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Dec/21/2014
The Case for Preserving Places of the Past
The Case for Preserving Places of the Past
Archeologists and cultural experts define significant cultural places in various ways. Peter Nabokov, a professor of American Indian Studies and World Arts and Cultures at UCLA, puts it this way: "Their spirits of place dwelled among, could be identified ...
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Sep/07/2014
NY Times Advocates for Land and Archaeological Conservation
NY Times Advocates for Land and Archaeological Conservation
Fortunately, Mr. Obama has one other weapon with which to build a conservation legacy before he leaves office, and lately he has begun to use it. This is a wonderful statute known as the Antiquities Act, signed into law by Theodore Roosevel...
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Apr/07/2010
Southwest Archaeology Today for April 7, 2010
Southwestern Archaeology Making the News - A Service of the Center for Desert Archaeology
Vance Haynes and a Team of Arizona Archaeologists Determine Evidence for Clovis Era Comet Impact Flawed
A team of researchers from the University of Arizona has revisited evidence pointing to a cataclysmic ev...
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Jan/08/2007
Southwest Archaeology Today for Jan. 8, 2007
Archaeology making the news - a service of the Center for Desert Archaeology.
- Condo developer to pay $245,100 for archaeological work in Marana: A development group will spend $245,100 to remove burials and finish archaeological work at an ancient Hohokam site near Continental Ranch.
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Sep/13/2006
Southwest Archaeology Today for Sept. 13, 2006
Archaeology making the news - a service of the Center for Desert Archaeology.
- Chaffee County man charged over archaeological artifacts:A Chaffee County man has been charged with excavating for archaeological artifacts on federal land without a permit. Clayton Joel Miller, of Johnson Village, alle...
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Nov/04/2005
Southwest Archaeology Today for Nov. 4, 2005
Archaeology making the news - a service of the Center for Desert Archaeology.
- Congressional Hearing Reviews Park Management Policies Proposals: The nonpartisan National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA) today testified at a congressional hearing on the Department of Interior's revisions to th...
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Aug/01/2005
Southwest Archaeology Today for August 1, 2005
Archaeology making the news - a service of the Center for Desert Archaeology
- Debate over Kennewick Man's remains now with lawmakers: Though his 9,300-year-old remains rest in a Seattle museum, Kennewick Man is at the center of a debate 3,000 miles away over a two-word amendment to a Senate bill t...
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Oct/30/2018
Archaeologist Blows Whistle on AZ State Parks
Continuing Coverage: Archaeologist Blows Whistle on AZ State Parks
Arizona State Parks & Trails has dug up and bulldozed Native American and other archaeological sites without preserving artifacts in a rush to build visitor attractions and make money, a state archaeologist claims. In one case, ...
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Aug/07/2018
On Their Feet
Steve Nash on Ancient “Tevas”
I’ve spent a good chunk of my life hiking the U.S. Southwest, and I’ve kicked my share of sharp rocks and prickly cactuses as I’ve walked across hot sandy stretches of desert. My hiking boots usually provide adequate protection, but I’ve endured an abundanc...
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Aug/23/2015
Federal Court Denies Injunction Against Fracking of the Chaco Landscape
Federal Court Denies Injunction Against Fracking of the Chaco Landscape
A federal judge has rejected an effort by environmental groups to stall oil and gas development in northwestern New Mexico while they fight the approval of dozens of drilling permits issued over the past two years by a federal a...
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Jul/20/2015
Firsthand Account of Federal Hearing on the Fracking of the Chaco Landscape
Firsthand Account of Federal Hearing on the Fracking of the Chaco Landscape
When you represent regular people fighting against the oil and gas industry, you get used to playing David to their Goliath. Still, when I went into court on July 13, with my single co-counsel, I didn’t expect to have to f...
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Jun/07/2015
The Southwestern Archaeology Community Notes the Passing of Roger Lidman
The Southwestern Archaeology Community Notes the Passing of Roger Lidman
Roger studied public history, public administration, and business administration ultimately graduating from Arizona State University with a degree in anthropology. He started working part time at Pueblo Grande Museum June 1976,...