Southwestern Archaeology Making the News - A Service of the Center for Desert Archaeology
- Arizona Republic Advocates Expansion of Casa Grande National Monument: The National Park Service, which oversees Casa Grande monument, has done extensive studies and public outreach that make a strong case for the proposed expansion. The addition fits the Park Service's dual mission of preservation and interpretation. Enlarging the monument would protect evidence that current and future researchers need to continue answering the many questions about the Hohokam, whose culture faded away after 1450. This is part of our American heritage that must not be lost.
http://tinyurl.com/ya2o4wy - Arizona Republic
- BLM and Utah Stakeholders Reach Compromise on Preservation in Nine Mile Canyon: A wide coalition of interests -- including conservationists, tribal leaders, land regulators and a natural-gas developer -- has reached an agreement that could curtail the fight over damage to rock art in Nine Mile Canyon, state and federal officials announced Tuesday. The document, scheduled for signing Jan. 5, outlines how the U.S. Bureau of Land Management proposes to protect pictographs and petroglyphs created by Puebloan ancestors who lived throughout the Southwest more than 700 years ago.
http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_14050574
- Pressure Mounts to Reestablish Wilderness Study Areas: The conservation community is counting on Ken Salazar, the native Coloradan heading the Interior Department, to reverse a ruling by his predecessor. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) used to be able to set aside land in Colorado and elsewhere as "Wilderness Study Areas (WSAs)" to be protected from development until Congress could decide whether to permanently designate all or part of it as federal wilderness. That WSA determination process was halted by Bush administration Interior Secretary Gail Norton, but Salazar could reinstate it.
http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/11926-1
- Archaeology Cafe in Tucson to Examine Historical Impact and Future Potential of Tucson's Electric Streetcars: The next meeting of Archaeology Cafe will take place on Tuesday, January 5, 2010, at 6:00 pm. Our guest this month will be transit historian Gene Caywood, who will share the history of Tucson's electric streetcars, as well as information about the City of Tucson's Modern Streetcar Project.
http://www.cdarc.org/2009/12/02/archaeology-cafe-tucsons-transportation-history/
- California to Examine Preservation on Route 66: Of the eight states through which Route 66 passed -- the others are Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico and Arizona -- California is the only one that has not done a cultural survey of the highway.
http://tinyurl.com/yahpsg9 - Los Angeles Times
- Pueblo Grande Museum Honored with AAM Accreditation: Phoenix’s Pueblo Grande Museum and Archaeological Park has, for the second time, earned a rare distinction from the American Association of Museums. The Association recently renewed Pueblo Grande Museum’s Accreditation, an honor earned by less than 5 percent of the 17,500 museums in the United States.
http://phoenix.gov/news/122209pueblo.html
- Efforts to Save Comanche Language Begin at Texas Tech: This fall, a Texas Tech University professor of anthropology will begin the difficult task of collecting the remnants of the near-extinct Comanche language, then creating a way it can be taught in a university setting. Jeff Williams, chairman of the Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Social Work, will serve as an external evaluator for Numu Tekwapu, a project to document and revitalize the Comanche language. He will work with tribe members and researchers at Comanche Nation College in Lawton, Okla., to record what’s left of the language and create a method for teaching it to students at the college.
http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/living/79894182.html
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Thursday, December 24, 2009
Friday, October 31, 2008
Magdalena Pilgrimage Discouraged, Bush Administration Steps Up Threat to Nine Mile Canyon
Southwest Archaeology Making the News - A Service of the Center for Desert Archaeology
- Increased Violence Impacts Centuries-old Pilgrimage: Officials with the Tohono O’odham Nation are recommending that members of the nation not make the annual pilgrimage to the Church of St. Francis in Magdalena, Mexico, due to the threats of violence in the area. For a number of months the region has been experiencing heightened violence between competing drug cartels.
http://www.cdarc.org/page/zaf - Fox 11 News
- Potential Wilderness Areas Threatened by Proposed Energy Development: And on Election Day, when citizens most likely will be focused elsewhere, the BLM will announce an oil- and gas-lease sale involving large swaths of public land considered worthy of wilderness status - including artifact-rich Nine Mile Canyon, Desolation Canyon and areas around Dinosaur National Monument.
http://www.sltrib.com/News/ci_10860511
- Interview with UA Anthropology Department Head: In September, Barbara Mills became the first woman to lead the University of Arizona Department of Anthropology, but that wasn't the first time Mills broke gender records.
http://www.tucsonweekly.com/gbase/Currents/Content?oid=oid:117780
- Concerns over Allocation of NAGPRA Funds: Each year, the office responsible for administrating the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act offers grant money to tribes to help them work to get back human remains and artifacts, as mandated by the law. Tribes have sometimes complained that there isn’t enough money to do this work, but this year there was actually money left over in the funds allocated by Congress.
http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/33635349.html
- Kumeyaay Repatriation Request Denied: In the latest twist in the tug-of-war between Native Americans and anthropologists, officials at the University of California have decided not to repatriate a pair of well-preserved skeletons that are nearly 10,000 years old.
http://www.nature.com/news/2008/081029/full/4551156a.html
- Colonial Hohokam Village Unearthed at Cordes Junction: While performing a planning study for a new traffic interchange at Cordes Junction in 1998, the Arizona Department of Transportation came across a sizable scatter of surface artifacts lying adjacent to the current interchange.
http://verdenews.com/main.asp?SectionID=74&subsectionID=696&articleID=28280
- Arizona Historical Society Hires Architect for New Facility: The Arizona Historical Society has selected an architect for its museum at Rio Nuevo. The museum, expected to cost up to $80 million to build and equip, will be designed by the Denver firm of Fentress Architects.
http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/metro/265028.php
- Museum Expansion Results in Relocation of Graves, New Legislation: The disturbance of graves at the Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum grounds in Waco will result in an omnibus grave protection bill in the coming state legislative session, the head of a House committee said after a five-hour meeting on the matter Tuesday.
http://www.cdarc.org/page/5gnl - Waco Tribune
- Excavations in Santa Fe Expose Remains of 19th Century Sanitarium: Test pits under way off Palace Avenue will explore the history of Santa Fe's east side, where a national hotel chain hopes to redevelop the site of Santa Fe's first hospital. So far, the excavations, which began Monday, have turned up no surprises—mostly bricks, linoleum and other debris from previous buildings.
http://www.santafenewmexican.com/Local%20News/Digging-around
- In Defense of Saltcedar: There is nothing neutral about saltcedar. Imported to America's East Coast from Eurasia as a nursery plant in the early 1800s, the hardy shrub's popularity grew beyond ornamental purposes in the early 1900s, when thousands were planted out West to stabilize irrigation canals and control erosion along elevated Southern Pacific rail lines. Satisfaction turned to alarm when the eight imported species of saltcedar, also called tamarisk, escaped cultivation and spread too fast.
http://uanews.org/node/22298
- Participation Forms for the 2009 Archaeology Expo Now Online: The 2009 Arizona Archaeology Expo will be held on March 14-15, 2009 (Saturday and Sunday) at the Pueblo Grande Museum and Archaeological Park (PGM) in Phoenix. If you would like to participate in the Expo, please fill out the attached form and return to SHPO by November 28, 2008. The form can also be downloaded at the link below. (Please note that the SHPO has the right to refuse participation. All excavations and research featured at the Expo must meet state and/or Secretary of Interior standards for archaeological investigations.)
http://azstateparks.com/partnerships/shpo/shpo.html
- New Documentary on the Antikythera Mechanism: Improved technology increasingly is revealing unimagined facts about the impressive accomplishments of ancient societies. To see a fascinating account of modern imaging techniques uncovering the complexities of an ancient machine, watch The Antikythera Mechanism: Decoding an Ancient Greek Mystery, the latest video feature on our nonprofit streaming-media Web site, The Archaeology Channel.
http://www.archaeologychannel.org
- Employment Opportunity, Pima Community College: Laboratory Specialist-Archaeology. $17.66 Per hour. Support field and laboratory classes offered through the Archaeology Centre by helping to plan, organize and coordinate technical work in the preparation and maintenance of set-ups, handouts, forms, supplies and equipment for archaeology field and indoor laboratory; and to assist students in field and laboratory projects. demonstrate correct field/laboratory methods, practices and techniques; provide assistance and instruction to students on matters related to field/laboratory assignments and projects. Requirements: Bachelor's Degree in Anthropology, Archaeology or related field, or Associate's Degree in Anthropology/Archaeology and two years archaeology field and/or archaeology lab experience; knowledge of operational characteristics of archaeological field/laboratory apparatus, equipment and materials as well as the use of high tech equipment associated with archaeology (e.g. computers, GPS, electronic survey equipment, etc). Complete job description available below.
http://www.pima.edu/pimajobs/
Thanks to Adrienne Rankin, Brian Kenny, and Dan Garcia for their contributions to today's newsletter.
