Another Study Finds Kennewick Man Was Native American

Another Study Finds Kennewick Man Was Native American
On Thursday, Danish scientists published an analysis of DNA obtained from the skeleton. Kennewick Man’s genome clearly does not belong to a European, the scientists said. “It’s very clear that Kennewick Man is most closely related to contemporary Native Americans,” said Eske Willerslev, a geneticist at the University of Copenhagen and lead author of the study, which was published in the journal Nature. “In my view, it’s bone-solid.” http://nyti.ms/1MY6w0T – NY Times (Limited Paywall)

Santa Fe’s Old Spanish Trail Building Reopens in Significant Preservation Victory
For the first time in 20 years, members of the public last week were able to walk through the historic Old Santa Fe Trail Building, built of adobe bricks by New Mexicans struggling to find work during the Great Depression. “Keeping it open is a step in the right direction,” said Jerry Rogers, one of the longtime advocates of preserving the building that once served as the Southwestern Regional Office of the National Park Service. http://bit.ly/1RmSwyS – Santa Fe New Mexican

New Center at the University of Arizona Employing a Global Archaeology to Study Humanity’s Most Pressing Problems
How did long-gone peoples respond to changing environments in their homelands? How did catastrophic events impact human populations? What conditions allowed empires to rise and triggered their collapse, and what can today’s societies learn about the future? http://bit.ly/1da1T7q – U of A News.org

Earth Science, Maize, and the Hopi View of the Meaning of Life
Thus, it was striking to join the Hopi during their planting of corn in the Crow Canyon Archaeological Center gardens in late May.  All actions they associate with corn appear to be existential. That is, it occurs to me that the Hopi relationship with corn gets right to the existential heart of the matter… what is life’s meaning?  Crow Canyon has maintained several gardens across a variety of micro-environmental conditions to learn about interactions between humans, environment, and corn during the last several years. http://bit.ly/1H3s4ZH – Daily Science Professor

The Diane Rehm Show Takes an In-Depth Look at Proposed Grand Canyon Developments
The Grand Canyon is an awe-inspiring gorge of the Colorado River in Arizona. About 5 million sightseers, hikers and paddlers visit Grand Canyon National Park every year. As federal land it’s protected, but much of the land nearby is not. There’s a fierce battle going on in the region and nationally over two proposed development plans: One is a 1.4 mile tramway that would take visitors to new restaurants and an amphitheater at the bottom of the canyon. The other is a commercial development with more than 2,000 new homes, less than two miles from the park entrance. We look at the battle to balance private property rights and public land preservation. http://bit.ly/1GudUMw – National Public Radio

Lecture Opportunity – Cortez, CO
The Hisatsinom Chapter of the Colorado Archaeology Society is pleased to present James Davenport on July 7^th at 7:00 PM at the Methodist Church, 515 Park Street, Cortez, CO to discuss Literal Providers of Food and Drink: The Inka Empire, Feasts, and Ritual Control. James will discuss ritual controls used by the Inka Empire in their rapid expansion from Chile to Argentina. James will explore the extent of this ritual control through compositional analysis of ceramics recovered from Pachacamac, a ritual center conquered by the Inka on the central coast of Peru. Contact Kari Schleher at 505-269-4475 with questions.

Lecture Opportunity – Santa Fe
Southwest Seminars Presents Matt Barbour Historical Archaeologist and Research Associate, Office of Archaeological Studies and Site Manager, Jemez Historic Site, New Mexico Monuments, Office of Cultural Affairs who will give a lecture Coronado, Oñate and the Mixton War, 1540–1542 on June 29 at 6pm at Hotel Santa Fe as part of the Voices From the Past Lecture Series held to honor Archaeology Southwest. Admission is by subscription or $12 at the door. No reservations are necessary and refreshments are served. Seating is limited. Contact Connie Eichstaedt 505 466-2775 email: southwest seminar@aol.com; http://bit.ly/YhJddr – Southwest Seminars