Research at Arizona State Museum

Arizona State Museum was built on a cornerstone of research more than a century ago. Research at ASM cuts across numerous fields and involves many disciplines.

Research Highlights

• ASM Head Conservator Helps Solve Mystery of Lincoln Funeral Train Color (2013)
  • Arizona Republic, May 2, 2013
  • UANews, April 25, 2013
• Rock Art Ranch Field School ~ 2012 Update (2012)
• Traversing the Continent in Fulbright Style, Part II: Mexico (2012)
• Humans' love/hate relationship with environment began long before the Industrial Revolution (2012)
• Hohokam Inheritance Laws (2012)
• ASM Basket Research Benefits Museum Collections Worldwide (2012)
• Zooarchaeology Continues at James Madison's Montpelier (2011)
• Two Villages on Tumamoc Hill (2011)
• Brescia Wins Fulbright to Study Water Rights (2011)
• Excavations at University Indian Ruin (2011)
• The Historian as Consultant and Expert Witness (2011)

All Current and Past Highlights

Ongoing Research

• Archaeological Research
• Preservation of Collections
• Office of Ethnohistorical Research -
  including DRSW (Documentary Relations of the Southwest)
• Gloria F. Ross Tapestry Program

Research Resources

• Publications
• Library & Archives
• AZSITE
• AZSITE Public
• FaunAZ: Arizona's Archaeofaunal Index
  • Attribute Search
  • Spatial Search
• Southwest Information Gateway

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