- Increased Violence Impacts Centuries-old Pilgrimage: Officials with the Tohono O’odham Nation are recommending that members of the nation not make the annual pilgrimage to the Church of St. Francis in Magdalena, Mexico, due to the threats of violence in the area. For a number of months the region has been experiencing heightened violence between competing drug cartels.
http://www.cdarc.org/page/zaf - Fox 11 News
- Potential Wilderness Areas Threatened by Proposed Energy Development: And on Election Day, when citizens most likely will be focused elsewhere, the BLM will announce an oil- and gas-lease sale involving large swaths of public land considered worthy of wilderness status - including artifact-rich Nine Mile Canyon, Desolation Canyon and areas around Dinosaur National Monument.
http://www.sltrib.com/News/ci_10860511
- Interview with UA Anthropology Department Head: In September, Barbara Mills became the first woman to lead the University of Arizona Department of Anthropology, but that wasn't the first time Mills broke gender records.
http://www.tucsonweekly.com/gbase/Currents/Content?oid=oid:117780
- Concerns over Allocation of NAGPRA Funds: Each year, the office responsible for administrating the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act offers grant money to tribes to help them work to get back human remains and artifacts, as mandated by the law. Tribes have sometimes complained that there isn’t enough money to do this work, but this year there was actually money left over in the funds allocated by Congress.
http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/33635349.html
- Kumeyaay Repatriation Request Denied: In the latest twist in the tug-of-war between Native Americans and anthropologists, officials at the University of California have decided not to repatriate a pair of well-preserved skeletons that are nearly 10,000 years old.
http://www.nature.com/news/2008/081029/full/4551156a.html
- Colonial Hohokam Village Unearthed at Cordes Junction: While performing a planning study for a new traffic interchange at Cordes Junction in 1998, the Arizona Department of Transportation came across a sizable scatter of surface artifacts lying adjacent to the current interchange.
http://verdenews.com/main.asp?SectionID=74&subsectionID=696&articleID=28280
- Arizona Historical Society Hires Architect for New Facility: The Arizona Historical Society has selected an architect for its museum at Rio Nuevo. The museum, expected to cost up to $80 million to build and equip, will be designed by the Denver firm of Fentress Architects.
http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/metro/265028.php
- Museum Expansion Results in Relocation of Graves, New Legislation: The disturbance of graves at the Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum grounds in Waco will result in an omnibus grave protection bill in the coming state legislative session, the head of a House committee said after a five-hour meeting on the matter Tuesday.
http://www.cdarc.org/page/5gnl - Waco Tribune
- Excavations in Santa Fe Expose Remains of 19th Century Sanitarium: Test pits under way off Palace Avenue will explore the history of Santa Fe's east side, where a national hotel chain hopes to redevelop the site of Santa Fe's first hospital. So far, the excavations, which began Monday, have turned up no surprises—mostly bricks, linoleum and other debris from previous buildings.
http://www.santafenewmexican.com/Local%20News/Digging-around
- In Defense of Saltcedar: There is nothing neutral about saltcedar. Imported to America's East Coast from Eurasia as a nursery plant in the early 1800s, the hardy shrub's popularity grew beyond ornamental purposes in the early 1900s, when thousands were planted out West to stabilize irrigation canals and control erosion along elevated Southern Pacific rail lines. Satisfaction turned to alarm when the eight imported species of saltcedar, also called tamarisk, escaped cultivation and spread too fast.
http://uanews.org/node/22298
- Participation Forms for the 2009 Archaeology Expo Now Online: The 2009 Arizona Archaeology Expo will be held on March 14-15, 2009 (Saturday and Sunday) at the Pueblo Grande Museum and Archaeological Park (PGM) in Phoenix. If you would like to participate in the Expo, please fill out the attached form and return to SHPO by November 28, 2008. The form can also be downloaded at the link below. (Please note that the SHPO has the right to refuse participation. All excavations and research featured at the Expo must meet state and/or Secretary of Interior standards for archaeological investigations.)
http://azstateparks.com/partnerships/shpo/shpo.html
- New Documentary on the Antikythera Mechanism: Improved technology increasingly is revealing unimagined facts about the impressive accomplishments of ancient societies. To see a fascinating account of modern imaging techniques uncovering the complexities of an ancient machine, watch The Antikythera Mechanism: Decoding an Ancient Greek Mystery, the latest video feature on our nonprofit streaming-media Web site, The Archaeology Channel.
http://www.archaeologychannel.org
- Employment Opportunity, Pima Community College: Laboratory Specialist-Archaeology. $17.66 Per hour. Support field and laboratory classes offered through the Archaeology Centre by helping to plan, organize and coordinate technical work in the preparation and maintenance of set-ups, handouts, forms, supplies and equipment for archaeology field and indoor laboratory; and to assist students in field and laboratory projects. demonstrate correct field/laboratory methods, practices and techniques; provide assistance and instruction to students on matters related to field/laboratory assignments and projects. Requirements: Bachelor's Degree in Anthropology, Archaeology or related field, or Associate's Degree in Anthropology/Archaeology and two years archaeology field and/or archaeology lab experience; knowledge of operational characteristics of archaeological field/laboratory apparatus, equipment and materials as well as the use of high tech equipment associated with archaeology (e.g. computers, GPS, electronic survey equipment, etc). Complete job description available below.
http://www.pima.edu/pimajobs/
Thanks to Adrienne Rankin, Brian Kenny, and Dan Garcia for their contributions to today's newsletter.
Monday, October 20, 2008
Havasupai Accuse ASU of Misusing Bio-Anthropological Data, Archaeology and Threats to Archaeology in Utah
Archaeology Making the News - A Service of the Center for Desert Archaeology
- Members of Havasupai Tribe Accuse ASU Researchers of Serious Misconduct: Aral Putesoy Kaska knows all about the Arizona State University research project on diabetes. She remembers the debate among the tribe, the reluctance, the questions of trust. But in the end, she gave her blood, convinced by her Havasupai Tribal Council that scientists in Tempe could find answers to stop the disease from spreading to her daughters and the grandchildren she hoped one day to have. It never occurred to her – and she wouldn’t know for 13 years – that the blood of an isolated group of Native Americans, among the oldest blood on the continent, would be considered so rare it would be a “gold mine” to scientists – not to study diabetes, but to study mental illness, inbreeding and Indian migration patterns, studies that assaulted both her culture and her religion. On top of that, she and the tribe discovered they were never going to get the precious answers they sought, because in all those years, ASU had not done the genetic diabetic research it promised.
http://www.cdarc.org/page/dp3o - Phoenix Magazine
- Archaeologists Complete Survey of Remote Desolation Canyon: History buffs have wrapped up a three-year project exploring one of Utah's most rugged places, a stretch of the Green River called Desolation Canyon. What they found is evidence of a mysterious people from 1,000 years ago who may have earned a living there but didn't actually live there. Desolation Canyon is so remote and rugged the only practical way to explore the archaeology is by river. Dennis Willis, with the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, said, "It was one of those kind of things where everybody knew there was a lot of archaeology there, but nobody knew what or where."
