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Jul/26/2005
Southwest Archaeology Today for July 26, 2005
Archaeology Making the News - A service of the Center for Desert Archaeology
- Prof digs up urban treasures: Below the heat of the sun in a Salt Lake City backyard, urban archaeologist Timothy Scarlett stands on 1885, digging up the pioneer past. The Michigan Technological University professor's fa...
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Aug/04/2005
Southwest Archaeology Today for August 4, 2005
Archaeology Making the News - a service of the Center for Desert Archaeology
- History may block freeway: Altars and burial grounds are located in the broad Gila River valley that runs south of Ahwatuke Foothills, which served for eons as a major passageway and home for prehistoric and modern Nativ...
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Feb/10/2006
Southwest Archaeology Today for Feb. 10, 2006
Archaeology Making the News ... A service of the Center for Desert Archaeology.
- Rio Nuevo extension advances: A proposal to extend the Rio Nuevo special tax district from 10 to 40 years won approval Monday from a state House panel. In a 7-2 vote, the Ways and Means Committee approved a bill that ...
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Jun/08/2005
Southwest Archaeology Today for June 8, 2005
- Arizona Preservation Conference Starts Tomorrow:
http://www.corpdestination.com/AzPresConf/
- Summary of a Public Lecture Concerning Hopi Legal Rights Designated by the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo: From Black Mesa Trust: Federal government may not have the right to lease Hopi assets.
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Jan/04/2007
Southwest Archaeology Today for Jan. 4, 2007
Archaeology making the news - a service of the Center for Desert Archaeology.
Welcome to the first edition of Southwest Archaeology Today for 2007. We start the new year with over 900 subscribers from all over the country. Today's extra-long edition is an attempt to catch up with archaeological n...
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Aug/01/2018
Interior Rescinds Science Policy for National Parks
Interior Rescinds Science Policy for National Parks
As deputy director of the National Park Service, Michael Reynolds played a key role in developing a sweeping new vision for managing national parks. The new policy, enacted in the final weeks of the Obama administration, elevated the role that sci...
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Jun/12/2018
Taking Stock at the 112th Anniversary of the Antiquities Act
Commentary: Taking Stock at the 112th Anniversary of the Antiquities Act
Today, the nation benefits from roughly 160 national monuments—from Alaska and Hawaii to Maine and Florida—designated through the Antiquities Act. They are places where visitors explore, play, learn, and connect and serve ...
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Jun/08/2009
Southwestern Archaeology Today for June 8, 2009
Southwestern Archaeology Making the News - A Service of the Center for Desert Archaeology
- Supreme Court Strikes Down Hopi and Navajo Claims of Religious Freedom, Allows Lower Court Ruling to Allow Effluent at Snowbowl to Stand: The Supreme Court has turned down an appeal from Indian tribes that w...
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Dec/17/2010
Durango Herald Alleges Archaeologists Dealing in Illicit Artifact Trade
Allegations of Artifact Dealing by Public Employees and Archaeologists Featured in Durango Herald
A federal informant named Ted Dan Gardiner visited a house in Fort Collins on July 17, 2008, hoping to secretly tape evidence of illegal dealings in ancient artifacts. He came back with hints that pub...
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Nov/01/2005
Southwest Archaeology Today for Nov. 1, 2005
Archaeology making the news - a service of the Center for Desert Archaeology.
- Hassayampa River Preserve awarded grant: The Nature Conservancy's Hassayampa River Preserve has been awarded a $15,743 grant from the Arizona State Parks Historic Preservation Heritage Fund.
http://tinyurl.com/7mosw - ...
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Jan/22/2018
Government Shutdown Leaves Our National Parks a Chaotic Mess
Government Shutdown Leaves Our National Parks a Chaotic Mess
If you're thinking about enjoying some time at a national park, you might want to check to see if the place you're headed to is even open. On Saturday, hours after the start of the partial government shutdown, dozens of national parks na...
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Aug/30/2015
Help Support the Creation of the Great Bend of Gila National Monument
Help Support the Creation of the Great Bend of Gila National Monument
The Great Bend of the Gila, in southwestern Arizona, is a rich cultural landscape that speaks to a deep history of multiculturalism on this frontier. In addition to numerous Hohokam and Patayan villages, countless ancient trails, ...