Southwest Archaeology Today for August 2, 2005

Archaeology making the news – a service of the Center for Desert Archaeology.

– Lunar phenomenon draws night-owl visitors: It’s not every day that Chimney Rock Archeological Area invites the public in at 1 am. But it happened …
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/destinations/2005-08-01-colo-lunar_x.htm

– Tombstone balances: Far from being the “Town Too Tough to Die,” these days, Tombstone is facing the challenge of how to meet the demands of a growing population and balance historical preservation at the same time.
http://www.azbiz.com/articles/2005/08/01/front/news01.txt

– Showdown in Marfa: The Texas Historical Commission, a state agency for historic preservation, says Alpine, the town next to Marfa, has the largest collection of historic adobe structures outside of El Paso. It’s high noon in far West Texas, where a shootout looms for the soul of one of America’s last unspoiled towns. But these aren’t typical gunslingers. Some of them wear Prada.
http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/08/01/marfa/print.html

– JOB ANNOUNCEMENTS:
http://www.swanet.org/jobs.html
http://www.swanet.org/zarchives/jobs/jobs2005/aps080205.pdf