News and Media

News

Selected recent news stories on research by Matthew Peeples, the cyberSW Project, and the Center for Archaeology and Society.

CASR team

ASU archaeology center recognized for first-of-its-kind training program

ASU News | April 28, 2026

Award given to the Center for Archaeology and Society Repository for its Native American repatriation learning track.

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Petroglyph

Teaching with Advances in Archaeological Practice

Cambridge Core | January 22, 2024

Guest blog by Peeples on teaching using the Society for American Archaeology journal, Advances in Archaeological Practice.

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Example network graph

New book uses network analysis to explain complex archaeological data

ASU News | March 22, 2023

Matthew Peeples discusses his new book that demonstrates how network analysis can help archaeologists investigate the past.

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Chaco Canyon

Returning to the historical treasure of Chaco Canyon

ASU News | January 28, 2022

ASU archaeologist works on the center of the ancestral Puebloan world.

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CyberSW database

NSF Award to Upgrade cyberSW

University of Arizona News | August 11, 2021

New tools allow researchers to explore archaeological data from across the U.S. Southwest and Mexican Northwest.

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Ancient Athens

Researchers call for new effort to understand ancient cities and sustainability

ASU News | May 11, 2021

Why do some human settlements endure the test of time, while others do not?

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Archaeological technology

How Tech Is Transforming The Field Of Archaeology

KJZZ NPR | January 28, 2020

Interview of Peeples by Mark Brodie at KJZZ about how new technology is transforming the field of archaeology.

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Osher group with rock art photography

ASU's Osher Lifelong Learning Institute to provide Peace Corps experience for members

ASU News | October 7, 2019

Older adults can travel to Belize, become citizen scientists, and expand world views.

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Aliens

ASU archaeologist debunks alien influence, other conspiracy theories in archaeology

ASU News | March 14, 2019

Science and the public alike can dismantle persistent claims that obscure true histories.

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cyberSW sites

Big data for big questions

Archaeology Southwest | August 28, 2017

Digital archaeology project brings a user-friendly interface to a large body of data and broad questions about change through time.

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Peeples

Alum continues award-winning ASU archaeology tradition

ASU News | April 25, 2014

Arizona State University alumnus Matthew Peeples has earned the 2014 Society for American Archaeology’s (SAA) Dissertation Award. In doing so, he is carrying on a proud ASU traditio.

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Videos and Lectures

Selected lectures and teaching videos featuring research by Peeples.

The Risks and Rewards of Social Networks in the Ancient Southwest, Lecture at the Arizona Archaeological Historical Society, Tucson, AZ 2023

Flint Knapping Demonstration with John Murray

Social Networks and Population Density in the Late Precontact Southwest

Central Arizona as a Crossroads in the Past and Present, Lecture at the Sharlot Hall Museum, Prescott, AZ 2025

Archaeological Fakes and Frauds in Southern Arizona and Beyond, Lecture at the Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society, Tucson, AZ

Reflectance Transformation Imaging at the ASU Deer Valley Petroglyph Preserve