2021
28
Sep
Human Footprints at White Sands Support Much Earlier Peopling of the Americas
Dear Friends,
Happy (belated) autumnal equinox!
Bats are one of my favorite seasonal markers. They double the pleasure sugar water provides.
My bat friends are nectar feeders from Mexico—Mexican Long-Nosed and Mexican Long-Tongued bats.
In the morning, freshly stocked with sugar ...
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2019
20
Dec
Congressional Spending Bill Includes Protection for Greater Chaco
Provisional ten-mile buffer zone passes; president is expected to sign
Taos, N.M. (December 20, 2019)—The U.S. Senate has approved a $1.4 trillion spending package for the 2020 fiscal year. The White House has said that the president will sign the legislation. Importantly, the legislation include...
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2015
08
Jul
Career Directions
Victoria Bowler, University of New Mexico
Since graduating with an Anthropology degree three years ago, I have been putting off graduate school and roaming to and from National Park Service sites in the Southwest. My seasonal nomadic employment has supplied me with so many friends and networks and ...
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2015
20
May
Touring the Majestic Chaco Landscape
By Paul F. Reed, Preservation Archaeologist
May 21, 2015—Over the past few months, I have continued to advocate for protection of the Greater Chaco Landscape. This has included attending a number of meetings with Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and other officials, conducting a tour of the Chaco ...
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2014
28
Jun
Seeing is Believing: The Importance of Field Trips
Danielle Gilbert, Preservation Archaeology Field School Student
Preservation, excavation, and education are just a few of the goals of the Preservation Archaeology Field School, and after only three weeks in the field, I feel that I have a new appreciation and understanding of these concepts. I h...
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2014
27
Jun
Field School Proverbs
Selena Soto, Preservation Archaeology Field School Student
Hi all! This is my third week here at the Preservation Archaeology Field School in New Mexico, and it has been an exhilarating experience so far! I have never been on an archaeological dig before, so I have been soaking in all of the know...
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2013
22
Sep
The Debate over Developing Lands Adjacent to Chaco Canyon
The Debate over Developing Lands Adjacent to Chaco Canyon
As far as the Park Service is concerned, Binettnee Kirk suggested the resort might be pitched to the feds as a preferable alternative to fracking, to which the gas-rich Nageezians might resort if there's no other way to harvest income from th...
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2013
08
Sep
Oil and Gas Leases Pushed Back 10 Miles from Chaco Park Boundary
BLM Prevents Oil and Gas Drilling on Chaco Culture Park Boundary
Opponents of drilling near Chaco Culture National Historic Park in New Mexico have received a reprieve from proposals to drill on U.S. Bureau of Land Management parcels bordering the park, which is home to ancestral Puebloan ruins. Th...
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