2014
23
Feb
Sacred Objects Treated with Respect on the Trip Back to Hopi and Apache Lands
Sacred Objects Treated with Respect on the Trip Home to Hopi and Apache
Two dozen ceremonial items bought last year at auction in France are set to return to Arizona in a way that pays reverence to the beliefs of American Indian tribes... That means shipping the sacred items free of plastics, bubbl...
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2014
20
Feb
A Visit to the Steam Pump Ranch Pithouse
Today's guest author is Nanette Weaver, Arizona Site Steward Regional Coordinator for the Lower and Middle San Pedro River valley.
Have you ever stood looking at the vague outline of a Hohokam pithouse and tried to visualize what the whole house looked like? I know that I, for one, as a Site Stew...
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2014
16
Feb
Genome of Clovis Era Individual Sequenced, Revealing Asian Origins of Ancient Americans
Genome of Clovis Era Individual Sequenced, Revealing Asian Origins of Ancient Americans
Nearly 13,000 years ago, a baby boy died in what is Montana today. Mourners stained his tiny body with red ochre and entombed him with artefacts that had likely been in his family for generations. After lying u...
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2014
11
Feb
Footprints
By Matt Peeples, Preservation Archaeologist
There have been some interesting archaeological news stories in the last couple of months revolving around the discovery of incredibly preserved human footprints. These stories, coming one right after the other, really got me thinking more about...
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2014
09
Feb
New Mexico's Supreme Court Reinstates Traditional Cultural Property Designation for Mount Taylor
New Mexico's Supreme Court Reinstates Traditional Cultural Property Designation for Mount Taylor
The New Mexico Supreme Court handed the pueblos of Acoma and Laguna a victory Thursday, upholding a state panel’s designation of Mount Taylor as a traditional cultural property. The ruling effectively...
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2014
06
Feb
Something There is That Doesn’t Love a (Painted) Wall
By Andy Laurenzi, Southwest Field Representative
(With a nod to poet Robert Frost!)
It’s always fun introducing new site stewards to a site, especially on field trips with experienced site stewards. Nanette Weaver and Bob Sherman, the new regional site steward coordinators for the lower and midd...
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2014
03
Feb
The Marginal Middle or the Path to Chaco?
By Paul F. Reed, Preservation Archaeologist and Chaco Scholar at Salmon Ruins
On January 20, Scott Michlin welcomed me back to his morning radio show on KSJE, the San Juan College radio station in Farmington, New Mexico. Continuing my chronological foray into ancient Pueblo history, I discu...
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2014
02
Feb
Utah BLM's Protection of Ancient Places at San Rafael Swell Apparently Rankles Oil and Gas Industry
Utah BLM's Protection of Ancient Places at San Rafael Swell Apparently Rankles Oil and Gas Industry
In the story "Industry fires back over pulled oil and gas leases at San Rafael Swell" (http://bit.ly/1fPCn3w), the Western Energy Alliance claimed that the Utah Rock Art Research Association receive...
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