http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=4552067
- Oil and Gas Industry Ignorant of Impacts to the Archaeology of Nine Mile Canyon: As it is, the ancient rock-art figure and dozens around it in Rasmussen Cave are cordoned off for belated protection behind a log fence built by the new owner, Denver-based Bill Barrett Corp. The whir of the energy company's 10 natural gas compressors pulses like a nearby freeway. A fine cloud of Utah silt stirs in the air as the semis pass, some of it settling on the rock - brushing or rinsing it off is like rubbing sandpaper on the stone.
http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_10759614?source=rss
- Santa Cruz Valley Heriatge Alliance Fall Celebration to be Held at Tucson's Historic Hotel Congress: Join us Thursday October 30th for the Santa Cruz Valley Heritage Alliance's Fall Celebration & Fundraiser at the historic Hotel Congress! Please join us for a fun evening of food and drinks, while we celebrate the rich heritage of the Santa Cruz Valley. Meet our Board of Directors and staff. Network with fellow heritage enthusiast. Learn about the proposed Santa Cruz Valley National Heritage Area. Become a member. Win a heritage prize in our raffle. Participate in our silent auction for a Kino Heritage Fruit Tree, limited-edition art, or a Tohono O’odham turtle basket.
http://www.santacruzheritage.org/fallevent08
- National Association of Tribal Historic Preseravtion Officers Supprted by Getty Foundation: The Getty Foundation in Los Angeles has announced a grant to the National Association of Tribal Historic Preservation Officers (“NATHPO”) of $125,000 to support the “National Native Museum Training Program,” which provides training and leadership development opportunities for the directors and staffs of Indian tribes’ museums and cultural centers. Goals of this four-year initiative are to provide a variety of training and leadership opportunities for tribal museum directors, as well as current and future tribal museum personnel, by offering two directors’ seminars, four skills workshops, and up to twenty (20) national fellowships.
http://nathpo.org/mainpage.html
- Blogsphere Takes Verison and McCain Ranch Pithouse Story into Absurdity: So there's is a "prehistoric rock ring and possible pit house" on McCain's property and they built a radioactive cell tower on top of it and now he is cursed for a thousand generations, the end.
http://www.cdarc.org/page/bvhr - Gawker.com
- Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society Used Booksale this Saturday: The Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society is please to announce its next used book sale. The large collection available for this sale represents a wide variety of topics and geographical interests with a special emphasis on the anthropology, archaeology, and ethnohistory of the Southwest United States and Mexico. There are many hard-to-find titles in an individually, yet reasonably priced section. General book prices start at $1. Journals start at 50¢. Proceeds from the sale help support the Arizona State Museum Library. When: Saturday, October 25, 2008, 9-4 PM. AAHS and ASM members admitted at 8 AM for exclusive shopping. Where: Arizona State Museum South Building (southeast corner Park Ave and University Blvd). More information: Todd Pitezel at 520-730-8686 or pitezel@email.arizona.edu
- The Fort Lewis College Department of Anthropology is accepting applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Historical Archaeology starting Fall 2009. The Department of Anthropology is located in the Center for Southwest Studies where it shares space and program interests with the Department of Southwest Studies, the Program in Native American and Indigenous Studies, and the Office of Community Services. The student population of about 4,000 is diverse, with 19% Native American and 5% Hispanic students.
http://www.cdarc.org/sat/flc.doc - MS Word Document
- Two New Videos on the Archaeology Channel Examine Research on Pre-Clovis Occupations of North America: Recent excavations at a number of sites, including Cactus Hill located along the Nottoway River in southwest Virginia, have provided new evidence and raised new questions about when people ventured into the Americas. For many years, archaeologists thought that people arrived approximately 11,500 years ago. However, stone artifacts, charcoal, and soil, plant and animal remains suggest human habitation at Cactus Hill at least 18,000 years ago, when much of the continent was under ice.
http://www.archaeologychannel.org/
Thanks to Brian Kenny and Gerald Kelso for contributions to today's newsletter.
- Members of Havasupai Tribe Accuse ASU Researchers of Serious Misconduct: Aral Putesoy Kaska knows all about the Arizona State University research project on diabetes. She remembers the debate among the tribe, the reluctance, the questions of trust. But in the end, she gave her blood, convinced by her Havasupai Tribal Council that scientists in Tempe could find answers to stop the disease from spreading to her daughters and the grandchildren she hoped one day to have. It never occurred to her – and she wouldn’t know for 13 years – that the blood of an isolated group of Native Americans, among the oldest blood on the continent, would be considered so rare it would be a “gold mine” to scientists – not to study diabetes, but to study mental illness, inbreeding and Indian migration patterns, studies that assaulted both her culture and her religion. On top of that, she and the tribe discovered they were never going to get the precious answers they sought, because in all those years, ASU had not done the genetic diabetic research it promised.
http://www.cdarc.org/page/dp3o - Phoenix Magazine
- Archaeologists Complete Survey of Remote Desolation Canyon: History buffs have wrapped up a three-year project exploring one of Utah's most rugged places, a stretch of the Green River called Desolation Canyon. What they found is evidence of a mysterious people from 1,000 years ago who may have earned a living there but didn't actually live there. Desolation Canyon is so remote and rugged the only practical way to explore the archaeology is by river. Dennis Willis, with the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, said, "It was one of those kind of things where everybody knew there was a lot of archaeology there, but nobody knew what or where."
http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=4552067
- Oil and Gas Industry Ignorant of Impacts to the Archaeology of Nine Mile Canyon: As it is, the ancient rock-art figure and dozens around it in Rasmussen Cave are cordoned off for belated protection behind a log fence built by the new owner, Denver-based Bill Barrett Corp. The whir of the energy company's 10 natural gas compressors pulses like a nearby freeway. A fine cloud of Utah silt stirs in the air as the semis pass, some of it settling on the rock - brushing or rinsing it off is like rubbing sandpaper on the stone.
http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_10759614?source=rss
- Santa Cruz Valley Heriatge Alliance Fall Celebration to be Held at Tucson's Historic Hotel Congress: Join us Thursday October 30th for the Santa Cruz Valley Heritage Alliance's Fall Celebration & Fundraiser at the historic Hotel Congress! Please join us for a fun evening of food and drinks, while we celebrate the rich heritage of the Santa Cruz Valley. Meet our Board of Directors and staff. Network with fellow heritage enthusiast. Learn about the proposed Santa Cruz Valley National Heritage Area. Become a member. Win a heritage prize in our raffle. Participate in our silent auction for a Kino Heritage Fruit Tree, limited-edition art, or a Tohono O’odham turtle basket.
http://www.santacruzheritage.org/fallevent08
- National Association of Tribal Historic Preseravtion Officers Supprted by Getty Foundation: The Getty Foundation in Los Angeles has announced a grant to the National Association of Tribal Historic Preservation Officers (“NATHPO”) of $125,000 to support the “National Native Museum Training Program,” which provides training and leadership development opportunities for the directors and staffs of Indian tribes’ museums and cultural centers. Goals of this four-year initiative are to provide a variety of training and leadership opportunities for tribal museum directors, as well as current and future tribal museum personnel, by offering two directors’ seminars, four skills workshops, and up to twenty (20) national fellowships.
http://nathpo.org/mainpage.html
- Blogsphere Takes Verison and McCain Ranch Pithouse Story into Absurdity: So there's is a "prehistoric rock ring and possible pit house" on McCain's property and they built a radioactive cell tower on top of it and now he is cursed for a thousand generations, the end.
http://www.cdarc.org/page/bvhr - Gawker.com
- Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society Used Booksale this Saturday: The Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society is please to announce its next used book sale. The large collection available for this sale represents a wide variety of topics and geographical interests with a special emphasis on the anthropology, archaeology, and ethnohistory of the Southwest United States and Mexico. There are many hard-to-find titles in an individually, yet reasonably priced section. General book prices start at $1. Journals start at 50¢. Proceeds from the sale help support the Arizona State Museum Library. When: Saturday, October 25, 2008, 9-4 PM. AAHS and ASM members admitted at 8 AM for exclusive shopping. Where: Arizona State Museum South Building (southeast corner Park Ave and University Blvd). More information: Todd Pitezel at 520-730-8686 or pitezel@email.arizona.edu
- The Fort Lewis College Department of Anthropology is accepting applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Historical Archaeology starting Fall 2009. The Department of Anthropology is located in the Center for Southwest Studies where it shares space and program interests with the Department of Southwest Studies, the Program in Native American and Indigenous Studies, and the Office of Community Services. The student population of about 4,000 is diverse, with 19% Native American and 5% Hispanic students.
http://www.cdarc.org/sat/flc.doc - MS Word Document
- Two New Videos on the Archaeology Channel Examine Research on Pre-Clovis Occupations of North America: Recent excavations at a number of sites, including Cactus Hill located along the Nottoway River in southwest Virginia, have provided new evidence and raised new questions about when people ventured into the Americas. For many years, archaeologists thought that people arrived approximately 11,500 years ago. However, stone artifacts, charcoal, and soil, plant and animal remains suggest human habitation at Cactus Hill at least 18,000 years ago, when much of the continent was under ice.
http://www.archaeologychannel.org/
Thanks to Brian Kenny and Gerald Kelso for contributions to today's newsletter.
