2014
16
Nov
Clovis-Era Infant Burials Documented in Alaska
Clovis-Era Infant Burials Documented in Alaska
Warning - This article contains images of human remains.
Five years ago, Ben Potter made a dramatic discovery: the partially burned remains of a cremated 3-year-old child, left to rest in a hearth at Upward Sun River, one of the oldest settlements in Al...
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2014
26
Oct
Woman Vandalizes 10 Western National Parks and Posts the Evidence on Instagram
Woman Vandalizes 10 Western National Parks and Posts the Evidence on Instagram
She calls it art, proudly signing her urban-influenced sketches and posting photos of them online, like a sort of Banksy in the wild. The National Park Service calls it criminal. The agency on Thursday announced it was...
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2014
19
Oct
Reflections on the Life and Career of Archaeologist George Frison
Reflections on the Life and Career of George Frison
The story, Frison said, is exactly what the title suggests. He recounts a mid-life transition from rancher to university student to professor of anthropology. Drawing on experience working with and hunting large animals, Frison focused his resear...
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2014
18
May
DNA from Clovis-Era Skeleton Found in Mexico Confirms Modern Native American Ancestry
DNA from Clovis-Era Skeleton Found in Mexico Confirms Modern Native American Ancestry
An international team of scientists have uncovered the most genetically complete human skeleton from the New World yet, dating back more than 12,000 years. The skeleton, discovered in an underwater cave system in t...
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2014
20
Apr
A Look at the Attack on the Antiquities Act
A Look at the Attack on the Antiquities Act
Some in congress want to change a bill that allows presidents to designate national monuments. Should we care? Some in congress want to change a bill that allows presidents to designate national monuments. Should we care? Recently, U.S. Representative Rob...
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2014
16
Feb
Genome of Clovis Era Individual Sequenced, Revealing Asian Origins of Ancient Americans
Genome of Clovis Era Individual Sequenced, Revealing Asian Origins of Ancient Americans
Nearly 13,000 years ago, a baby boy died in what is Montana today. Mourners stained his tiny body with red ochre and entombed him with artefacts that had likely been in his family for generations. After lying u...
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2013
24
Nov
European DNA Found in Remains of a 24,000-Year-Old Siberian Answers Many Questions about Ancient New World Populations
European DNA Found in Remains of a 24,000-Year-Old Siberian Answers Many Questions about Ancient New World Populations
The 24,000-year-old remains of a young boy from the Siberian village of Mal’ta have added a new root to the family tree of indigenous Americans. While some of the New World's nati...
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2013
27
Oct
Colorado Protects Remains of Clovis Era Structures
Colorado Protects Remains of Clovis Era Structures
The Mountaineer Site, on the summit of western Colorado's Tenderfoot Mountain, is home to some of the oldest structures in North America. Dating back 10,000 years to what archaeologists refer as the Folsom Period, the eight Paleoindian dwellings un...
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2013
24
Mar
Representative Grijalva Sponsors Legislation to Create the Great Bend of the Gila National Monument and the Santa Cruz Valley National Heritage Area
Representative Grijalva Sponsors Legislation to Create the Great Bend of the Gila National Monument and the Santa Cruz Valley National Heritage Area
Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva today introduced six bills focused on the management, conservation, and long-term stewardship of federal land in Arizona and thr...
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2013
15
Mar
An Archaeology Road Show
By Matt Peeples, Preservation Archaeologist
A few Saturdays ago, on March 2, 2013, Doug Gann and I traveled up to the Casa Malpais Archaeological Park and Museum in Springerville, Arizona, for a regional Archaeology Road Show. Supported by the Arizona Humanities Council, this event repres...
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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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2012
29
Apr
The Black Mat (not) From Outer Space
The Black Mat (not) From Outer Space
A giant cosmic collision with Earth and an asteroid or comet is now the leading culprit behind the mass extinction that ended the Age of Dinosaurs about 65 million years ago. However, there is much controversy regarding whether a cosmic explosion, or something el...
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