2014
19
Jan
Will the BLM Legitimize an Illegal ATV Trail through a "Mini-Mesa Verde"?
Will the BLM Legitimize an Illegal ATV Trail through a "Mini-Mesa Verde"?
In Utah, the Bureau of Land Management is seeking comments on what could be a precedent-setting mistake. In 2005, Blanding residents illegally constructed a seven-mile-long, 4-foot-wide, all-terrain-vehicle trail in Recapture ...
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2014
12
Jan
After a Distinguished Career, Casa Grande National Monument's Chief Ranger Retires
After a Distinguished Career, Casa Grande National Monument's Chief Ranger Retires
At Casa Grande Ruins National Monument, the phrase “ask Carol” has been commonplace. With questions about the park, the response is typically, “You should probably ask Carol.” When there was some sort of prob...
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2013
07
Jul
The Museum of Northern Arizona Celebrates Annual Hopi Heritage Festival
The Museum of Northern Arizona Celebrates Annual Hopi Heritage Festival
Hopi people dance to bring rainfall. On Saturday, the Hopi people shared this dance at the Hopi heritage festival at the Museum of Northern Arizona. They also shared glimpses into the history and culture of the Hopi people. Al...
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2013
03
Feb
Feds Recover Ancient Inscriptions Stolen from BLM Land
Feds Recover Ancient Inscriptions
Petroglyph panels cut and chiseled off an eastern Sierra rock art site sacred to Native Americans have been recovered by federal investigators, U.S. Bureau of Land Management officials announced Thursday.The suspected thieves have not been identified and the investi...
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2011
08
May
Questions Raised about the Dating of Alleged Pre-Clovis Deposits at Blackwater Draw
Questions Raised about the Dating of Alleged Pre-Clovis Deposits at Blackwater Draw
Archaeologists burrowing in the dirt of central Texas are stirring up a scientific debate that could change history in eastern New Mexico. At issue is the recent discovery of artifacts at an archeological site on ...
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2011
02
Jan
Market for Southwestern Antiquities Fading
Market for Southwestern Antiquities Fading
It’s perfectly legal if the items come from private lands or from private collections predating federal antiquities law. Still, buyers at auction candidly say that they are worn down by government scrutiny and aren’t so keen on Ancestral Puebloan pie...
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2010
17
Dec
Durango Herald Alleges Archaeologists Dealing in Illicit Artifact Trade
Allegations of Artifact Dealing by Public Employees and Archaeologists Featured in Durango Herald
A federal informant named Ted Dan Gardiner visited a house in Fort Collins on July 17, 2008, hoping to secretly tape evidence of illegal dealings in ancient artifacts. He came back with hints that pub...
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2010
01
Dec
Preservation Archaeology News, Fall 2010
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Updates from the Field
Deborah Huntley: Mule Creek 2010
The third field season at Mule Creek, New Mexico, was as productive and enjoyable as ever. Katherine Dungan and Rob Jones began in mid-May by finishing site recording and mapping from t...
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2010
14
Nov
"La Calle" Tells the Story of Tucson's Historic Preservation Disaster
"La Calle" Tells the Story of Tucson's Historic Preservation Disaster
Published by UA Press, "La Calle" documents the complicity of the city, Tucson's tourism boosters and other institutions such as the Arizona Historical Society, the Catholic Diocese of Tucson, and the Tucson Citizen and Arizona Da...
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2010
05
Nov
Homol'ovi Ruins State Park to Reopen
Editor's Note
Welcome to the newly redesigned Southwest Archaeology Today newsletter, published by the Center for Desert Archaeology. We hope you will find the revised formatting easier to read, and more useful as we continue to make improvements on the ways we can share information about archaeol...
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