Friday, October 10, 2008
Memorial for Hartman Lomawaima, National Register Status for Nine Mile Canyon, Waco Countersues CRM Firm. National Trust News
Southwestern Archaeology Making the News - A Service of the Center for Desert Archaeology
- Memorial for Hartman Lomawaima Tomorrow at the University of Arizona: A memorial service for Hartman H. Lomawaima will be held on Saturday, Oct. 11, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Student Union Memorial Center, South Ballroom, which is now ADA-compliant. Lomawaima was the director of the Arizona State Museum when he died last July 8 at age 58 after a year-long battle with cancer. A native of Second Mesa on the Hopi Nation in northern Arizona, Lomawaima spent his career bridging Native and non-Native cultures over contentious issues such as repatriation of culturally sensitive materials housed in museum collections.
http://uanews.org/node/21852
- BLM to Nominate Nine Mile Canyon Sites to National Register: In cooperation with Utah's historic preservation office, the United States Bureau of Land Management plans to nominate the cultural resources sites within Nine Mile Canyon to the National Register of Historic Places. Nine Mile Canyon is perhaps best-known for its thousands of petroglyphs and pictographs. Listing in the National Register would further acknowledge the unique and irreplaceable cultural resources.
http://www.sunad.com/index.php?tier=1&article_id=14237
http://www.sltrib.com/ci_10656134
- City of Waco Countersues American Archaeology Group Over Texas Ranger Musuem: The city of Waco is countersuing an archaeological firm, blaming American Archaeology Group for allowing the city to expand the Texas Ranger Museum into an unmarked cemetery. In a counterclaim to the firm’s breach of contract lawsuit, the city alleges AAG was negligent in green-lighting the construction of an annex behind the museum.
http://www.cdarc.org/page/anrk - Waco Tribune
- Excavations Continue Northwest of Tucson: It was a foregone conclusion that work on a two-pronged construction project along North Silverbell Road would unearth some archaeological findings, Marana officials say. Just not this many. "We knew there would be a few things under the road," said Su Benaron, Marana's cultural resources manager. "But there was a lot we weren't expecting."
http://www.azstarnet.com/allheadlines/261109
http://www.cdarc.org/page/jb9w - Northwest Explorer
- National Trust Launches Website for Heritage Travelers: Washington, DC | The National Trust for Historic Preservation today announced the creation of Heritage Travel, Inc., a comprehensive, online resource for heritage travelers and historic destinations. Heritage Travel, a new, for-profit subsidiary, will launch its new website in early 2009. The site will provide extensive visibility for historic destinations, enable consumers to find and share heritage-rich experiences and provide a professional forum where historic destinations can network and share best practices.
http://www.hospitalitynet.org/news/154000320/4038094.html
- Heritage Travel, Connecting Places That Matter: Coming in early 2009 – the premier online destination for heritage travel content, planning, and community where people collaborate to enjoy and interpret heritage-rich experiences.
http://www.heritagetravelinc.com/
- Lecture Opportunity (Aztec NM): Paul Reed will speak at Aztec Ruins National Monument, Oct. 16, 6pm. The presentation will highlight Reed's new edited book: Chaco’s Northern Prodigies: Salmon, Aztec, and the Ascendancy of the Middle San Juan Region After AD 1100 (University of Utah Press, 2008). The lecture will be followed by a book signing with Reed, and contributors Gary Brown and Linda Wheelbarger.
- National Trust Accepting Most Endangered Places Nominations: National Trust for Historic Preservation is accepting nominations for its annual list of endangered places, which identifies examples of America's architectural, cultural and natural heritage that are at risk. Nominations are due Dec. 5. The 2009 list of 11 endangered historic places will be announced May 6.
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/081008/utravel/travel_notes_misc__endangered_1
http://www.PreservationNation.org/issues/11-most-endangered
-Texas Archaeology Fair has Strong Draw for the Public: (Saturday Oct 11) Anyone who plans to go to the 9th annual Archaeology Fair at Fort Concho National Historic Landmark better plan on spending a few hours. Some people expect to spend an hour or so, but they end up not wanting to leave, said Ginger Hudspeth of the Concho Valley Archeological Society, which sponsors the event.
http://gosanangelo.com/news/2008/oct/10/people-dig-archaeology-fair/
- Developer Plans to Raze Historic Mesa Home: The fate of what's believed to be the oldest house in Mesa's Temple Historic District will be on the line when the city's Historic Preservation Committee meets Thursday night. But the best the committee can do, chairman Jared Smith said, is give the building a six-month reprieve. After that, the owner will be legally free to tear it down. The property at 55 S. Mesa Drive is owned by T. Dennis Barney, according to Mesa's historic preservation officer, Anne Mullins.
http://www.cdarc.org/page/kb7w - Arizona Republic
- Bubonic Plague Returns to Four Corners Region: A northeast Arizona man has contracted bubonic plague and health agencies are urging Four Corners residents to help prevent the spread of the disease. The Apache County, Ariz., man who contracted the disease began showing symptoms in late September, the Navajo Nation said, including a 103-degree fever, chills, diarrhea and groin tenderness.
http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_10656129?source=rss
- Call for Papers, 11th Annual Julian D Hayden Student Paper Competition: The Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society is pleased to announce the competition, named in honor of long-time AAHS luminary, Julian Dodge Hayden. The winning entry will receive a cash prize of $500 and publication of the paper in Kiva, The Journal of Southwestern Anthropology and History. The competition is open to any bona fide undergraduate and graduate students at any recognized college or university. Co-authored papers will be accepted if all authors are students. Subject matter may include the anthropology, archaeology, history, linguistics, and ethnology of the American Southwest and northern Mexico, or any other topic appropriate for publication in Kiva. Papers should be no more than 25 double-spaced, typewritten pages (approximately 8,000 words), including figures, tables, and references, and should conform to Kiva format (see: http://www.altamirapress.com/RLA/journals/Kiva/Authors.shtml). If the paper involves living human subjects, author should verify, in the paper or cover letter, that necessary permissions to publish have been obtained. Previous entries will not be considered, and all decisions of the judge are final. If no publishable papers are received, no award will be given. Judging criteria include, but are not limited to, quality of writing, degree of original research and use of original data, appropriateness of subject matter, and length. Deadline for receipt of submissions is January 15, 2009; late entries will not be accepted. Send four copies of the paper and proof of student status to: Julian D. Hayden Student Paper Competition, AAHS, Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721-0026.
