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Dec/05/2010
Pueblo Grande Indian Market Events Scheduled for Dec. 11 and 12
Pueblo Grande Indian Market Events Scheduled for Next Weekend
Pueblo Grande Event Next Weekend Celebrate at the Pueblo Grande Museum and Archaeological Park Saturday and Sunday, December 11 & 12, 2010. More than 200 Native American artists will participate in this major cultural event. Th...
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Oct/01/2010
Southwest Archaeology Today for Oct 1, 2010
Tutuveni Petroglyphs Provided with Extra Protection
Recognized as a sacred site by the Hopi people, the Hopi "Tutuveni" petroglyph area located near Tuba City and state Highway 89 contains the largest, most significant concentration of Hopi clan symbols found anywhere in the American southwest.
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Sep/14/2009
Southwest Archaeology Today for September 14, 2009
Southwestern Archaeology Making the News - A Service of the Center for Southwestern Archaeology
- University of Arizona Researchers Awarded Grant to Study Early Hopi - Spanish Relations: UA anthropology professor Thomas E. Sheridan has received a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities...
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Jul/15/2009
Southwest Archaeology Today for July 15, 2009
Southwestern Archaeology Making The News - A Service of the Center for Desert Archaeology
- Southwestern Archaeologists Observe 75th Anniversary of Snaketown Excavations: This year marks the 75th anniversary of the first excavations at Snaketown, the large ancient Hohokam settlement on the present-...
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Nov/11/2008
Southwest Archaeology Today for November 11, 2008
Southwest Archaeology Making the News - A Service of the Center for Desert Archaeology
- Powerhouse Department Grapples with Impending Retirements: The UNM Department of Anthropology is expected to be in the top 20 anthropology programs in the nation, according to its chairman. "Anthropology is one...
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Oct/27/2008
Southwest Archaeology Today for Oct. 25, 2008
Southwestern Archaeology Making the News - A Service of the Center for Desert Archaeology
- Genetic Mutation Linked to Breast Cancer Also Tracks Spanish Crypto-Jews in the New World: Some people in the valley were reluctant to confront such questions, at least initially, and a handful even rejected...
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Oct/02/2008
Southwest Archaeology Today for Oct 2, 2008
Southwestern Archaeology Making the News - A Service of the Center for Desert Archaeology
- Majority of Navajo Residents of Canyon de Chelly Oppose Plans for Navajo Nation Takeover of Park: A movement to have the Navajo Nation take over management of this 130-square-mile national monument from the ...
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Jul/13/2007
Southwest Archaeology Today for July 13, 2007
Archaeology Making the News - A Service of the Center for Desert Archaeology.
- Concerns are growing over El Paso's plans to move the Museum of Archaeology to a downtown location, merging with the History Museum. Learn more, including how you can get involved, at the El Paso Archaeological Society...
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Dec/11/2006
Southwest Archaeology Today for Dec 11, 2006
Archaeology Making the News - A Service of the Center for Desert Archaeology
- 100 Years of the Antiquities Act: From the Grand Canyon to Governors Island, ancient Alaskan villages to Virgin Island reefs, American archaeology is quietly celebrating a centennial. At two national parks - El Morro (N...
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Mar/27/2006
Southwest Archaeology Today for March 27, 2006
Archaeology Making the News - A Service of the Center for Desert Archaeology
- 2006 Pecos Conference Website is now On-line: Deliberately informal, the Pecos Conference affords Southwestern archaeologists a superlative opportunity to talk with one another, both by presenting field reports and by ca...
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Nov/11/2005
Southwest Archaeology Today for Nov. 11, 2005
Archaeology Making the News - A Service of the Center for Desert Archaeology
- Renovations Underway at Casa Grande National Monument:The Casa Grande Ruins National Monument is about to become fully compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, and at the same time rangers and voluntee...
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Oct/10/2005
Southwest Archaeology Today for Oct. 7, 2005
Archaeology making the news - a service of the Center for Desert Archaeology.
- Path drove Arizona's past: Since A.D. 900 and probably before, Apache Trail has been vital to life in the Valley. It has been a trade route, a path to cooler climates and water recreation, the scene of legends and the k...