2023
21
Feb
Voices of the Grand Canyon, New Film from Grand Canyon Trust
Dear Friends,
Collaborative communities. Think for a bit. Have you ever been part of one?
Recently, I’ve had multiple experiences that have brought home to me the power of collaborative communities.
Collaboratives aren’t based on the gathering of like-thinking followers. They consist of...
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2020
05
Mar
Life of The Gila: Mogollon—It’s Complicated
Karen Schollmeyer, Preservation Archaeologist
(March 6, 2020)—Graduate school social life is notorious for this: groups of nerds spending a lot of time sitting around arguing passionately about very, very specific implications of certain words that people in other fields either use in a compl...
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2019
26
Mar
Tribes Come Together to Protect Greater Chaco
Tribes Come Together to Protect Greater Chaco
Native American leaders are banding together to pressure U.S. officials to ban oil and gas exploration around a sacred tribal site that features massive stone structures and other remnants of an ancient civilization but are facing the Trump administrati...
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2018
12
Jun
Taking Stock at the 112th Anniversary of the Antiquities Act
Commentary: Taking Stock at the 112th Anniversary of the Antiquities Act
Today, the nation benefits from roughly 160 national monuments—from Alaska and Hawaii to Maine and Florida—designated through the Antiquities Act. They are places where visitors explore, play, learn, and connect and serve ...
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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
07
Jul
My Brief Break from Quantitative Analysis
Lindsay Shepard, Arizona State University
When it comes to archaeological research, I tend to stick to the technical side of things. I especially enjoy using technologies such as laser scanning and 3-D modeling to analyze artifacts and features to gather quantitative data. Because of my preference ...
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2013
19
May
New Mesa Verde Interpretive Center Opens Thursday
New Mesa Verde Interpretive Center Opens Thursday
No more artifacts moldering in the “Tin Shed.” No more storing archives in nooks and crannies. No more driving a long, narrow, winding road to learn what Mesa Verde National Park has to offer. After decades of fundraising and lobbying, and fiv...
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