- Memorial for Hartman Lomawaima Tomorrow at the University of Arizona: A memorial service for Hartman H. Lomawaima will be held on Saturday, Oct. 11, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Student Union Memorial Center, South Ballroom, which is now ADA-compliant. Lomawaima was the director of the Arizona State Museum when he died last July 8 at age 58 after a year-long battle with cancer. A native of Second Mesa on the Hopi Nation in northern Arizona, Lomawaima spent his career bridging Native and non-Native cultures over contentious issues such as repatriation of culturally sensitive materials housed in museum collections.
http://uanews.org/node/21852
- BLM to Nominate Nine Mile Canyon Sites to National Register: In cooperation with Utah's historic preservation office, the United States Bureau of Land Management plans to nominate the cultural resources sites within Nine Mile Canyon to the National Register of Historic Places. Nine Mile Canyon is perhaps best-known for its thousands of petroglyphs and pictographs. Listing in the National Register would further acknowledge the unique and irreplaceable cultural resources.
http://www.sunad.com/index.php?tier=1&article_id=14237
http://www.sltrib.com/ci_10656134
- City of Waco Countersues American Archaeology Group Over Texas Ranger Musuem: The city of Waco is countersuing an archaeological firm, blaming American Archaeology Group for allowing the city to expand the Texas Ranger Museum into an unmarked cemetery. In a counterclaim to the firm’s breach of contract lawsuit, the city alleges AAG was negligent in green-lighting the construction of an annex behind the museum.
http://www.cdarc.org/page/anrk - Waco Tribune
- Excavations Continue Northwest of Tucson: It was a foregone conclusion that work on a two-pronged construction project along North Silverbell Road would unearth some archaeological findings, Marana officials say. Just not this many. "We knew there would be a few things under the road," said Su Benaron, Marana's cultural resources manager. "But there was a lot we weren't expecting."
http://www.azstarnet.com/allheadlines/261109
http://www.cdarc.org/page/jb9w - Northwest Explorer
- National Trust Launches Website for Heritage Travelers: Washington, DC | The National Trust for Historic Preservation today announced the creation of Heritage Travel, Inc., a comprehensive, online resource for heritage travelers and historic destinations. Heritage Travel, a new, for-profit subsidiary, will launch its new website in early 2009. The site will provide extensive visibility for historic destinations, enable consumers to find and share heritage-rich experiences and provide a professional forum where historic destinations can network and share best practices.
http://www.hospitalitynet.org/news/154000320/4038094.html
- Heritage Travel, Connecting Places That Matter: Coming in early 2009 – the premier online destination for heritage travel content, planning, and community where people collaborate to enjoy and interpret heritage-rich experiences.
http://www.heritagetravelinc.com/
- Lecture Opportunity (Aztec NM): Paul Reed will speak at Aztec Ruins National Monument, Oct. 16, 6pm. The presentation will highlight Reed's new edited book: Chaco’s Northern Prodigies: Salmon, Aztec, and the Ascendancy of the Middle San Juan Region After AD 1100 (University of Utah Press, 2008). The lecture will be followed by a book signing with Reed, and contributors Gary Brown and Linda Wheelbarger.
- National Trust Accepting Most Endangered Places Nominations: National Trust for Historic Preservation is accepting nominations for its annual list of endangered places, which identifies examples of America's architectural, cultural and natural heritage that are at risk. Nominations are due Dec. 5. The 2009 list of 11 endangered historic places will be announced May 6.
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/081008/utravel/travel_notes_misc__endangered_1
http://www.PreservationNation.org/issues/11-most-endangered
-Texas Archaeology Fair has Strong Draw for the Public: (Saturday Oct 11) Anyone who plans to go to the 9th annual Archaeology Fair at Fort Concho National Historic Landmark better plan on spending a few hours. Some people expect to spend an hour or so, but they end up not wanting to leave, said Ginger Hudspeth of the Concho Valley Archeological Society, which sponsors the event.
http://gosanangelo.com/news/2008/oct/10/people-dig-archaeology-fair/
- Developer Plans to Raze Historic Mesa Home: The fate of what's believed to be the oldest house in Mesa's Temple Historic District will be on the line when the city's Historic Preservation Committee meets Thursday night. But the best the committee can do, chairman Jared Smith said, is give the building a six-month reprieve. After that, the owner will be legally free to tear it down. The property at 55 S. Mesa Drive is owned by T. Dennis Barney, according to Mesa's historic preservation officer, Anne Mullins.
http://www.cdarc.org/page/kb7w - Arizona Republic
- Bubonic Plague Returns to Four Corners Region: A northeast Arizona man has contracted bubonic plague and health agencies are urging Four Corners residents to help prevent the spread of the disease. The Apache County, Ariz., man who contracted the disease began showing symptoms in late September, the Navajo Nation said, including a 103-degree fever, chills, diarrhea and groin tenderness.
http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_10656129?source=rss
- Call for Papers, 11th Annual Julian D Hayden Student Paper Competition: The Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society is pleased to announce the competition, named in honor of long-time AAHS luminary, Julian Dodge Hayden. The winning entry will receive a cash prize of $500 and publication of the paper in Kiva, The Journal of Southwestern Anthropology and History. The competition is open to any bona fide undergraduate and graduate students at any recognized college or university. Co-authored papers will be accepted if all authors are students. Subject matter may include the anthropology, archaeology, history, linguistics, and ethnology of the American Southwest and northern Mexico, or any other topic appropriate for publication in Kiva. Papers should be no more than 25 double-spaced, typewritten pages (approximately 8,000 words), including figures, tables, and references, and should conform to Kiva format (see: http://www.altamirapress.com/RLA/journals/Kiva/Authors.shtml). If the paper involves living human subjects, author should verify, in the paper or cover letter, that necessary permissions to publish have been obtained. Previous entries will not be considered, and all decisions of the judge are final. If no publishable papers are received, no award will be given. Judging criteria include, but are not limited to, quality of writing, degree of original research and use of original data, appropriateness of subject matter, and length. Deadline for receipt of submissions is January 15, 2009; late entries will not be accepted. Send four copies of the paper and proof of student status to: Julian D. Hayden Student Paper Competition, AAHS, Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721-0026.
Thursday, October 2, 2008
Navajo's Not Sure on Canyon De Chelly Takeover, Hopi Nation Stops 9 Mile Canyon Drilling, and More Preservation News
Southwestern Archaeology Making the News - A Service of the Center for Desert Archaeology
- Majority of Navajo Residents of Canyon de Chelly Oppose Plans for Navajo Nation Takeover of Park: A movement to have the Navajo Nation take over management of this 130-square-mile national monument from the National Park Service is premature and not supported by the majority of the canyon's residents, some residents charged at a public forum here Sunday. Residents expressed fear that a shift to tribal management would result in "chaos," unenforced regulations, and deterioration of the facilities.
http://navajotimes.com/news/1008/100208canyon.php
- Fusing Theory and Data in Archaeological Research: Arizona State University doctoral student Scott Ortman, a rising star in the field of Southwest archaeology, is helping to close the gap between theory and data with his training in quantitative and qualitative work and his skillful way of linking the two. “A perennial problem in archaeology is that we have many interesting theoretical ideas—for example, how humans perpetuate material traditions—but we often do not know how to apply that theory to our data, such as counts of potsherds,” states archaeologist Michelle Hegmon, a professor in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences’ School of Human Evolution and Social Change and chair of Ortman’s committee.
http://asunews.asu.edu/20080930_ortman
- Maxwell Museum Opens Ortiz Center: The Maxwell Museum opened the Ortiz Center Gathering Space on Friday, which intends to make anthropology more accessible to UNM students and community members. "In public anthropology, we take anthropology out of the academy and into the community," said Elena Ortiz, daughter of the late Alfonso Ortiz, for whom the center is named.
http://www.cdarc.org/page/jugf - The Daily Lobo
- Updates and Upgrades at Tumacacori Mission: In January 2009, just a few short months from now, the park's new $400,000 museum will open to the public. Eight years in the making, the museum--which the Tucson Weekly previewed last week by portable construction-lamp light, since the all-important museum lighting is yet to be installed--is a long leap forward from the somewhat dusty, early-1970s exhibits that used to tell the mission's history.
http://www.tucsonweekly.com/gbase/Currents/Content?oid=oid:116381
- The Hopi Nation's Response to Nine Mile Canyon and the "Drill, Drill, Drill" Mantra: A Denver energy company's plan to drill more than 800 natural-gas wells in eastern Utah's relic-rich Nine Mile Canyon is in trouble with a top federal historical preservation agency. In letters sent this week to Bureau of Land Management officials in Washington and Salt Lake City, the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation questions whether the BLM adequately evaluated potential damage from the drilling project on ancient art and archaeological sites.
