The Society for American Archaeology’s 90th Annual Meeting is coming to Denver April 23–27, 2025, and Crow Canyon staff members, partners, and research associates are getting ready to present papers, posters, and lead symposia on dozens of topics!

This meeting is the largest gathering of archaeologists of the Americas and an important opportunity for Crow Canyon to share our research with colleagues and the public.

Here are highlights of what our staff and research associates will present, lead, and discuss:

– Workshop Title: Reproducible Reporting in R | Presenter: Jonathan Dombrosky

– Special Event: Ethics Bowl Preliminary Rounds | Judge: Rebecca Renteria

– Symposium Title: LiDAR Research in the Northern U.S. Southwest | Chair: Susan C. Ryan | Presenters: Susan C. Ryan, Grant D. Coffey, Katharine Williams, Daniel Hampson, William Lipe, Theresa Pasqual, and Shanna Diederichs

– Forum Equity Summit: A Community Discussion of the January 21, 2025 Executive Order “Ending Illegal Discrimination” and its Impacts on Archaeology | Discussant: Rebecca Renteria

– Workshop Title: Distinguishing Human from Nonhuman Animal Bone in Archaeological Contexts | Organizer: Jonathan Dombrosky

– Poster Title: A Context for Ancestral Pueblo Turkey Management at 5MT1905. Evidence for Confinement of Turkeys within a Pueblo II Period Roomblock in Southwest Colorado | Authors: R. David Satterwhite, Steve Copeland, Reuven Sinensky, Kaeleen Stauffer, Carley Rusch, Jamie Mereweather, Jonathan Dombrosky, and Alex Smith

– Paper Title: Bringing About Change in the Profession and Practice of Archaeology | Symposium Title: US Archaeology at Crossroads Part 1: The Obstacles, the Failures, and the Victories | Presenter: Elizabeth (Liz) Perry and David Melanson

– Poster Symposium: Machine-Learning Approaches to Studying Ancient Human-Environmental Interactions | Co-Chair: Jonathan Dombrosky

– Poster Title: Beyond the West Wall | General Poster Session Title: Rock and Roll! Stone Technology and Lithics Analysis | Authors: Kate Hughes, Tyson Hughes, and Steve Copeland

– Paper Title: Individuals from Isotopes: Can Stable Isotopes Distinguish the Remains of Different Cooper’s Hawks (Accipiter cooperii) | Symposium Title: Global Perspectives on Biomolecular Approaches to Human-Animal Interactions Past and Present | Presenter: Jonathan Dombrosky

– Paper Title: Early Agriculture and Community on the Southwestern Colorado Plateau | Symposium Title: Field Houses and Traditional Agricultural Landscapes of the Northern US Southwest | Authors: Reuven Sinensky (primary), Stewart B. Koyiyumptewa

– Forum Title: Richard Wilshusen et al.: 40 Years of Anthropological Archaeology in the Northern U.S. Southwest | Discussants: Reuven Sinensky, Elizabeth (Liz) Perry, and Grant D. Coffey

– Paper Title: Revisiting Dendro Data at Betatakin and Keet Seel, Navajo National Monument | Symposium Title: Tree-Ring Materials as a Basis for Cultural Interpretations | Presenter: Katharine (Katie) Williams