Website Launched to Track Threatened Heritage Sites

Website Launched to Track Threatened Heritage Sites
A new internet platform has been launched today to rescue cultural heritage sites on the verge of being irremediably lost, said Global Heritage Fund, a California-based nonprofit organization that focuses on historical preservation. Called Global Heritage Network (GHN), the platform is the first early warning and threat monitoring system for saving endangered sites in developing countries, where financial resources and expertise are limited. http://news.discovery.com/archaeology/website-tracks-at-risk-historic-sites-110315.html

Preservation of Provenience Needs to Be a Central Topic in Public Archaeology
…a geocacher had been out searching for a cache when he saw something half buried. He thought it was his target, but when he removed it from the ground he realized it was not what he was looking for. It was a small dusty-gray brown jar the man said looked to be very old. “Then, to our surprise and joy, he did the right thing. He took a picture, put it back and notified the NAU professor, sending along the photo and the GPS coordinates. That doesn’t always happen,” Zamora says. http://campverdebugleonline.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&SubsectionID=1&ArticleID=29850

John Ware Talks About the Amerind Museum and the Ancient Southwest
Founded in 1937 by William Shirley Fulton, the Amerind Foundation is a private nonprofit 501(c)(3) anthropological and archaeological museum and research center dedicated to the preservation and interpretation of Native American cultures and their histories. Located in spectacular Texas Canyon in the Little Dragoon Mountains of southeastern Arizona, the Amerind houses one of the finest private collections of Native American art and artifacts in the country. http://www.tucsonmorningblend.com/videos/117520468.html

Registration now Open for Arizona History Convention
The Arizona History Convention is currently accepting registrations. As I’ve mentioned in previous messages, the conference, in its 52nd year, is being held in Yuma April 28-May 1 at the Pivot Point Conference Center, in the middle of the Yuma Crossing National Heritage Area. There are workshops, tours, and some really spectacular sessions. http://www.arizonahistory.org/

Training Opportunity (Tucson) – Four Day Workshop on the Care and Identification of Historic Photographs
This workshop is an introduction to the history, identification, and preservation of photographic materials. Participants will acquire hands-on identification skills and learn practical photograph preservation techniques. Using hand-held 60x microscopes and a large set of photographic and photomechanical samples, they will learn how a variety of processes were created, why they look the way they do, and how they deteriorate. Knowledge about photographic processes is essential to their preservation and leads to a greater appreciation of the aesthetics and history of photographic prints. http://gawainweaver.com/workshop/care-id-photos-2011-tucson/

Lecture Opportunity (Santa Fe)
Michael V. Wilcox, Archaeologist and Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Stanford University and Author of  The Pueblo Revolt and  the Mythology of Conquest: An Indigenous Archaeology of Contact will present  “Indigenous People: Continuing Presence Through a Different Lens” tonight (March 21) at 6 PM at the Hotel Santa Fe. A fifteen dollar admission fee is collected to support the Southwest Seminars educational programs. http://www.southwestseminars.org/SouthwestSeminars.org/Ancient_Sites_II_2011.html

Lecture Opportunity (Santa Fe)
Dr. Eric Blinman, Director, Office of Archaeological Studies, Museum of New Mexico will present “Jaded Archaeologist Applies Stone Age Perspectives to Our Modern Society” on March 28th at 6 Pm at the Hotel Santa Fe
A fifteen dollar admission fee is collected to support the Southwest Seminars educational programs.
http://www.southwestseminars.org/SouthwestSeminars.org/Ancient_Sites_II_2011.html

Lecture Opportunity (Tucson)
Patricia Crown will present “Chocolate Consumption, Exchange, and Ritual in the American Southwest” at the monthly meeting of the Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society, 7:30 pm, tonight (March 21) at the University Medical Center’s DuVal Auditorium, 1501 N Campbell. http://www.az-arch-and-hist.org/2010/09/patricia-crown-cacao-exchange-and-use-in-the-pre-hispanic-american-southwest/