Postcard: Analysis

All artifacts depicted on the recent analysis postcard were recovered during excavations in support of the Valley Metro Light Rail Project. The artifacts, beginning with the upper left-hand corner and proceeding clockwise, represent the following (click on images for larger versions):

Two perforated schist disks and one . . . → Read More: Postcard: Analysis

Postcard: Red-Tailed Hawk

Gliding across the desert and over cultivated fields, the red-tailed hawk was common both prehistorically and in modern times. Ethnographic accounts show that feathers from red-tailed hawks were used for fletching arrows as well as for ceremonial headdresses. Nestlings would sometimes be removed from saguaro nests and transported back . . . → Read More: Postcard: Red-Tailed Hawk