Researchers

Paul R. Fish (Ph.D., Anthropology, Arizona State University) is Curator Emeritus of Archaeology, Arizona State Museum and Professor Emeritus, School of Anthropology at the University of Arizona and has coordinated the School’s Southwest Land, Culture, and Society undergraduate and graduate minor. He has studied the pre-Hispanic Hohokam (Ancestral O’odham) tradition of southern Arizona for nearly 50 years and has published widely on the subject. In addition, Fish has conducted archaeological field work in Northwest Mexico, southern coastal Brazil, the U.S Southeast, and Middle East. He has been active in archaeological preservation throughout his career, including as chair of the Cultural Resources Technical Advisory Committee for Pima County’s Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan. With Suzanne Fish, he received the Arizona Governor’s Award for Lifetime Achievement in Public Archaeology, the Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society’s Award for Outstanding Contributions to Archaeology, Ethnology, and History, and the Next Generation Sonoran Desert Researchers and Agave Heritage Festival’s Lifetime Career Award for Contributions to Understanding Agave’s Cultural and Ecological Significance.