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Jun/15/2010
Southwest Archaeology Today for June 15, 2010
Southwestern Archaeology Making the News - A Service of the Center for Desert Archaeology
Archaeologist David Gregory Passes
We are sad to report that on the evening of June 13, 2010, David A. Gregory passed away in Show Low, Arizona. Dave had been working from his home in Pinetop for the Center fo...
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Mar/02/2010
Southwest Archaeology Today for March 3, 2010
Utah Legislature Seeks to Limit Federal Law Enforcement
Kane County Sheriff Lamont Smith said the federal encroachment has been so broad that federal rangers have taken to writing tickets for everything from expired registrations to broken tail lights to violators stopped on U.S. 89 near Lake Powell...
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Feb/23/2010
Southwest Archaeology Today for Feb 23, 2010
Southwestern Archaeology Making the News - A Service of the Center for Desert Archaeology
State Parks Across the Southwest Facing Closure:
As Utah lawmakers look to reduce spending even more in the future, they have some state parks on a possible chopping block as they explore the idea of privatizi...
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Jun/22/2009
Southwestern Archaeology Today for June 22, 2009
Southwestern Archaeology Making the News - A Service of the Center for Desert Archaeology
- Domestication Of Chile Pepper Provides Insights Into Crop Origin And Evolution:
Chile peppers have long played an important role in the diets of Mesoamerican people. Capsicum annuum is one of five domesticat...
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Jan/16/2009
Southwest Archaeology Today for January 16, 2009
Southwest Archaeology Making the News - A Service of the Center for Desert Archaeology
- University of Arizona Science Center, Arizona State Museum Present Latest Design Concepts for Rio Nuevo: The University of Arizona Science Center and Arizona State Museum building at Rio Nuevo has been pared ba...
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Nov/25/2008
Southwest Archaeology Today for November 25, 2008
Southwest Archaeology Making the News - A Service of the Center for Desert Archaeology
- Decision Forthcoming on Drilling Near Utah's National Parks: More talks set for Tuesday could resolve objections to oil and gas drilling near some of Utah's national parks. Denver-based regional Park Service di...
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Oct/31/2008
Southwest Archaeology Today for October 31, 2008
Southwest Archaeology Making the News - A Service of the Center for Desert Archaeology
- Increased Violence Impacts Centuries-old Pilgrimage: Officials with the Tohono O'odham Nation are recommending that members of the nation not make the annual pilgrimage to the Church of St. Francis in Magdalena...
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Jun/14/2007
Southwest Archaeology Today for June 14, 2007
Archaeology Making the News - A Service of the Center for Desert Archaeology
- Evidence of Native American Massacre Found in Utah: An extensive analysis of seven American Indian skeletons unearthed in a mass grave in Nephi last year shows that the men and boys did not die in a skirmish with Mormon ...
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May/05/2006
Southwest Archaeology Today for May 5, 2006
Archaeology making the news - a service of the Center for Desert Archaeology.
- Residents, groups honored with preservation awards: Residents and groups throughout the state are being honored with this year's Nevada Historic Preservation Awards.
http://tinyurl.com/l5b32 (Reno Gazette-Journal)
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Oct/22/2019
Another Look at Chaco and Chocolate
Podcast: “What’s in Your Cup, Chaco?”
One thing that your insulated mug of hot cocoa says about you on a cold day is that this drink is for you as an individual, and that you're autonomous. For the people using the very first jars to drink hot chocolate found at Chaco Canyon in New Mexico aro...
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Apr/16/2019
Protecting Greater Chaco – Important Updates
Protecting Greater Chaco
Acoma Pueblo tribal Gov. Brian Vallo told members of the House Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources at a hearing in New Mexico that not enough is being done to safeguard sacred sites scattered beyond the national park at Chaco Canyon. Many of the sites involve more ...
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Dec/26/2018
Their Lands: Native Americans on Monument Reduction
Their Lands: Native Americans on Monument Reduction
Every few months for much of his life, the 66-year-old Navajo spiritual leader has trekked from his nearby home to this slice of land in southeastern Utah, not far from the base of the Bears Ears buttes, to gather sage. Throughout the year, he use...