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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2012
30
Dec
Arizona Republic Claims Repatriation of the Magician's Burial was Controversial
Arizona Republic Claims Repatriation of the Magician's Burial Was Controversial
On an unknown date at an unidentified location, the U.S. government turned over a collection of undisclosed Sinagua artifacts to anonymous members of the Hopi Tribe for unspecified disposition. The mysterious proceeding...
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2012
05
Aug
Cliff Palace Closed to Public — Ancient Structures in Peril
Cliff Palace in Peril
Scott Travis stepped delicately around the ruins of Cliff Palace, his eyes deftly scanning the sandstone bricks, the carefully carved windows and the well-worn wooden beams of at one of Mesa Verde National Park’s most extensive cliff dwellings. Below him, hundreds of voices i...
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2012
06
May
Debate Over Cultural Affiliation at the Heart of a NAGPRA Dispute at UC San Diego
Debate Over Cultural Affiliation at the Heart of a NAGPRA Dispute at UC San Diego
The fate of the nearly 10,000-year-old remains unearthed in 1976 during renovation work at the University of California at San Diego (UCSD) chancellor’s house in La Jolla, California, are still undecided. A feder...
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2011
28
Aug
Arizona Republic Declares Sonoran Desert Heritage Proposal Worth Supporting
Arizona Republic Declares Sonoran Desert Heritage Proposal Worth Supporting
Mix together the military, wildlife, petroglyphs, tourism, the desert and economic development . . . and you have one amazing idea. It's called the Sonoran Desert Heritage Proposal, and if approved by Congress, it would p...
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2011
19
Jun
Arizona Historic Preservation Conference Begins This Wednesday, June 22
Arizona Historic Preservation Conference Begins This Wednesday, June 22
The 9th Annual Arizona Historic Preservation Conference: “Valuing Historic Perspectives” will take place June 22 through June 24, 2011 at the University Park Marriott in Tucson, 880 East Second St. The conference, hosted by...
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2011
12
Jun
Animal Rights Groups Claim Wild Horses are a Species Native to North America
Animal Rights Groups Claim Wild Horses Are a Species Native to North America
Animal rights groups are pressing a case in federal court maintaining that wild horses roamed the West about 1.5 million years ago and didn't disappear until as recently as 7,600 years ago. More important, they say, a growi...
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2011
22
May
2011 Arizona Archaeology Advisory Commission Awards in Public Archaeology Annouced
2011 Arizona Archaeology Advisory Commission Awards in Public Archaeology Annouced
The Governor’s Archaeology Advisory Commission is presenting its 25thAnnual Awards in Public Archaeology. The Awards are presented to individuals, organizations and/or programs that have significantly contributedto...
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2011
10
Apr
Article Examines Contested Lands and Multiple Histories at Wupatki National Monument
Contested Lands and Multiple Histories at Wupatki National Monument
On a nice day last fall, a young Navajo, Anthony (Tony) Davis, walked across his ancestral land in Wupatki National Monument, with his sights set on a two-room stone house on a bluff about a quarter mile from the modern visitor cent...
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2010
17
Dec
Durango Herald Alleges Archaeologists Dealing in Illicit Artifact Trade
Allegations of Artifact Dealing by Public Employees and Archaeologists Featured in Durango Herald
A federal informant named Ted Dan Gardiner visited a house in Fort Collins on July 17, 2008, hoping to secretly tape evidence of illegal dealings in ancient artifacts. He came back with hints that pub...
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2010
26
Oct
Global Conference Explores Preservation Archaeology
Global Conference Explores Preservation Archaeology
So, how can we manage these sites in a sustainable fashion? How can we create a system of site selection, preservation, and conservation that helps the local economy protect a cultural treasure that ultimately belongs to the world? How can techn...
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