2013
05
May
Excavations at Sky Harbor Reveal More Information on Hohokam Canal Systems
Excavations at Sky Harbor Reveal More Information on Hohokam Canal Systems
Under the dull roar of an airplane descending toward Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport’s north runway, Kenny Bowekaty cordons off a roughly 4-foot-square section of earth. Slowly, Bowekaty works through the dirt, so...
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2012
20
Aug
At Home and on the Road
By Katherine A. Dungan, Research Assistant
It’s hard to believe we’ve been back from the field for a little over a month now. Thanks again to our students for all the hard work that made this field season such a success! Now that the field work is over, it’s time to get laboratory...
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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
24
Jul
Substantial Progress in Thwarting the Sale of Illicit Antiquities
Substantial Progress in Thwarting the Sale of Illicit Antiquities
Across the country measures taken to curb the trade in looted artifacts are making it more difficult for collectors of antiquities to donate, or sell, the cultural treasures that fill their homes, display cases and storage units. Muse...
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2012
01
Jul
Significant Red Mountain Phase Discoveries in Phoenix Highlight Familiar Tensions between Science, Government, and Development
Significant Red Mountain Phase Discoveries in Phoenix Highlight Familiar Tensions between Science, Government, and Development
Archeologists said they've found ancient artifacts that could date back to before the Hohokams in dirt removed from the downtown Phoenix construction site of the Maricopa ...
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2011
07
Aug
Pecos Conference Starts Thursday
Pecos Conference Opens Thursday, August 11th
The Pecos Conference is an annual conference of archaeologists that is held in the southwestern United States or northwestern Mexico. Each August, archaeologists gather under open skies somewhere in the southwestern United States or northwestern Mexico. T...
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2011
24
Apr
Budget Politics Prevents Opening of Center for New Mexico Archaeology
Budget Politics Prevents Opening of Center for New Mexico Archaeology
When you walk into the cavernous storage area at the Center for New Mexico Archaeology off N.M. 599 southwest of Santa Fe, what leaps to mind is the warehouse scene of Raiders of the Lost Ark, the classic 1981 film. For Americ...
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