September 2, 2025
Fran Maiuri has an M.A. and ED.S in education from the University of Arizona and a B.A. in Behavioral Science, a multi-disciplinary program with a focus on Anthropology, Psychology and Sociology from SUNY Plattsburgh. She worked for over 20 years, much of it in rural and remote Native Alaskan villages, supporting students, teachers, and parents to… Read more
August 5, 2025
Adrienne Dale retired from 40 years in public education as a teacher, instructional coach, and administrator. She now spends her time travelling to exciting places and undertaking new experiences, including 7 PIT projects with her daughter Emily Dale.
For more about Apex or the Apex, Arizona Archaeology Project, visit our website or email Dr. Emily… Read more
June 2, 2025
This blog is based on Emily’s 2025 Society for Historical Archaeology Conference presentation, “Trading Pines for Wines: Consumer Ties between the 20th Century Arizona Timber and California Fruit-Packing Industries.”
For more about Apex or the Apex, Arizona Archaeology Project, visit our website or email Dr. Emily Dale at emily.dale@nau.edu.
Despite the isolated nature of Apex and the economic impacts of the Great Depression, the residents at the lumber camp had access to a wide range… Read more
June 4, 2025
Zulia is a Junior Anthropology major at NAU who is focusing on Southwestern Archaeology. She will be graduating in December of 2025 and will be pursuing a career within Cultural Resource Management. Her research on Apex’s cocoa brands was part of her NAU Interns-to-Scholars project; read their poster (Just Add Water: How Early Advertising Shaped Cocoa Powder Diversity at Apex, Arizona) for more information!
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May 2, 2025
Devony is a senior majoring in Anthropology at NAU, and she attended the Apex field school during the summer of 2024. After graduating in Fall 2025, she plans to become a Historical Archaeologist in the Southwest, focusing on telling the history and stories of those often left out of the historical narrative. Check out Devony’s NAU Undergraduate Research Symposium poster, Planes, Trains, and Automobiles; Boy Toys in the 1930’s Apex Logging Camp… Read more
April 10, 2025
Allyana (Ally) Marshall is an anthropology major and geology minor at NAU. She currently works in the environment archaeology lab with Dr. Davis and has been working on multiple different samples ranging from Tempe to the Grand Canyon. After graduation, she hopes to work for the National Park Service or the Forest Service through… Read more