Dr. Todd Bostwick has been the City Archaeologist for the City of Phoenix for 17 years. He has an M.A. in Anthropology and a Ph.D. in History from Arizona State University. He is currently a Faculty Associate at Arizona State University and at Northern Arizona University. Dr. Bostwick has written numerous articles and books on Southwest archaeology and history including two recent books, Landscape of the Spirits: Hohokam Rock Art at South Mountain Park and Byron Cummings: Dean of Southwest Archaeology, both published by the University of Arizona Press . He is a Co-Principal Investigator for the South Mountain Rock Art Project.

The South Mountains Rock Art Project is a multi-component, three-year long project funded by a Heritage Grant of approximately $100,000 from the State Historic Preservation Office to Arizona State University and the City of Phoenix . This project, which began in December 2005, focuses on the recordation, interpretation, and management of archaeological sites that contain rock art in the South Mountains , Arizona . The grant project consists of multiple components: (1) Tribal consultation, (2) Rock art training for volunteers, park rangers, and tribal members; (3) Documentation of petroglyph sites; (4) Geographic database input and analysis; (5) Interpretation and Education; (6) Assessment of recording techniques; (7) Development of a rock art management plan for the park; and (8) Preparation of documentation of rock art sites for submission to the National Register of Historic Places. The Gila River Indian Community, Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, and the Hopi Tribe have been consulted about the South Mountains project. A comprehensive project manual was prepared in 2006 by Steve Swanson and Todd Bostwick, South Mountain Rock Art Project Field Manual: Recording Rock Art as Archaeology in the South Mountains , Arizona . One of the training components involves three graduate students. The Center for Desert Archaeology established a four-year Ph.D. Fellowship with a $100,000 stipend to be used by a student from Washington State University to assist the South Mountains Rock Art Project and write his dissertation on South Mountains rock art. Another student from Northern Arizona University has completed her MA thesis on rock art in two canyons of the South Mountains , testing the project survey methods and forms. Finally, an information technology graduate student at Arizona State University will develop, as part of his Masters in Science and Technology, a South Mountain project public access website that incorporates video and animation.