2019. Torie has been a…
GCAS Field Trip to Old Town and Fluorite Ridge
Sunday, April 7, 2019, provided fine and sunny weather for a field trip. At least 14 members joined trip leader Greg Conlin on a two-pronged visit to the Old Town…
Field Trip to Indian Wells – the Petroglyph Part
One of the fun aspects of studying petroglyphs is that regardless of how you interpret the images, nobody is wrong and everybody is right. Following, then, are pics of some…
Field Trip to Indian Wells – Part II
The March 3, 2019, GCAS field trip to Indian Wells was enlightening on several levels. Chris Overlock’s photos gave a good overview of the general terrain and vegetation, and showcased…