2014
30
Sep
Southern Arizona’s Camp Naco Begins Second Century
Preparing to Serve Again: Southern Arizona’s Camp Naco Begins Second Century
Recent infusion of funding helps repair formerly derelict historical military installation and plan for 21st-century use
(Tucson, Ariz.) September 30, 2014—Eight years of fervent grassroots efforts to save Camp Na...
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2014
19
Aug
National Monument Would Bring Economic Benefit to Great Bend of the Gila
Archaeology Southwest and the National Trust for Historic Preservation continue to work with local communities and stakeholders to seek their input and support for a legislative designation for the Great Bend of the Gila.
[From the Gila Bend Chamber of Commerce and the National Trust for Hist...
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2014
13
Apr
Low-Impact Archaeological Research - Drone with Thermal Camera Quickly Maps Ancient Pueblo Village
Low-Impact Archaeological Research - Drone with Thermal Camera Quickly Maps Ancient Pueblo Village
Thermal images captured by an small drone allowed archaeologists to peer under the surface of the New Mexican desert floor, revealing never-before-seen structures in an ancient Native American settleme...
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2013
08
Dec
New Data on Ancient Maize from Northern Mexico
New Data on Ancient Maize from Northern Mexico
The first finding of incipient agriculture for the state of Nuevo Leon (Mexico), practiced by collectors-hunters, such as seeds, corncobs and corn leaves which are calculated to date back to 3500 or 3000 BC, was registered by investigators from the Nati...
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2013
23
Jun
Fort Huachuca's Black Officers' Club Named to National Trust's 11 Most Endangered Places
Fort Huachuca's Black Officers' Club Named to National Trust's 11 Most Endangered Places
The fate of a Fort Huachuca building that preservationists say is significant to honoring the contributions of African-American military personnel during World War II is still uncertain despite attempts to prese...
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2012
05
Nov
Report from the 2012 National Preservation Conference
By Bill Doelle, Archaeology Southwest President & CEO
The National Trust for Historic Preservation holds an annual conference in a different U.S. city each year. Last week, from October 31 through November 2, we converged on Spokane, Washington, a city of 209,000 that has a robust historic do...
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2012
21
Sep
Chimney Rock National Monument Established
President Obama Establishes Chimney Rock National Monument in Colorado
Archaeology Southwest joins the National Trust for Historic Preservation in applauding the president’s designation
Tucson, Ariz. (September 21, 2012) — Today, President Obama exercised his authority under the Antiquities Act ...
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2012
09
Sep
The City of Mesa Breaks Ground on Mesa Grande Visitors Center
The City of Mesa Breaks Ground on Mesa Grande Visitors Center
At the age of 93, Sam Lewis still gets emotional about his grandparents’ former property in west Mesa — the one he and his family knew as home in the 1920s, long after the ancient Hohokam lived there. When he was a boy, Lewis, the gr...
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2011
05
Jun
"Save America's Treasures" Program to Close at the End of This Month
"Save America's Treasures" to Close at the End of This Month
For the past twelve years, Save America’s Treasures has been one of the country’s most important and effective historic preservation efforts, bringing hundreds of millions of dollars for restoration to nationally significant historic s...
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2011
30
Jan
Lawsuit Over Gas Drilling in Nine Mile Canyon Leads to Settlement Including Major BLM Policy Change
Lawsuit Over Gas Drilling in Nine Mile Canyon Leads to Settlement Including Major BLM Policy Change
A coalition of historic preservation and conservation groups announced yesterday that they settled a lawsuit with the Bureau of Land Management filed in the summer of 2008 challenging the BLM’s ...
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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
19
Nov
Steve Lekson to be Honored by the Roy Chapman Andrews Society
Steve Lekson to be Honored by the Roy Chapman Andrews Society
Archaeologist Steve Lekson is changing the past, or at least our ideas about the past. His work at prehistoric ruins throughout the Southwest convinces him that ancient Native American societies were more complex, connected, and cosmo...
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