2013
01
Dec
Outrage Expressed over Second Paris Auction of Objects Sacred to Hopi Peoples
Outrage Expressed over Second Paris Auction of Objects Sacred to Hopi Peoples
Activists vowed Thursday to block the proposed sale of sacred objects originating from Arizona’s Hopi tribe at a Paris auction, just months after a similar controversy stoked outrage. Tribal people’s advocacy group S...
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2013
17
Nov
The Story of Florence Lister: Heroine of Southwestern Archaeology
The Story of Florence Lister: Heroine of Southwestern Archaeology
A woman who has inspired several generations of archaeologists apparently is not content to rest on her laurels. At the seemingly advanced age of 93, she’s hard at work on a paper to help settle a controversy surrounding a kiva at A...
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2013
06
Oct
Park Closures Divert Tourists to Native Lands
Park Closures Divert Tourists to Native Lands
Keith Riddle and Merilyn Lassman had planned to celebrate their retirement with a visit to the Grand Canyon — “a lifelong dream of ours,” she said. But because of the government shutdown, and the closing of the entire national park system, they fou...
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2013
15
Sep
Bipartisan Effort to Expand Casa Grande Ruins National Monument Gathers Momentum in Congress
Bill to Expand Casa Grande Ruins National Monument Reintroduced
The boundaries of the Casa Grande Ruins National Monument could expand under a House bill. U.S. Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick a Democrat, has introduced the Casa Grande Ruins National Monument Boundary Modification Act of 2013, and if approve...
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2013
28
Apr
Did Protesting the Sale of Sacred Objects Compound the Sacrilege and Increase Auction Profits?
Did Protesting the Sale of Sacred Objects Compound the Sacrilege and Increase Auction Profits?
I used to work in a Native arts gallery in Tucson. I quickly learned potential buyers of Native art want a story to go with their purchase. The better the story, the quicker the sale. The articulate plea...
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2013
31
Mar
Groundbreaking Study on Ancient Southwestern Social Networks to be Published by National Academy of Sciences
Groundbreaking Study on Ancient Southwestern Social Networks to be Published by National Academy of Sciences
Archaeology Southwest is pleased to announce the publication of “Transformation of social networks in the late pre-Hispanic US Southwest,” by Barbara J. Mills, Jeffery J. Clark, Mat...
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2013
17
Mar
Director of Zuni Museum Comments on Upcoming Auction of 71 Hopi and Zuni Masks
Director of Zuni Museum Comments on Upcoming Auction of 71 Hopi and Zuni Masks
If the shameless business of dealing in looted antiquities and the bad karma that goes with it isn’t enough, let me say to the auctioneers and possible purchasers of the 71 Hopi and Zuni masks to be auctioned by Neret-M...
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2013
27
Jan
Chocolate in the Southwest by AD 800?
Chocolate in the Southwest by AD 800?
They were humble farmers who grew corn and dwelt in subterranean pit houses. But the people who lived 1200 years ago in a Utah village known as Site 13, near Canyonlands National Park in Utah, seem to have had at least one indulgence: chocolate. Researchers repo...
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2013
20
Jan
Community-Based Preservation Saved Mesa Grande
Community-Based Preservation Saved Mesa Grande
The 13 years during which Dave Richins was involved in efforts to create an archaeological park at the Mesa Grande ruins may have seemed like a long time. Thirteen years always does. But it was just a fraction of how long it took Mesa to fully realize i...
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2012
23
Sep
President Declares Chimney Rock a National Monument
Chimney Rock Declared a National Monument
President Obama exercised his authority under the Antiquities Act to designate a new national monument at Chimney Rock Archaeological Area in southwestern Colorado. The president’s decision provides this irreplaceable site with permanent protection and...
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2012
26
Feb
Archaeological Looting as Reality TV
Spike TV Launches Reality TV Program Featuring Archaeological Looting
Spike TV ventures around the country in search of historical treasure buried in the backyards of unsuspecting citizens in the new unscripted original series, “American Digger.” Premiering Tuesday, March 20 at 10:00 PM, ET/PT, ...
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2012
01
Jan
Fort Sill Apache Tribe Wins Right to Establish Reservation in New Mexico
Fort Sill Apache Tribe Wins Right to Eastablish Reservation in New Mexico
More than 125 years after the surrender of renowned Apache leader Geronimo scattered tribal members across the Southwest, the Fort Sill Apache have won the right to establish a reservation on homelands in southern New Mexico....
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