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Dec/14/2014
Apaches Express Dismay Over Legislation Inserted into Defense Authorization...
Apaches Express Dismay Over Legislation Inserted into Defense Authorization Bill
Former San Carlos Apache Tribal Chairman Wendsler Nosie said he felt sick when he heard what legislators did last week. Members of Congress — including Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. — inserted into the National Defens...
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Oct/26/2014
Woman Vandalizes 10 Western National Parks and Posts the Evidence on Instag...
Woman Vandalizes 10 Western National Parks and Posts the Evidence on Instagram
She calls it art, proudly signing her urban-influenced sketches and posting photos of them online, like a sort of Banksy in the wild. The National Park Service calls it criminal. The agency on Thursday announced it was...
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Sep/11/2011
Petrified Forest National Park Expands by 26,000 Acres
Petrified Forest National Park Expands by 26,000 Acres
The federal government is gaining control over an even larger expanse of rainbow-colored petrified wood, fossils from the dawning age of dinosaurs and petroglyphs left by American Indian tribes who once lived in eastern Arizona. The National Pa...
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May/03/2010
Southwest Archaeology Today for May 3, 2010
Archaeology Making the News - A Service of the Center for Desert Archaeology
Congresswoman Wants to Expand Nations Oldest Archaeological Preserve
On Interstate 10 between Tucson and Phoenix is one of America's most enduring ancient mysteries--a giant adobe structure called Casa Grande. It was erect...
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Mar/10/2010
Southwest Archaeology Today for March 10, 2010
Southwestern Archaeology Making the News - A Service of the Center for Desert Archaeology
Suicides Complicate Blanding Looting Case
For 90 tense minutes last month, Sheriff Mike Lacy in Utah tried to prevent yet another person connected to the theft of Native American artifacts from committing sui...
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Feb/02/2010
Southwest Archaeology Today for Feb 2, 2010
Southwestern Archaeology Making the News - A Service of the Center for Desert Archaeology
- Obama Administration's Proposed Budget Would Eliminate Key Federal Heritage Preservation Programs: In a shock to the historic preservation community, President Obama's 2011 Budget Request " released this mo...
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Jul/30/2009
Southwest Archaeology Today for July 30, 2009
Southwestern Archaeology Making the News - A Service of the Center for Desert Archaeology
- The Future of the Entire Arizona State Park System is in Doubt Under New Arizona Legislative Budget Scheme: During a recent public workshop, State Parks Director Renee Bahl explained that legislative sweeps ...
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Jul/23/2009
Southwest Archaeology Today for July 23, 2009
Southwestern Archaeology Making the News, A Service of the Center for Desert Archaeology
- Starch Grain Analysis Offering New Insights on Ancient Agriculture: University of Missouri researchers have studied the residues from gourds and squash artifacts that date back to 2200 B.C. and recovered star...
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May/22/2009
Southwestern Archaeology Today for May 22, 2009
Southwestern Archaeology Today - A Service of the Center for Desert Archaeology
- O'odham Perspectives on Repatriation: The Tohono O'odham Nation will soon rebury the remains of nearly 200 of their ancestors, dug up in the late 1970s and early '80s by teams of archaeologists working on what was the...
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Mar/30/2009
Southwest Archaeology Today for March 30, 2009
Southwestern Archaeology Making the News - A Service of the Center for Desert Archaeology
- New Dates for Maize Domestication in the New World: Among the hundreds of plants that have been domesticated in the New World, none has received as much attention or been subject to as much debate as corn, o...
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Oct/10/2008
Southwest Archaeology Today for Oct 10 2008
Southwestern Archaeology Making the News - A Service of the Center for Desert Archaeology
- Memorial for Hartman Lomawaima Tomorrow at the University of Arizona: A memorial service for Hartman H. Lomawaima will be held on Saturday, Oct. 11, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Student Union Memorial Cente...
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Mar/06/2007
Southwest Archaeology Today for March 6, 2007
Archaeology making the news - a service of the Center for Desert Archaeology.
- Tech tidal wave heads toward tribe: In one of the most starkly beautiful and sparsely populated deserts in the country, among a Navajo people who live in large numbers without electricity, running water, paved roads or ...