2015
31
May
Archaeology Southwest's Paul Reed Explains How Oil and Gas Development Threatens the Chaco Landscape
Archaeology Southwest's Paul Reed Explains How Oil and Gas Development Threatens the Chaco Landscape
Chaco Culture National Historical Park, and affiliated sites on nearby Navajo Nation and Bureau of Land Management lands, are designated as a World Heritage Site – one of only 22 such sites in the...
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2015
24
May
Continuing Efforts to Fight for the Preservation of the Chaco Landscape
Continuing Efforts to Fight for the Preservation of the Chaco Landscape
Over the past few months, I have continued to advocate for protection of the Greater Chaco Landscape. This has included attending a number of meetings with Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and other officials, conducting a tour...
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2015
12
May
What Is Public Archaeology?
By Paul F. Reed, Preservation Archaeologist
May 12, 2015—Scott Michlin welcomed me back to his morning radio program in March (listen here).
We discussed the realm of public archaeology. “Public,” in this case, refers to the funding stream and to the nature of the work completed.
The init...
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2015
15
Apr
What Most of Us Are Doing This Week: Ridiculously Long Titles Edition
Karen Gust Schollmeyer, Preservation Archaeologist
Many of us here at Archaeology Southwest will be spending part of this week in San Francisco, California, at the Society for American Archaeology Annual Meeting. Every year, thousands of archaeologists flock to a different North American city to o...
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2015
29
Mar
National Endowment for the Humanities Provides Grant to Digitize and Preserve Data from Salmon Pueblo
National Endowment for the Humanities Provides Grant to Digitize and Preserve Data from Salmon Pueblo
Carrie Heitman, an assistant professor of archaeology at UNL, will lead the digitization of the Salmon Pueblo Archaeological Research Collection that tells the story of the indigenous Chacoan cultur...
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2014
21
Dec
The Case for Preserving Places of the Past
The Case for Preserving Places of the Past
Archeologists and cultural experts define significant cultural places in various ways. Peter Nabokov, a professor of American Indian Studies and World Arts and Cultures at UCLA, puts it this way: "Their spirits of place dwelled among, could be identified ...
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2014
02
Nov
Museum of Northern Arizona Selects New Director
Museum of Northern Arizona Selects New Director
The Museum of Northern Arizona has a new director and CEO. Carrie M. Heinonen will be stepping in for Robert Breunig, according to information from the museum. Breunig announced his retirement from the position earlier this year and will be leaving in...
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2014
12
Oct
The Landscape of the Chacoan World Is Being Lost to Hydraulic Fracturing
The Landscape of the Chacoan World Is Being Lost to Hydraulic Fracturing
Environmental groups argue if the wells are built close to Chaco Canyon and along a corridor that runs to other ancient sites, they might destroy cultural heritage and endanger Chaco’s designation as one of the best places ...
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2014
21
Aug
Food and Fertility
By Paul F. Reed, Preservation Archaeologist and Chaco Scholar at Salmon Ruins
I was on Scott Michlin’s radio show for my monthly visit in July. You can listen to our conversation here.
The topic was a recent study that discussed an ancient baby boom among the Pueblo people of the South...
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2014
28
Jun
Seeing is Believing: The Importance of Field Trips
Danielle Gilbert, Preservation Archaeology Field School Student
Preservation, excavation, and education are just a few of the goals of the Preservation Archaeology Field School, and after only three weeks in the field, I feel that I have a new appreciation and understanding of these concepts. I h...
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2014
29
May
Chaco’s Legacy
Chaco’s Legacy Offers 3D Vision of an Ancient Pueblo World
Powered by interactive gaming technology, a new touch-screen experience developed by Archaeology Southwest helps heritage tourists explore connections among thousand-year-old pueblos in northwestern New Mexico.
Tucson, AZ (PRWEB)...
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2014
25
May
President Obama Declares New National Monument in Southwest New Mexico
President Obama Declares New National Monument in Southwest New Mexico
President Obama’s record on public lands protection has been spotty – as of January 2013, he’d opened more than twice as many acres to drilling as he’d conserved. Lately, though, the POTUS has been on a bit of a roll. O...
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