2013
30
Jun
Bipartisan Effort to Expand Casa Grande National Monument
Toward a Grander Casa Grande
The boundaries of Casa Grande Ruins National Monument could be expanded if Congress adopts legislation introduced Tuesday by U.S. Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick, D-Ariz.The Casa Grande Ruins is one of the finest examples of 13th century Hohokam culture in the American Southwest, K...
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2013
28
Jun
Experimental Archaeology at Mule Creek
By David Loome, field school student from Northern Arizona University/Coconino Community College
As students at the Preservation Archaeology Field School at Mule Creek, we are exposed almost every day to the tools and technology used by people in the past. By analyzing and studying artifacts like...
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2013
27
Jun
Summer Solstice Sites in Southwestern Arizona
Introduction by Andy Laurenzi, Southwest Field Representative
Of the several rewarding elements of my job, meeting and traveling with site stewards is certainly one of the most enjoyable. As our first line of defense in our collective efforts to safeguard ancient sites, site stewards have been mo...
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2013
26
Jun
Bipartisan Proposal Aims to Expand Casa Grande Ruins National Monument
Archaeology Southwest is part of a broad coalition that has advocated the expansion of Casa Grande Ruins National Monument, the nation's first archaeological preserve:
[From the National Parks Conservation Association]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 26, 2013
Contacts:
Kevin Dahl, Arizona ...
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2013
25
Jun
Sharing Archaeology with the Community, Part I
By Dorothy Kilgore, field school student from the College of Western Idaho
On June 15, 2013, Archaeology Southwest field students and staff performed a community outreach day at the Gila Community Center in New Mexico. Stations included an artifact show-and-tell, a pottery-making station, an artifa...
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2013
23
Jun
Fort Huachuca's Black Officers' Club Named to National Trust's 11 Most Endangered Places
Fort Huachuca's Black Officers' Club Named to National Trust's 11 Most Endangered Places
The fate of a Fort Huachuca building that preservationists say is significant to honoring the contributions of African-American military personnel during World War II is still uncertain despite attempts to prese...
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2013
21
Jun
Gila Cliff Dwellings
By Heather Seltzer, field school student from SUNY Binghamton
On Sunday, we took a break from excavating and lab work and headed to the Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument. After being decently shook up on the long bumpy road, we piled out of the van. Before we went to tour the Mimbres-Mogollon...
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2013
16
Jun
Indian Education Leader Della Warrior to Direct Museum of Indian Arts and Culture/New Mexico Laboratory of Anthropology
Indian Education Leader Della Warrior to Direct Museum of Indian Arts and Culture/New Mexico Laboratory of Anthropology
Della C. Warrior (Otoe-Missouria) has been appointed to lead the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture/New Mexico Laboratory of Anthropology (MIAC). Warrior will commence her duties ...
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2013
12
Jun
Meet Our Cook
By Emily Reed, field school student from the University of Connecticut
Excavating the Dinwiddie site has been exhausting. With the sun beating down on us constantly while we pick-axe and shovel into the hard ground, we are all drained by the end of the day. Our thirty-minute ride from Dinwid...
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2013
11
Jun
Field School Expectations
By Danny Beard, field school student from University of Colorado Boulder
When you are itching with cabin fever in the middle of a snowy, cold Colorado winter's day, the sunshine of the New Mexican summer starts to sound pretty enticing.
I always try to avoid building up too many expectations, as s...
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2013
10
Jun
An Archaeology Road Show in Arizona's Mogollon Highlands
By Doug Gann, Preservation Archaeologist and Digital Media Specialist
In a community such as Springerville, like almost every place in the Southwest with nearby water, archaeological evidence of ancient peoples is fairly common. The objects linking the past of these places to the present ar...
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2013
09
Jun
Vandalism in National Parks and the Social Media Effect
Vandalism in National Parks and the Social Media Effect
The cause of this recent spike in graffiti on public lands is unclear, but some park personnel say there is reason to believe that it coincides with the rise of social media. “In the old days,” said Lorna Lange, the spokeswoman for Joshua T...
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