2019
13
Jun
Learning Livelihoods
This post is one in our annual series of essays by our Preservation Archaeology Field School students. We invite you to follow along with their experiences over the next six weeks through their own words.
Kristin Bridges, College of New Jersey
(June 13 2019)—My background in the field of archa...
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2019
11
Jun
BLM Changes Position on Leasing within Chaco Buffer Zone
BLM Changes Position on Leasing within Chaco Buffer Zone
The Bureau of Land Management no longer opposes an effort by members of the New Mexico congressional delegation that would ban oil, gas and other mineral leasing within a 10-mile buffer zone around Chaco Culture National Historical Park. BLM ...
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2019
10
Jun
Treasures in the Screen
This post is one in our annual series of essays by our Preservation Archaeology Field School students. We invite you to follow along with their experiences over the next six weeks through their own words.
Chris Fuchs, Washington College
(June 10, 2019)—I’ve always found archaeology particu...
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2019
06
Jun
New Places, New Faces
This post is one in our annual series of essays by our Preservation Archaeology Field School students. We invite you to follow along with their experiences over the next six weeks through their own words.
Kailey Loughran, University of Vermont
(June 6, 2019)—Being in a new place is always ha...
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2019
05
Jun
A San Xavier Legacy
This is the first post in our annual series of essays by our Preservation Archaeology Field School students. We invite you to follow along with their experiences over the next six weeks through their own words.
Esteban Jasso, Cochise College
(June 5, 2019)—Beyond the iconic, white plastered ...
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2019
04
Jun
Fingerprints Show Chaco Potters Were Male and Female
New Research: Fingerprints Show Chaco Potters Were Male and Female
In the Pueblo communities of New Mexico and Arizona, pottery is a skill that is traditionally passed down from grandmothers and mothers to younger women of the community. This custom was thought to have ancient origins, and archaeol...
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2019
31
May
Four Generations
Bill Doelle, President & CEO
(May 31, 2019)—As a Preservation Archaeologist, I think about time in many different ways.
Often, I count time in human generations. Thus: early farmers grew maize in the U.S. Southwest by 200 generations ago (that’s 4,000 years). Or, to humanize it even ...
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2019
29
May
Breaking News: Interior Commits to One-Year Moratorium on Chaco-Area Leasing
Breaking News: Interior Commits to One-Year Moratorium on Chaco-Area Leasing
Last night, Senator Martin Heinrich and Interior Secretary David Bernhardt announced a commitment from the Department of the Interior to place a one-year moratorium on oil and gas leasing within a 10-mile buffer zone aroun...
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2019
29
May
The Students Are Here!
Karen Schollmeyer, Preservation Archaeologist
(May 29, 2019)—It’s late May in Tucson, and that means saguaro and ironwood blossoms, rising temperatures, and field school season! Not long ago, Jeff Clark and I received the very happy news that our Upper Gila Preservation Archaeology Field Sc...
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2019
21
May
Continuing Coverage: Protecting the Greater Chaco Landscape
Continuing Coverage: Protecting the Greater Chaco Landscape
Appropriators in the U.S. House of Representatives would ensure federal lands around Chaco Canyon in New Mexico are protected from new energy and mineral development. The House Appropriations Committee released a report to accompany its In...
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2019
14
May
Tragedy at Danger Cave
Tragedy at Danger Cave
A cave with evidence of some of the earliest humans in Utah was looted last week by thieves — who, state park officials say, tore security fixtures from the walls and stole all the artifacts inside. http://bit.ly/2YvTweV - Salt Lake Tribune
Feature: The Bears Ears Educat...
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2019
10
May
Robinson Collection Project Update—A Successful Season of Citizen Science Collaboration, Participation, and Research
Jaye S. Smith and Sheri Thompson, Robinson Collection Project Volunteer Co-Team Leads
(May 10, 2019)—For more than 30 citizen-scientist volunteers, the “end of the season” for the Robinson Collection Project is both exhilarating and frustrating—the 2018–2019 session can’t be over yet!...
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