Anthropology

Majestic Ruins: Phoenix's First Baptist Church and More

An Underground (and Virtual) Tour of the Southwest

One new idea for every day in 2011. We're talking big, small, local, international, in action, and on the drawing board. Here's today's -- what's yours?​This Saturday, Bill Doelle is exploring the Tucson underground -- and he'd like some company. The archaeologist, president of Desert Archa ... More >>

Skeleton Keys

Exhibit fishes human psyche out of your pockets

Art Rocks

Head way uptown as the sun goes down

Radical Resistance: The Bird Lauds One of the Bolder Acts of Civil Disobedience Arizona's Seen Recently

Head way uptown as the sun goes down

Arizona Legislature Explained by New Study of Neanderthals?

We have fretted for some time about the Neanderthals in control of the Arizona Legislature, a powerful political body that enacts laws by which we are supposed to live our lives. ​Could it really be true, we have pondered deep into the night, that the likes of this bunch--the Russell (10 ... More >>

“From Caves to Castles: If Beads Could Talk” at Glendale's Bead Museum Has a Bead on This Ancient Craft

We have fretted for some time about the Neanderthals in control of the Arizona Legislature, a powerful political body that enacts laws by which we are supposed to live our lives. ​Could it really be true, we have pondered deep into the night, that the likes of this bunch--the Russell (10 ... More >>

"Sanctuaries of Power: Ice Age Cave Art in Southern France"

We have fretted for some time about the Neanderthals in control of the Arizona Legislature, a powerful political body that enacts laws by which we are supposed to live our lives. ​Could it really be true, we have pondered deep into the night, that the likes of this bunch--the Russell (10 ... More >>

Arty Girl: Happy International Museum Day

By Head_First_Only on Flickr Creative Commons.Tickets, please...Did you know there is an International Museum Day?Well, you could have at least assumed it. I mean, if there's something as idiotic as National Star Wars Day, we had better redeem ourselves by honoring our museums, right? Mark your cale ... More >>

Elephant Mountain Fortress Hike

By Head_First_Only on Flickr Creative Commons.Tickets, please...Did you know there is an International Museum Day?Well, you could have at least assumed it. I mean, if there's something as idiotic as National Star Wars Day, we had better redeem ourselves by honoring our museums, right? Mark your cale ... More >>

Dr. Donald Johanson

By Head_First_Only on Flickr Creative Commons.Tickets, please...Did you know there is an International Museum Day?Well, you could have at least assumed it. I mean, if there's something as idiotic as National Star Wars Day, we had better redeem ourselves by honoring our museums, right? Mark your cale ... More >>

Dr. Donald Johanson

By Head_First_Only on Flickr Creative Commons.Tickets, please...Did you know there is an International Museum Day?Well, you could have at least assumed it. I mean, if there's something as idiotic as National Star Wars Day, we had better redeem ourselves by honoring our museums, right? Mark your cale ... More >>

Mystery of Chaco Canyon @ Heard Museum

By Head_First_Only on Flickr Creative Commons.Tickets, please...Did you know there is an International Museum Day?Well, you could have at least assumed it. I mean, if there's something as idiotic as National Star Wars Day, we had better redeem ourselves by honoring our museums, right? Mark your cale ... More >>

Tempe METRO Light Rail Grand Opening Celebration

By Head_First_Only on Flickr Creative Commons.Tickets, please...Did you know there is an International Museum Day?Well, you could have at least assumed it. I mean, if there's something as idiotic as National Star Wars Day, we had better redeem ourselves by honoring our museums, right? Mark your cale ... More >>

Elephant Mountain Fortress Hike

By Head_First_Only on Flickr Creative Commons.Tickets, please...Did you know there is an International Museum Day?Well, you could have at least assumed it. I mean, if there's something as idiotic as National Star Wars Day, we had better redeem ourselves by honoring our museums, right? Mark your cale ... More >>

A severely diabetic Valley woman faces criminal charges over her "service animal": a chimpanzee named Joey

