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Jan/31/2007
Southwest Archaeology Today for Jan 31, 2007
Archaeology Making the News - A Service of the Center for Desert Archaeology
- Tempe Rock Art Safe, Despite Damage from College Prank: Despite concerns that paint on "A" Mountain had damaged centuries-old American Indian rock art, an expert analysis said the ancient carvings are safe. "That's not a...
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Jul/17/2006
Southwest Archaeology Today for July 17, 2006
Archaeology Making the News: A Service of the Center For Desert Archaeology
- Bonding with the Past, Rael Galvez's Career as New Mexico State Historian: As Estevan Rael-Galvez tells it, when his grandmother drew his hand across an ancient adobe wall in Taos Pueblo, she knew it would instill in the ...
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Jul/12/2006
Southwest Archaeology Today for July 12, 2006
Archaeology making the news - a service of the Center for Desert Archaeology.
- Tucson's Presidio Terrace: People have made their homes and livelihoods on this patch of land for more than 1,000 years, said Homer Thiel, an archaeologist who excavated the site late last year. From prehistoric agricul...
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May/01/2006
Southwest Archaeology Today for May 1, 2006
Archaeology making the news - a service of the Center for Desert Archaeology.
- Undisturbed federal land may be opened to heavy use: The 3 million acres of federal land in the Arizona Strip have their remote geography to thank for preserving their spectacular red sandstone escarpments, slot canyons...
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Feb/06/2006
Southwest Archaeology Today for Feb 6, 2006
- Utah Considering Serious Revisions of State Antiquities Law: The proposed legislation removes from the antiquities section the authority to issue permits for archaeological survey or excavation on state lands, transferring that power to the Public Lands Policy Coordinating Office . Included in th...
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Dec/07/2005
Southwest Archaeology Today for Dec. 7, 2005
Archaeology Making the News - A Service of the Center for Desert Archaeology
- Rock Art Studies in Ridgecrest CA: Our group stops for a minute under the rotisserie lamp of the high-desert sun and considers a crude, 1,000-year-old picture chipped into the sunburned lava wall. Most likely it's of an...
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Oct/26/2005
Southwest Archaeology Today for Oct. 26, 2005
Archaeology Making the News - A Service of the Center for Desert Archaeology
- Public Lecture / Book Signing on the Coronado Expedition (Tucson): "Documents of the Coronado Expedition 1539-1542 - They Were Not Familiar with His Majesty, nor Did They Wish to Be His Subjects." A special book-signi...
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Sep/14/2005
Southwest Archaeology Today for Sept 14, 2005
Archaeology Making the News - A Service of the Center for Desert Archaeology
- Texas Archaeology Society Eviction Rescinded (From Mary Russell): The letter to evict the Society from the museum has been rescinded. Bill Luther and I met with the Deputy City Manager, Deborah Hamlyn, City Attorney, Je...
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Jul/29/2005
Southwest Archaeology Today for July 29, 2005
- Tribal runners complete prayer run in Flagstaff: Tribal runners completing the "Abalone Mountain Run: Journey to Protect...
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- Mining the past: Students from four Texas universities are getting a taste of Southern Colorado coa...
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Jul/13/2005
Southwest Archaeology Today for July 13, 2005
Archaeology making the news, a service of the Center for Desert Archaeology.
- Puebloan Ceramics, Art that was Made to be Used (Santa Fe): Exploring pueblo pottery is a gateway into the land, people, and native cultures of New Mexico. Born from an intrinsic need for storage vessels, these ceramics ...
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Jun/24/2005
Southwest Archaeology Today for June 24, 2005
- Heritage House finished; Marana Arts Council to move in soon (Marana, AZ)
The Heritage House is the first piece of a much larger project aimed at preserving Marana's heritage along the Santa Cruz River. A 75-acre Heritage Park, still in the planning stages, is expected to showcase the rich agricul...
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Jun/22/2005
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...