2014
03
Feb
The Marginal Middle or the Path to Chaco?
By Paul F. Reed, Preservation Archaeologist and Chaco Scholar at Salmon Ruins
On January 20, Scott Michlin welcomed me back to his morning radio show on KSJE, the San Juan College radio station in Farmington, New Mexico. Continuing my chronological foray into ancient Pueblo history, I discu...
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2014
02
Feb
Utah BLM's Protection of Ancient Places at San Rafael Swell Apparently Rankles Oil and Gas Industry
Utah BLM's Protection of Ancient Places at San Rafael Swell Apparently Rankles Oil and Gas Industry
In the story "Industry fires back over pulled oil and gas leases at San Rafael Swell" (http://bit.ly/1fPCn3w), the Western Energy Alliance claimed that the Utah Rock Art Research Association receive...
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2014
26
Jan
Arizona Republic Urges Progress on Archaeological Monuments Expansion
Arizona Republic Urges Progress on Archaeological Monuments Expansion
If Arizona were an ugly state, it might be different. There might be more urgency to protect precious natural and archaeological wonders. Instead, efforts to expand Saguaro National Park and Casa Grande Ruins National Monument a...
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2014
19
Jan
Will the BLM Legitimize an Illegal ATV Trail through a "Mini-Mesa Verde"?
Will the BLM Legitimize an Illegal ATV Trail through a "Mini-Mesa Verde"?
In Utah, the Bureau of Land Management is seeking comments on what could be a precedent-setting mistake. In 2005, Blanding residents illegally constructed a seven-mile-long, 4-foot-wide, all-terrain-vehicle trail in Recapture ...
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2013
16
Dec
Going Back to the Past: The Basketmaker Roots of the Pueblos
By Paul F. Reed, Preservation Archaeologist and Chaco Scholar at Salmon Ruins
Scott Michlin welcomed me back to his morning show morning radio show on KSJE, the San Juan College radio station in Farmington, New Mexico, this past Monday. For December, I spoke about the Basketmaker era in the...
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2013
21
Nov
News from the North: A Burial from Salmon Pueblo and Some Thoughts on the Great Drought
By Paul F. Reed, Preservation Archaeologist and Chaco Scholar at Salmon Ruins
Host Scott Michlin recently welcomed me back to his morning radio show on KSJE, the San Juan College radio station in Farmington, New Mexico. I’m on with Scott every month to discuss interesting topics in local ...
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2013
23
Oct
The Archaeologist’s Gaze
By Lewis Borck, Preservation Archaeology Fellow
Dating techniques are one of first things students learn about in archaeology courses in the United States. Archaeologists—and people more generally—have two primary ways of marking time: absolute (chronometric), or a computed numerical ag...
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2013
22
Oct
An Archaeologist’s View of “Digger” Shows
By Paul F. Reed, Preservation Archaeologist and Chaco Scholar at Salmon Ruins
Host Scott Michlin recently welcomed me to his morning radio show on KSJE, the San Juan College radio station in Farmington, New Mexico. I’ll be on the air with an archaeology update each month. For the month of...
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2013
29
Sep
Archaeological Community Continues the Struggle against Televised Looting
Archaeological Community Continues the Struggle against Televised Looting
John Muir once observed that nothing “dollarable” was safe. He meant that no matter how important something was to our future, no matter if important to our nation as a whole, nor even sacred, if its ruination could bring ...
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2013
26
Sep
Routes to the New World
By Paul F. Reed, Preservation Archaeologist and Chaco Scholar at Salmon Ruins
Recently, I was a guest on the Scott Michlin Morning Program at KSJE, the San Juan College radio station in Farmington, New Mexico, where I discussed recent findings regarding migrations to the New World. (Listen ...
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2013
07
Aug
Of Drones and Men
By Lewis Borck, Preservation Fellow
August 20, 2013
Earlier this spring, I had the pleasure of getting out into Sulphur Spring Valley’s sere landscape with Michael Brack, a cartographer from Desert Archaeology, Inc. We were there to map a number of Classic period archaeological sites t...
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2013
30
Jul
Zing! Bow-and-Arrow Technology in the Ancient Pueblo Southwest
By Paul F. Reed, Preservation Archaeologist and Chaco Scholar at Salmon Ruins
The development and spread of bow technology across North America has sparked considerable archaeological debate for more than 100 years. Experts have proposed various ideas about how and why bow technology spread...
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