By Devony Martell
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
Apex Flotation Sample Analysis
By Allyana Marshall
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
Lithic Look-Alikes: A Glimpse into the Souvenir Trade in Northern Arizona
By Caroline Boerger
March 5, 2025
Caroline Boerger earned a bachelor’s degree in anthropology at Appalachian State University and is currently completing a Master’s degree in anthropology with a focus in archaeology at Northern Arizona University. Between the two degrees, Caroline worked for the National Park Service (NPS) and as a field school instructor, and is currently an archaeologist with the NPS.
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The Rise of Flashlights in Apex, Arizona: A Technological Shift from Lanterns
By Alex Mason
February 7, 2025
Alex Mason earned his bachelors degree in anthropology from NAU in 2022 and participated in the Apex field school the following summer. Alex now works in Cultural Resource Management (CRM) in Tennessee.
For more about Apex or the Apex, Arizona Archaeology Project, visit our website or email Dr. Emily… Read more
Local Brews: Beer, Brewing, and Prohibition at Apex
By Rachael O’Hara
January 15, 2025
Rachael O’Hara is a current anthropology Master’s student at NAU, and graduated with her Bachelor’s in anthropology from the university in 2020. She is a historical archaeologist specializing in consumption, capitalism, and their interactions with identity throughout the 20th century. She was the Graduate Assistant for the Apex Field School through the 2024 season and is excited to go back to Apex in 2025.
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Faces of the Past: Exploring Beauty at an Historic Logging Camp
By Sarah O’Donnell
December 2, 2024
Sarah O’Donnell recently graduated from ASU with her degree in Anthropology, and attended field school in Apex, Arizona this past summer. She presented at the Pecos Conference in August on the topic of catch and release archaeology at Apex, Arizona. She is currently working on a Master of Advanced Study in Geographic Information Systems at ASU and continues her work on the La Quemada Malpaso Valley Archaeology Project, which consists of digitizing excavation records… Read more