http://www.sltrib.com/ci_10604074
- Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society Announces a Contest to Redesign the Cover of Kiva, the Journal of Southwestern Archaeology and History: In honor of the 75th anniversary of Kiva, the Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society is holding a contest to redesign the front and back cover of the journal, and give the journal a fresh, yet professional look. Kiva is an internationally recognized scholarly journal that publishes original research on the anthropology and ethnohistory of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. Journal readers include anthropologists and historians, tribal members, students, and avocational archaeologists.
http://www.cdarc.org/sat/kiva-design.doc - MS Word Document
- Lecture on Apache History (Tucson): Sunday, 19 October, 3 p.m. As part of the Tucson Presidio Trust’s Fall 2008 lecture series, Julia Arriola, curator at the Arizona Historical Society, will speak on: The Apache Pacification Policy/Pacification by Dependency: Apaches Mansos (Tame or Peaceful Apaches). The talk will be held at the Presidio San Agustin del Tucson, corner of Church and Washington streets, in downtown Tucson. Parking is free on nearby streets. Refreshments will be served. For more information contact Gayle Hartmann at (520)325-6974.
- Earth Ovens and Heated Stone Cooking the Topic of the Next Meeting of the Pacific Coast Archaeological Society: Pacific Coast Archaeological Society's October 9th meeting will feature Douglas H. Milburn speaking on "Prehistoric Heated Rock Cooking Features of the Central Transverse Mountain Ranges." Meeting information: Thursday, October 9, 2008, 7:30 pm at the Irvine Ranch Water District, 15600 Sand Canyon Ave., Irvine, CA. Meeting is free and open to the public.
http://www.pcas.org
- The Challenge of Preservation Presented at New Mexico Archaeology Fair: Dirt to dirt. Ashes to ashes. Some final resting places of early New Mexicans are being lost to the llano. Sitting amid a series of stylized gravestones, Rebecca Procter of Santa Fe New Mexico Archeology Council was at the New Mexico Archeology Fair Saturday to try to enlist support in saving the state's historic cemeteries.
http://www.news-bulletin.com/news/83569-10-01-08.html
- National Preservation Institute to Host Landscape Preservation Seminar in Phoenix: "Landscape Preservation: An Introduction," November 18-19, 2008, in cooperation with the Public History Program, Department of History, Arizona State University and the State Historic Preservation Office, Arizona State Parks. Review the basics of historic and cultural landscapes, including designed, vernacular, and ethnographic landscapes, and historic sites. Learn about applicable laws and regulations, and to identify character-defining features of a landscape. Explore preservation planning and documentation, and how development of the cultural landscape report assists in managing historic and cultural landscapes. Case studies illustrate realistic approaches to landscape preservation and managing change effectively. An agenda is available online at www.npi.org (sic). Questions? Please contact NPI at info@npi.org
- Advisory Council on Historic Preservation Seeks New Director: This is one of the most visible and important positions in the federal preservation program. This is a permanent position as a federal employee with a starting salary of $115,317 (and a current salary range of up to $149,000) and includes the full complement of federal employee benefits. The position is located in Washington, DC. The director is a critical senior level management position, assisting in the development of policy and providing direction to a major staff unit to enable the ACHP to meet the broad goals established for it under the National Historic Preservation Act. The ACHP is now recruiting. The position is posted at www.usajobs.gov, where you will also find information about the application process; the vacancy number is ACHP-TL-08-MM214526. A copy of the vacancy announcement and the full position description can be found on the ACHP's website.
http://www.achp.gov
- Senate Votes to Ratify 1954 Hague Convention on Cultural Heritage and Armed Conflict: On September 25, 2008, the U.S. Senate voted to give its advice and consent to U.S. ratification of the1954 Hague Convention on the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict. Read the statement that was submitted by the Lawyers Committee for Cultural Heritage Preservation, the U.S. Committee for the Blue Shield, the Archaeological Institute of America and twelve other cultural preservation organizations to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in support of ratification.
http://www.culturalheritagelaw.org/
- Two Ancient Technology Workshops at Old Pueblo Archaeology Center in Tucson:
-- Old Pueblo's Hands-On Traditional Pottery Making Workshops With John Guerin. Sundays October 5 through November 16, 2008 Traditional Pottery Making Level 1 Workshop with John Guerin at Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, 5100 W. Ina Road Bldg. 8 (northwestern Tucson metro area). 2 to 5 p.m. each Sunday. Fee $79; $63.20 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary members; includes all materials except clay, which participants will collect during class field trip.
-- Old Pueblo's Hands-On Arrowhead-Making And Flintknapping Workshops With Sam Greenleaf. Choice of three separate workshops on Sunday October 19, 2008, Sunday November 16, 2008, or Sunday December 14, 2008. Arrowhead-making and flintknapping workshop at Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, 5100 W. Ina Road Bldg. 8 (northwestern Tucson metro area). Noon to 3 p.m. each date. $35 per session; $28 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary members.
Advance reservations required: 520-798-1201 or info@oldpueblo.org.
Thanks to Gerald Kelso for Contributions to today's newsletter.
- Majority of Navajo Residents of Canyon de Chelly Oppose Plans for Navajo Nation Takeover of Park: A movement to have the Navajo Nation take over management of this 130-square-mile national monument from the National Park Service is premature and not supported by the majority of the canyon's residents, some residents charged at a public forum here Sunday. Residents expressed fear that a shift to tribal management would result in "chaos," unenforced regulations, and deterioration of the facilities.
http://navajotimes.com/news/1008/100208canyon.php
- Fusing Theory and Data in Archaeological Research: Arizona State University doctoral student Scott Ortman, a rising star in the field of Southwest archaeology, is helping to close the gap between theory and data with his training in quantitative and qualitative work and his skillful way of linking the two. “A perennial problem in archaeology is that we have many interesting theoretical ideas—for example, how humans perpetuate material traditions—but we often do not know how to apply that theory to our data, such as counts of potsherds,” states archaeologist Michelle Hegmon, a professor in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences’ School of Human Evolution and Social Change and chair of Ortman’s committee.
http://asunews.asu.edu/20080930_ortman
- Maxwell Museum Opens Ortiz Center: The Maxwell Museum opened the Ortiz Center Gathering Space on Friday, which intends to make anthropology more accessible to UNM students and community members. "In public anthropology, we take anthropology out of the academy and into the community," said Elena Ortiz, daughter of the late Alfonso Ortiz, for whom the center is named.
http://www.cdarc.org/page/jugf - The Daily Lobo
- Updates and Upgrades at Tumacacori Mission: In January 2009, just a few short months from now, the park's new $400,000 museum will open to the public. Eight years in the making, the museum--which the Tucson Weekly previewed last week by portable construction-lamp light, since the all-important museum lighting is yet to be installed--is a long leap forward from the somewhat dusty, early-1970s exhibits that used to tell the mission's history.
http://www.tucsonweekly.com/gbase/Currents/Content?oid=oid:116381
- The Hopi Nation's Response to Nine Mile Canyon and the "Drill, Drill, Drill" Mantra: A Denver energy company's plan to drill more than 800 natural-gas wells in eastern Utah's relic-rich Nine Mile Canyon is in trouble with a top federal historical preservation agency. In letters sent this week to Bureau of Land Management officials in Washington and Salt Lake City, the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation questions whether the BLM adequately evaluated potential damage from the drilling project on ancient art and archaeological sites.
http://www.sltrib.com/ci_10604074
- Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society Announces a Contest to Redesign the Cover of Kiva, the Journal of Southwestern Archaeology and History: In honor of the 75th anniversary of Kiva, the Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society is holding a contest to redesign the front and back cover of the journal, and give the journal a fresh, yet professional look. Kiva is an internationally recognized scholarly journal that publishes original research on the anthropology and ethnohistory of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. Journal readers include anthropologists and historians, tribal members, students, and avocational archaeologists.
http://www.cdarc.org/sat/kiva-design.doc - MS Word Document
- Lecture on Apache History (Tucson): Sunday, 19 October, 3 p.m. As part of the Tucson Presidio Trust’s Fall 2008 lecture series, Julia Arriola, curator at the Arizona Historical Society, will speak on: The Apache Pacification Policy/Pacification by Dependency: Apaches Mansos (Tame or Peaceful Apaches). The talk will be held at the Presidio San Agustin del Tucson, corner of Church and Washington streets, in downtown Tucson. Parking is free on nearby streets. Refreshments will be served. For more information contact Gayle Hartmann at (520)325-6974.
