Paleoamerican Odyssey Conference Scheduled for October 17-19 in Santa Fe

Paleoamerican Odyssey Conference Scheduled for October 17–19 in Santa Fe
We invite you to attend the Paleoamerican Odyssey Conference—the largest gathering of Paleoindian researchers and artifacts since the Clovis and Beyond Conference in 1999. Santa Fe, New Mexico, is again in the spotlight for the three-day Paleoamerican Odyssey Conference to be held October 17–19, 2013, at the new Santa Fe Convention Center. This is your once-in-a-decade opportunity to hear the latest information about the first Americans, mingle with the archaeologists, join in and express your thoughts and ideas, and see the artifacts you read about in the Mammoth Trumpet and elsewhere. You are invited to be part of this historic event and the legacy it will create! http://bit.ly/1bzWu5j – Archaeology Society of New Mexico

Tucson’s Mission Gardens – History You Can Taste
Rebuilt on its original site at Grande Avenue and Mission Lane west of downtown, the garden includes heirloom plants and will feature Timeline Gardens, interpreting more than four centuries of Tucson agriculture. “Mission Garden is truly a celebration of the people who have lived here since the beginning of our history,” said Raúl Ramirez, a founding board member of the Friends of Tucson’s Birthplace, a nonprofit group of volunteers who made Mission Garden a reality. “This belongs to all of us.” http://bit.ly/13gLFwR – Arizona Daily Star

Artist-in-Residence Presentation at the Anasazi Heritage Center – Dolores
Lewis Williams, a Montrose, Colo., resident, will share artwork inspired by his time as the Artist-in-Residence at Canyons of the Ancients National Monument at 1 p.m. on Sunday, July 21, at the Anasazi Heritage Center in Dolores, Colo. Williams’ presentation showcases ideas regarding sacred connections to a landscape and the artists who help make those connections for him including Maynard Dixon, Vincent Van Gogh and Shonto Begay. The Ohio native says he was changed forever on his first trip to the West at 17, when he fell in love with the Southwest. Museum admission is free throughout the day of the presentation. For more information, visit: www.co.blm.gov/canm, or call (970) 882-5600.

David Stewart Named Interim Head of School for Advanced Research
The board of directors of the School for Advanced Research has appointed Dr. David E. Stuart as its interim president. He will also be an SAR senior scholar. Stuart replaces Dr. James F. Brooks, who has resigned. Dr. Brooks will serve as an SAR research associate during the coming year. http://bit.ly/141py3S – SAR News

National Parks Conservation Association Advocating World Heritage Status for San Antonio Missions
Throughout the world, countries vie every year to win the coveted World Heritage status for the most naturally and culturally significant sites they have to offer. Each site must meet certain standards, but chief among them is that they be of “outstanding universal value.” The prestige of being included on the list of World Heritage Sites includes strong economic benefits for local communities. World Heritage designation often means jobs—the kind of jobs that cannot be exported. World Heritage applications are currently being prepared for sites in Ohio and Texas, Hopewell Culture National Historical Park and San Antonio Missions National Historical Park. http://bit.ly/16Ckxei – National Parks Conservation Association

Grave Robber’s Stolen Artifacts
July 9 was a good day for the Navajo Nation. More than 400 artifacts that were stolen from Navajo land were finally returned. The Navajo Nation coordinated with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Omaha, Neb. District to have the stolen artifacts returned. The individual responsible for the theft is Donald B. Yellow, who stole a total of 710 artifacts, with 425 of those items being from the Navajo Nation. http://bit.ly/16CipTJ – Navajotimes.com

A Look at an 1894 Hopi Petition on Land Tenure
The petition is in the hand of Thomas Keam, a recent English immigrant who ran a trading post in the Arizona Territory. In an accompanying letter, Keam attested that the head of every family in the tribe had signed. “During the last two years, strangers have looked over our land with spyglasses,” the petition begins. Voicing uneasiness with these developments, the petition goes on: “None of us ever asked that it should be measured into separate lots, and given to individuals for this would cause confusion.” http://slate.me/18ePtEB

Reminder: Tucson Underground 
The Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society is pleased to present William H. Doelle on Monday, July 15 at 7:30 PM at the DuVal Auditorium (1501 N. Campbell Ave. inside University Medical Center) to discuss Tucson Underground: The Archaeology of a Desert Community. Doelle will explore important tenets of Preservation Archaeology as it relates to Tucson’s downtown area: archaeological resources are nonrenewable, and when there is broad community awareness of the meaning and values of places of the past, then the protection of those places becomes a priority. Some examples of the responses to community members to losses as well as preservation successes will be considered using examples from downtown. http://bit.ly/1bANpZY – Archaeology Southwest

Reminder: 2013 Pecos Conference
Today is a good day to register for the conference, and there is still time to schedule a presentation or poster. http://bit.ly/13rh4yP