2016
23
Oct
Federal Government Announces New Review of Fracking near Chaco Canyon
Federal Government Announces New Review of Fracking near Chaco Canyon
The federal government announced Thursday that it will study the potential effects of drilling on public and tribal lands near Chaco Culture National Historical Park in the San Juan Basin, an area that is one of the state’s larg...
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2016
16
Oct
High Country News Recaps the Conflict at Bears Ears
High Country News Recaps the Conflict at Bears Ears
The proposed monument does not include any tribal lands, yet if anyone is home here, it’s Begaye, whose ancestors sought refuge near the Bears Ears during the 1860s, when U.S. troops killed, brutalized and enslaved Navajos before exiling them fro...
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2016
09
Oct
Native Tribes Decry Utah Public Lands Initiative as a Corporate Land Grab
Correction: Carrie Heitman Is Leading Chaco Research with Assistance from NASA
In the September 25, 2016, issue of Southwest Archaeology Today, I miscredited an article about NASA's involvement in Chacoan Research to John Kantner, when in fact the project is the effort is being directed by Carrie ...
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2016
25
Sep
Utah Public Lands Initiative Clears House Committee
Utah Public Lands Initiative Clears House Committee
The House Natural Resources Committee advanced the Public Lands Initiative on Thursday, moving the bill to the full House with a week to go before Congress adjourns until after the election. The PLI, sponsored by Utah Reps. Rob Bishop and Jason Ch...
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2016
12
Sep
Piecing History Back Together: A Lesson from the Past about the Future of the Bears Ears
Ben Bellorado, Archaeologist
(September 13, 2016)—Cultural affiliation studies are particularly important tools that Native peoples, anthropologists, and archaeologists use to demonstrate tangible links between people of the ancient past and contemporary societies. These studies are especially ...
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2016
11
Sep
Florence Lister Passes
Florence Lister Passes
Florence Lister, a prominent archaeologist in the American Southwest, died Sunday at her home in Mancos. She was 96. “She succeeded in a field that was dominated by men, and she found her own niche, and she lived long enough to write major books that helped the public under...
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2016
28
Aug
Continued Momentum for Bears Ears
NY Times Recognizes Presidential Legacy through Monument Creation
President Obama seems most comfortable outside on an 18-hole golf course, not hunting bear in Colorado, as Theodore Roosevelt did while president in 1905, or deep-sea fishing for tarpon in the Texas Gulf, as Franklin D. Roosevelt, an ...
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2016
21
Aug
Ancient Solar Storms Offer a New Method for Calibrating Dendrochronology
Ancient Solar Storms Offer a New Method for Calibrating Dendrochronology
Archaeologists believe they have identified a new way of putting accurate dates to great events of prehistory. Rare and spectacular storms on the sun appear to have left their mark in forests and fields around the planet over t...
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2016
09
Aug
Editorial: Bill Doelle Argues for Preserving Bears Ears
Editorial: Archaeology Southwest President Bill Doelle Argues for Preserving Bears Ears
Public lands don't offer enough protections, and this remarkable land in Utah is under attack. http://bit.ly/2aXNoFO - Arizona Republic
AZ Governor Appoints Kathryn Leonard as the New SHPO
On August 8, 2016, Go...
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2016
10
Jul
Interior Secretary Jewell to Host Public Meeting on Bears Ears (7/10/16)
Debate over Bear's Ears Hits Fevered Pitch
Rep. Rob Bishop plans to unveil long-awaited legislation next week to preserve some areas of the Bears Ears region in southeastern Utah just ahead of a visit by Interior Secretary Sally Jewell. Bishop also plans to fast-track his much-anticipated Public L...
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2016
03
Jul
Utah's Blatant Double Standard on Access to Public Lands (7/3/16)
Utah's Blatant Double Standard on Access to Public Lands
Utah government seems to have a double standard when it comes to allowing access to sensitive public lands. When San Juan County Commissioner Phil Lyman was charged and convicted in federal court with organizing a motorized vehicle ride thro...
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2016
19
Jun
Archaeologists Petition the White House for a Bears Ears Monument
Archaeologists Petition the White House for a Bears Ears Monument
How a 1.9 million-acre parcel in southeast Utah dotted with archaeological and historical sites is managed has been a source of contention for years. Now, with less than one year left of Barack Obama's presidency, multiple groups ha...
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