2017
05
Nov
The President Could Save Bears Ears
Editorial: The President Could Save Bears Ears
The president told Sen. Orrin Hatch Friday that he’s going to shrink Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments, “For you, Orrin.” He’s not doing so for the American people. America needs what the Bears Ears can offer: “power...
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2017
29
Oct
Exciting New Research on Ancient Turquoise Trade in the Southwestern Culture Area
Exciting New Research on Ancient Turquoise Trade in the Southwestern Culture Area
Turquoise is an icon of the desert Southwest, with enduring cultural significance, especially for Native American communities. Yet, relatively little is known about the early history of turquoise procurement and excha...
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2017
22
Oct
Fighting the Assault on the Antiquities Act
The Outdoor Industry Association Joins the Archaeological Community in Fighting the Assault on the Antiquities Act
Congressman Rob Bishop, chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee, has introduced the “National Monument Creation and Protection Act.” The legislation is an attack on the A...
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2017
15
Oct
U.S. House Proposal Would Unravel the Antiquities Act
The Ongoing Assault on the Antiquities Act
....when it comes to the ongoing assault on the Antiquities Act of 1906, Zinke's national monument review is merely an opening salvo. Tucked away at the very end of the leaked memo, after all, one finds this portentous sentence: "[It] is also recommended t...
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2017
27
Aug
An Assault upon the Antiquities Act
Archaeology Southwest Stands with the Antiquities Act
Archaeology Southwest denounces today’s executive order by President Trump, which requires the Department of the Interior to review national monument designations since 1996 that are greater than 100,000 acres or determined to be lacking in a...
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2017
20
Aug
Preservation Efforts are Underway at Tumacacori Mission (8/20/2017)
Preserving Tumacacori
A five-year project involving backbreaking, eyeball-bending work is underway to conserve Tumacacori National Historical Park's valuable heritage. And at the end of it all, visitors shouldn't notice a single change. That's the whole idea. Frank Matero, a visiting professor of ar...
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2017
18
Jun
Conservation and Heritage Preservation Communities React To Secretary Zinke's Interim Report
Archaeology Southwest Still Stands with Bears Ears
President & CEO Bill Doelle concludes the organization's official statement by asserting: “These are our provisional comments on an interim report. As Secretary Zinke prepares a final report, Archaeology Southwest will continue to compile a...
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2017
15
May
How to Protect Our National Monuments
Archaeology Southwest's President and CEO on How to Protect Our National Monuments
On April 26, 2017, the President issued an executive order requiring the Department of the Interior to review national monument designations since 1996 that are greater than 100,000 acres.This order assails the fundam...
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2017
12
May
For Bears Ears, Our National Monuments, and the Antiquities Act
Bill Doelle, President & CEO
(May 12, 2017)—The outraged community had the Swedish scientist arrested.
The scientist, Gustav Nordenskiöld (1868–1895), had undertaken quite good archaeological excavations, by today’s standards, at cliff dwellings in southwestern Colorado’s Mesa ...
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2017
09
May
Boats to Trenches
Adam Sezate, University of Arizona and 2016 Preservation Archaeology Field School alumnus
(May 9, 2017)—What does a person with a B.S. in History from the United States Naval Academy do after eight years in the U.S. fleet? During the two years before I turned in my uniform, I asked myself this ...
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2017
27
Apr
Take Action: Stand with the Antiquities Act
Kate Sarther Gann, Communications Coordinator
(April 27, 2017)—An attack on one national monument is an attack on all national monuments.
On April 26, 2017, President Trump signed an executive order requiring the Department of the Interior to review national monument designations since 1996 ...
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2017
02
Apr
The Antiquities Act Is Threatened
Editorial: The Antiquities Act Is Threatened
The heart of the Antiquities Act of 1906 is a mere two sentences. But a good argument can be made that this brief law — which authorizes the president to protect “objects of historic or scientific interest” on federal lands as “national monuments...
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