Public Outreach

People love learning about the archaeology of their neighborhood or city. Publicizing project results can generate goodwill for the client and enhance the value of archaeological discoveries.

Outreach products such as signs, posters, brochures, and booklets are effective ways to communicate interesting discoveries from your project and can enhance your prestige among a public that is enthusiastic about the archaeology and history underlying their familiar places.

Well-timed press releases, public talks, and site tours for interested groups direct positive attention toward the overall project. Interpretive exhibits can be installed in common spaces within a residential or commercial development project or in local museums.

Desert Archaeology has helped develop public exhibits and interpretive signs that combine elements of historical research, graphic design, interpretive writing, and physical display creation and installation. We have teamed with museum professionals to develop temporary exhibits based on Desert Archaeology projects at the Arizona Historical Society, the Museum of Northern Arizona, and the Amerind Foundation.

Exhibits and interpretive signs created by Desert Archaeology can be found at the U.S. District Courthouse in Tucson, the Vista del Rio Cultural Resource Park in Tucson, the Julian Wash Archaeological Park in Tucson, selected SunLink light rail stations in Tucson, the Loop connecting Pima County river parks, the Graham County Historical Society, and the Benson Public Library.

Our creative team collaborated with the City of Phoenix to produce a public-interest neighborhood history booklet that was distributed to residents of an area that hosted extensive excavations. In-house artist Eric Carlson created illustrations for a children’s activity book published by SaveHistory.org, an organization dedicated to ending criminal damage to archaeological sites on Tribal lands. Desert Archaeology staff have also helped develop teaching materials for local school districts.

We will work with you to create public outreach materials that are tailored to your audience and your needs. See our Graphics, Mapping, and Photography page to learn how our visual communication products can enhance your project. Contact us for details and consultation.