Southwest Archaeology Today for June 22, 2005

– Historic Preservation (Black Mesa ) : Elders fight to keep land, Peabody opponent says elderly suffer from stress disorder.” They have post-traumatic stress disorder, a lot of the elders do. It’s like the same situation that the Vietnam veterans had after they returned from war,” he said, because a lot of the cultural ties to the land have been destroyed over time. He remembers seeing Black Mesa residents protesting over destruction of sacred sites. “But Peabody and the mine workers just went through them with the bulldozers. There’s thousands of Navajo historic sites, sacred sites, even Anasazi sites that have been destroyed by strip mining.
http://www.gallupindependent.com/2005/june/062005elders.html

– Historic Preservation (Colorado): Historical society lists Dolores house The Colorado Historical Society has listed the R.S.S. Fox House in Dolores on the Colorado State Register of Historic Properties. The Colorado Historical Society has placed a Dolores house on the Colorado State Register of Historic Properties. Built in 1917, the R.S.S. Fox House, at 214 S. Eighth St., is the largest residential example of the Craftsman style in Dolores and is the only house in town with a porte coch