- Earth Ovens and Heated Stone Cooking the Topic of the Next Meeting of the Pacific Coast Archaeological Society: Pacific Coast Archaeological Society's October 9th meeting will feature Douglas H. Milburn speaking on "Prehistoric Heated Rock Cooking Features of the Central Transverse Mountain Ranges." Meeting information: Thursday, October 9, 2008, 7:30 pm at the Irvine Ranch Water District, 15600 Sand Canyon Ave., Irvine, CA. Meeting is free and open to the public.
http://www.pcas.org
- The Challenge of Preservation Presented at New Mexico Archaeology Fair: Dirt to dirt. Ashes to ashes. Some final resting places of early New Mexicans are being lost to the llano. Sitting amid a series of stylized gravestones, Rebecca Procter of Santa Fe New Mexico Archeology Council was at the New Mexico Archeology Fair Saturday to try to enlist support in saving the state's historic cemeteries.
http://www.news-bulletin.com/news/83569-10-01-08.html
- National Preservation Institute to Host Landscape Preservation Seminar in Phoenix: "Landscape Preservation: An Introduction," November 18-19, 2008, in cooperation with the Public History Program, Department of History, Arizona State University and the State Historic Preservation Office, Arizona State Parks. Review the basics of historic and cultural landscapes, including designed, vernacular, and ethnographic landscapes, and historic sites. Learn about applicable laws and regulations, and to identify character-defining features of a landscape. Explore preservation planning and documentation, and how development of the cultural landscape report assists in managing historic and cultural landscapes. Case studies illustrate realistic approaches to landscape preservation and managing change effectively. An agenda is available online at www.npi.org (sic). Questions? Please contact NPI at info@npi.org
- Advisory Council on Historic Preservation Seeks New Director: This is one of the most visible and important positions in the federal preservation program. This is a permanent position as a federal employee with a starting salary of $115,317 (and a current salary range of up to $149,000) and includes the full complement of federal employee benefits. The position is located in Washington, DC. The director is a critical senior level management position, assisting in the development of policy and providing direction to a major staff unit to enable the ACHP to meet the broad goals established for it under the National Historic Preservation Act. The ACHP is now recruiting. The position is posted at www.usajobs.gov, where you will also find information about the application process; the vacancy number is ACHP-TL-08-MM214526. A copy of the vacancy announcement and the full position description can be found on the ACHP's website.
http://www.achp.gov
- Senate Votes to Ratify 1954 Hague Convention on Cultural Heritage and Armed Conflict: On September 25, 2008, the U.S. Senate voted to give its advice and consent to U.S. ratification of the1954 Hague Convention on the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict. Read the statement that was submitted by the Lawyers Committee for Cultural Heritage Preservation, the U.S. Committee for the Blue Shield, the Archaeological Institute of America and twelve other cultural preservation organizations to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in support of ratification.
http://www.culturalheritagelaw.org/
- Two Ancient Technology Workshops at Old Pueblo Archaeology Center in Tucson:
-- Old Pueblo's Hands-On Traditional Pottery Making Workshops With John Guerin. Sundays October 5 through November 16, 2008 Traditional Pottery Making Level 1 Workshop with John Guerin at Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, 5100 W. Ina Road Bldg. 8 (northwestern Tucson metro area). 2 to 5 p.m. each Sunday. Fee $79; $63.20 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary members; includes all materials except clay, which participants will collect during class field trip.
-- Old Pueblo's Hands-On Arrowhead-Making And Flintknapping Workshops With Sam Greenleaf. Choice of three separate workshops on Sunday October 19, 2008, Sunday November 16, 2008, or Sunday December 14, 2008. Arrowhead-making and flintknapping workshop at Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, 5100 W. Ina Road Bldg. 8 (northwestern Tucson metro area). Noon to 3 p.m. each date. $35 per session; $28 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary members.
Advance reservations required: 520-798-1201 or info@oldpueblo.org.
Thanks to Gerald Kelso for Contributions to today's newsletter.
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Phosphenes and Rock Art , Vanishing Treasures, BLM Threatening Archaeology of Utah.
Southwestern Archaeology Making the News, a Service of the Center for Desert Archaeology
Editor's note: Some days we really have to struggle to find enough archaeology news to carry a newsletter. Today is not one of those days.
- A Linguist's Approach to the Study of Southwestern Rock Art: Dr. Malotki’s latest focus is on designs called phosphenes, which are as fundamental to art as time is to language. He said the same 15 abstract geometric constants appear globally in art created as early as 300,000 years ago. They are grids, zigzags and patterns of dots. They are the first objects drawn by children; we doodle them when we talk on the phone.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/09/science/09rock.htm
- Vanishing Treasures Program Highlighted by N.Y. Times: Inside the dark, cliffside space last occupied by the people of Frijoles Canyon some 500 years ago is evidence of more recent human activity: graffiti proclaiming ''2008'' and ''I love you'' carved into a wall. ''Oh, man,'' art conservator Larry Humetewa muttered as he bent to inspect the damage in the ''cavate,'' a large, cave-like room. Vandalism is just one of many threats to the fragile archaeological sites that are the heart of national parks and monuments in the arid West. They're hammered by sun and rain, freezes and thaws, wind and the abrasive sand it carries. They're invaded by pests and human visitors who can't resist touching. In short, the ruins are in ruins.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-Vanishing-Treasures.html
- Salt Lake Tribune Chastises BLM for Potential Damage to the Archaeological Record: The Bureau of Land Management under the Bush administration is trying to make a clean sweep of it before President Bush leaves office, issuing management plans for Utah public lands that favor all-terrain vehicles and energy development over wildlife, water, scenic beauty and archaeological treasures.
http://www.sltrib.com/ci_10413231
- Oil and Gas Drilling Destroying the Rock Art of Nine Mile Canyon: Last summer, Constance Silver spent a week examining the world-renowned rock art in Utah's Nine Mile Canyon, a two-hour drive south of Salt Lake City. Tucked into the rugged Tavaputs Plateau, the place contains upwards of 10,000 images, painted and pecked onto sandstone walls. Many of them are visible from the curving, roughly graded road. But the respected art conservator wasn't there to admire the renderings of hunters, bighorn sheep and geometric patterns. Rather, she came to study dust. More specifically, to take air samples and observe the brownish-gray clouds kicked up by an armada of oil and gas trucks as they rumbled through the canyon. After wrapping up her fieldwork, Silver stopped by the local Bureau of Land Management office in nearby Price, which oversees Nine Mile Canyon, and sought out its lone archaeologist, Blaine Miller. She informed Miller that the dust was having an "alarming effect" on the rock art and "had to be taken care of immediately."
http://www.hcn.org/issues/40.16/dust-on-the-rocks
- Archaeological Perspectives on Modern Sustainability: Pueblo La Plata didn’t look like much — a low rise of rubble where dwellings once stood, housing perhaps up to 50 people. Archaeologists figured the first inhabitants arrived about AD 1200. Block the rubble pile from view, however, and the modest mesa top in Agua Fria National Monument, just north of Phoenix looked, well, natural. Until Arizona State University archaeologist Katherine Spielmann pointed to the stones around the base of the handful of agave plants that dotted the mesa top. The plants were scattered among grasses and other low-lying shrubs. She explained that the agaves, which looked “natural” to me, were planted by the inhabitants, who placed the volcanic stones around the plants’ bases to ward off frost damage.