By Head_First_Only on Flickr Creative Commons.Tickets, please...Did you know there is an International Museum Day?Well, you could have at least assumed it. I mean, if there's something as idiotic as National Star Wars Day, we had better redeem ourselves by honoring our museums, right? Mark your cale ... More >>

Phoenix Suns All-Star Balloting Party

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Party Animals

Get that poo-flinging monkey off your back at Phoenix Zoo

Remains of the Day

More than a dozen Indian burials have been discovered during light-rail construction

Visual Aid

Herberger boosts downtown arts scene

Time Out of Mind

The epic sweep of Timeline is easily forgotten

Playing Ruff

Pup and coming at Barktoberfest

Kid Rocks

Stone cold fun at Rock Art Expo

Crack Addicts, Political Shenanigans and Indian Relics

Only in Phoenix is this a formula for a real estate hustle

Going Overboard

Sifting through the wreckage at the Arizona Science Center with a serious Titanic fanatic

Underground History

Workshop lets kids dig into Phoenix's past

Ape Hit

You've seen the movies, now read the 1963 book that inspired them

Resurrection

After a 70-year hiatus and a confrontation with the world, the Makah tribe resumes its communion with the gray whale

Race Abater

Geneticist has big news for bigots: Biology doesn't recognize race

Remains of the Day

Everyone is good at something. Dr. Laura Fulginiti's genius is her ability to determine how someone died -- even if there's very little left of him.

One Man's Meat

ASU cannibalism expert is mad enough to bite someone's head off

Jurassic Parks and Rec

Mesa Southwest Museum

An Anunnaki in the family tree?

Mesa Southwest Museum

Lights, Camera, Anthro

Mesa Southwest Museum

Show Me the Monkey

Instinct entangles Hopkins and Gooding in a vine mess

Letters

Instinct entangles Hopkins and Gooding in a vine mess

A Grave Error

The Bureau of Indian Affairs stonewalls its desecration of a prehistoric Native American burial site

Indian Stew

Not every anthropologist can digest Christy Turner's theory that the Anasazi were cannibals

Karnak Knowledge

Not every anthropologist can digest Christy Turner's theory that the Anasazi were cannibals

The Man Who Loved Lucy

ASU's Donald Johanson redefined our understanding of man's origins. But when he told the world about it in books and on TV, some scientists thought he talked too much.

The Secret Worlds of Big Jake

ASU's Donald Johanson redefined our understanding of man's origins. But when he told the world about it in books and on TV, some scientists thought he talked too much.

Carlota Complaints

Tribes allege that archaeological and burial sites on mine grounds are being violated

A Reputation in Ruins

Tribes allege that archaeological and burial sites on mine grounds are being violated

REMEMBRANCE OF THINGS PRIMITIVECODY LUNDIN CAN SHOW YOU WHY IT'S IMPORTANT TO BE ABLE TO CATCH A FISH BAREHANDED

Tribes allege that archaeological and burial sites on mine grounds are being violated

BONES OF CONTENTION

THE LAW REQUIRES THE REBURIAL OF INDIAN REMAINS. SO WHY ARE THERE STILL 700 SKELETONS IN THE CLOSET?

LANGUAGE HAPPENS

WHAT WAS ON EARLY MAN'S MIND? HIS TOOLS, BUT HE COULDN'T BRING HIMSELF TO TALK ABOUT IT.

HOW THE WEFT WAS WON

WHAT WAS ON EARLY MAN'S MIND? HIS TOOLS, BUT HE COULDN'T BRING HIMSELF TO TALK ABOUT IT.

NADA THIS EARTHGRINGO ART HITS THE CANVAS IN NEW "SOUTH OF THE BORDER" EXHIBITION

WHAT WAS ON EARLY MAN'S MIND? HIS TOOLS, BUT HE COULDN'T BRING HIMSELF TO TALK ABOUT IT.

THAI SCORE

WHAT WAS ON EARLY MAN'S MIND? HIS TOOLS, BUT HE COULDN'T BRING HIMSELF TO TALK ABOUT IT.

KING OF THE MUCK RAKERS

GO AHEAD. THROW AWAY YOUR FUTURE. GARBOLOGIST BILL RATHJE WILL BE HAPPY.