2019
26
Dec
Congressional Spending Bill Includes Protection for Greater Chaco
Congressional Spending Bill Includes Protection for Greater Chaco
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 includes interim protections for the landscap...
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2017
28
Jul
Burning an Early Agricultural Period Pithouse: Documenting the Process
This is the second post in our "Burning Down the (Pit) House" series. For part 1, read Allen Denoyer's post here.
Doug Gann, Preservation Archaeologist and Digital Media Specialist
(July 28, 2017)—In experimental archaeology, a common technique for trying to learn about past human activities...
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2017
19
May
Burning Down the (Pit) House, part 1
Allen Denoyer, Preservation Archaeologist and Ancient Technologies Expert
(May 19, 2017)—In 2015, volunteers joined me in building a half-scale model of a typical dwelling from the Early Agricultural period (2000 B.C.–A.D. 50) in the Tucson Basin. We built the model near our full-scale replic...
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