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Grant Award Supports Study of Acoma Pueblo’s History on the Greater Chaco Landscape

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Tucson, Ariz. (August 13, 2018)—Archaeology Southwest has received a $10,000 grant from the Southwest Intervention Fund of the National Trust for Historic Preservation to support work on the Pueblo of Acoma Preservation Study of the Greater Chaco Landscape.

View south to Fajada Butte in Chaco Canyon, from the mesa above. On the distant horizon to the left of Fajada lies Mt. Taylor, held sacred by Pueblo people. Image: Paul F. Reed
View south to Fajada Butte in Chaco Canyon, from the mesa above. On the distant horizon to the left of Fajada lies Mt. Taylor, held sacred by Pueblo people. Image: Paul F. Reed

Goals of the project include:1) having Pueblo of Acoma representatives visit landscapes of Greater Chaco threatened by development; 2) with proper confidentiality, collecting appropriate ethnographic and cultural data; 3) compiling these data and producing a report for the Bureau of Land Management and Bureau of Indian Affairs; and 4) producing a confidential report for the Pueblo of Acoma.

“We are very grateful for the National Trust’s support and excited to begin the project later this month,” said Paul Reed, who is the project’s lead investigator.

Aerial photograph of the Greater Chaco Landscape north of Chaco Canyon. The zigzagging, cross-cutting pattern of roads is symptomatic of the extensive impact of oil-gas development on the ancient cultural landscape. Note the square intrusions that mark the locations of oil and gas wellheads and other facilities. Image: Paul F. Reed
Aerial photograph of the Greater Chaco Landscape north of Chaco Canyon. The zigzagging, cross-cutting pattern of roads is symptomatic of the extensive impact of oil-gas development on the ancient cultural landscape. Note the square intrusions that mark the locations of oil and gas wellheads and other facilities. Image: Paul F. Reed

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