Dave Phillips is Curator of Archaeology at the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology and a research associate professor in the Department of Anthropology, University of New Mexico. Born and raised in Latin America, he has been involved in archaeology for 39 years. His 1979 dissertation on Postclassic Maya artifacts was based on fieldwork on the island of Cozumel. Most of his fieldwork has been done in New Mexico and Arizona but he has also worked elsewhere in the U.S. and in Chihuahua, Mexico. His current fieldwork focuses on the site of Pottery Mound.
Pottery Identification Links Page
The Chaco Meridian: A Skeptical Analysis is the revised version of the companion document for a poster presentation at the 2000 meetings of the Society for American Archaeology.
How Big Was Paquime? is the companion document for a poster presentation (with Elizabeth Arwen Bagwell) at the 2001 meetings of the Society for American Archaeology.
An unpublished paper (with Elizabeth Arwen Bagwell), in PDF form: The Construction and Occupation of Unit 11 at Paquimé, Chihuahua. Requires the Adobe Reader, available as a download at http://get.adobe.com/reader/.
The End of Casas Grandes, PDF document revised from a paper presented at the 2008 annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Requires the Adobe Reader, available as a download at http://get.adobe.com/reader/.
Arqueología
del Noroeste de México (bibliografía y ensayo,
bajo construcción)
Archaeology of Northwest Mexico
(bibliography and essay, under construction)
Highway Salvage Archaeology: The Personal Dimension, PDF version of a paper presented to the Arizona Archaeological Council Conference on "Contributions to Highway Archaeology, 2003," Tempe, Arizona, May 16 and 17, 2003. Requires the Adobe Reader, available as a download at http://get.adobe.com/reader/.
Results of the ACRA-L poll on the origins of private-sector CRM.
Rethinking Chaco. This is a slightly revised version of a paper prepared for the 1993 Chacmool Conference.
If you're willing to provide feedback on an online exhibit being built (slowly) for the Maxwell Museum, please visit The Testimony of Hands. Your assistance will be acknowledged!
The Arch Hurley Conservancy District: A Study in Persistence, PDF version of an unpublished paper prepared in 2002. Requires the Adobe Reader, available as a download at http://get.adobe.com/reader/.
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