http://www.cdarc.org/page/2a91 - Bright Green Blog @ Christian Science Monitor
- Call for Papers, 2009 Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology: Call for Participation by Archaeologists in CRM, Community, Tribal and Academic Settings. 69th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology Santa Fe, New Mexico Community Convention Center. March 17-21, 2009 In keeping with the Society’s interdisciplinary roots, the Program Committee invites the participation of a wide variety of professionals, students and community partners, working actively inside and outside of academia to understand, document and create sustainable community systems. Posters, papers and sessions are welcome. Deadlines for submission is October 15th.Registration materials and instructions are on the SfAA website.
http://www.cdarc/org/sat/s_app_anth-2009.doc
http://www.sfaa.net/
- Call for Participation, 2009 Arizona Archaeology and Heritage Awareness Month: The Arizona State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) would like to announce their call for participation in the 2009 celebration of Arizona Archaeology and Heritage Awareness Month (AAHAM), March 1-30, 2009. If you have an event that you would like to have publicized in the statewide Listing of Events brochure, please complete the form attached to the link below and return it to SHPO by November 1, 2008. We hope to have even more events and activities to promote this coming year than last year, so please consider helping to support public archaeology education in Arizona by sponsoring an event during AAHAM. We need your help! If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Ann Howard at ahoward@azstateparks.gov.
http://www.cdarc.org/sat/aaham_09.doc
- Archaeo-Nevada Society Starts 2008-2009 Lecture Series: This month will start off with Jeanne Howerton who will speak on Tracks in the Desert the Great Race through Nevada. 100 years ago, four nations raced their premiere automobiles around the world, from New York to Paris a portion of the race passed through Nevada where the racers met some of there greatest challenges. Join us for this informative talk. As the oldest archaeology club in Nevada, we are made up of poeple interested in archaeology as well as professional and avocational archaeologists. Our meetings are on the Second Thursday of each month, September through May. Each meeting consists of a no host dinner at 5:00 pm at Denny's on 6300 W Charleston Blvd.Las Vegas,Nv. The regular meeting starts at 7pm across the street on the campus of The College of Southern Nevada in room D-213 of the student services building.
- Lecture in Tucson on Presidio Reconstruction: Sunday, Sept. 14, 3 p.m. The first talk in the Tucson Presidio Trust fall lecture series will present Gayle Hartmann, anthropologist and former president of the Tucson Presidio Trust for Historic Preservation, speaking on "Reconstruction of the Presidio San Agustin del Tucson" Location: Presidio San Agustin del Tucson, 133 W. Washington St. (corner of Church and Washington in downtown Tucson). Parking is free on nearby streets.
- Lecture Opportunity Tonight (Glendale): Archaeologist David Doyel presents the "Hohokam Escalante Community" near Florence at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the auditorium of the Glendale Public Library, 5959 W. Brown St. The excavations at Escalante have focused on the Classic period (A.D. 1100-1450) ruins there. Doyel will discuss his research interests in settlement patterns, community organization, cultural ecology and ceramics. Free and open to the public. Information: 602-569-1526.
- Museum and Library Exhibits on Southwestern Archaeology Available in Deming New Mexico: Here's the chance for all those future Indiana Jones to get a look and feel for artifacts of New Mexico's history. The Marshall Memorial Library, along with the Deming-Luna-Mimbres Museum, is welcoming Chuck Hannaford — Education Director for the Office of Archaeological Studies at the Museum of New Mexico — for a two-day hands-on exhibit from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. today and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday at the local museum, 301 S. Silver St.
http://www.demingheadlight.com/news/ci_10384263
- Arizona State Museum Book Sale This Weekend: Friday and Saturday, Sept 12-13, 2008 Very Nearly Annual Discount Benefit Booksale, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Free admission Save 40-70% on remainders and first-quality NEW books: visual arts, humanities, poetry, ethnology, Southwest studies, world archaeology, anthropology, cooking, lifestyle, architecture, and childrens books. ASM members admitted one hour early on Friday for best selection!
- Native Groups Oppose Trails through Sacred Sites in California: The East Bay Regional Park District and the Livermore Area Recreation and Parks District have considered a trail that would run across the top of Brushy Peak, a landmark and a sacred site to local Native people. Brushy Peak is a 1,702-foot landmark which links the San Francisco Bay Area, the California Delta, and the Central Valley. This area was home to the Ohlones, Miwoks and Northern Valley Yokuts, who traded, socialized and held sacred ceremonies in the area.
http://www.indiancountry.com/content.cfm?id=1096418082
Thanks to Brian Kenny and Adrianne Rankin for contributions to today's newsletter.
Editor's note: Some days we really have to struggle to find enough archaeology news to carry a newsletter. Today is not one of those days.
- A Linguist's Approach to the Study of Southwestern Rock Art: Dr. Malotki’s latest focus is on designs called phosphenes, which are as fundamental to art as time is to language. He said the same 15 abstract geometric constants appear globally in art created as early as 300,000 years ago. They are grids, zigzags and patterns of dots. They are the first objects drawn by children; we doodle them when we talk on the phone.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/09/science/09rock.htm
- Vanishing Treasures Program Highlighted by N.Y. Times: Inside the dark, cliffside space last occupied by the people of Frijoles Canyon some 500 years ago is evidence of more recent human activity: graffiti proclaiming ''2008'' and ''I love you'' carved into a wall. ''Oh, man,'' art conservator Larry Humetewa muttered as he bent to inspect the damage in the ''cavate,'' a large, cave-like room. Vandalism is just one of many threats to the fragile archaeological sites that are the heart of national parks and monuments in the arid West. They're hammered by sun and rain, freezes and thaws, wind and the abrasive sand it carries. They're invaded by pests and human visitors who can't resist touching. In short, the ruins are in ruins.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-Vanishing-Treasures.html
- Salt Lake Tribune Chastises BLM for Potential Damage to the Archaeological Record: The Bureau of Land Management under the Bush administration is trying to make a clean sweep of it before President Bush leaves office, issuing management plans for Utah public lands that favor all-terrain vehicles and energy development over wildlife, water, scenic beauty and archaeological treasures.
http://www.sltrib.com/ci_10413231
- Oil and Gas Drilling Destroying the Rock Art of Nine Mile Canyon: Last summer, Constance Silver spent a week examining the world-renowned rock art in Utah's Nine Mile Canyon, a two-hour drive south of Salt Lake City. Tucked into the rugged Tavaputs Plateau, the place contains upwards of 10,000 images, painted and pecked onto sandstone walls. Many of them are visible from the curving, roughly graded road. But the respected art conservator wasn't there to admire the renderings of hunters, bighorn sheep and geometric patterns. Rather, she came to study dust. More specifically, to take air samples and observe the brownish-gray clouds kicked up by an armada of oil and gas trucks as they rumbled through the canyon. After wrapping up her fieldwork, Silver stopped by the local Bureau of Land Management office in nearby Price, which oversees Nine Mile Canyon, and sought out its lone archaeologist, Blaine Miller. She informed Miller that the dust was having an "alarming effect" on the rock art and "had to be taken care of immediately."
http://www.hcn.org/issues/40.16/dust-on-the-rocks
- Archaeological Perspectives on Modern Sustainability: Pueblo La Plata didn’t look like much — a low rise of rubble where dwellings once stood, housing perhaps up to 50 people. Archaeologists figured the first inhabitants arrived about AD 1200. Block the rubble pile from view, however, and the modest mesa top in Agua Fria National Monument, just north of Phoenix looked, well, natural. Until Arizona State University archaeologist Katherine Spielmann pointed to the stones around the base of the handful of agave plants that dotted the mesa top. The plants were scattered among grasses and other low-lying shrubs. She explained that the agaves, which looked “natural” to me, were planted by the inhabitants, who placed the volcanic stones around the plants’ bases to ward off frost damage.
http://www.cdarc.org/page/2a91 - Bright Green Blog @ Christian Science Monitor
- Call for Papers, 2009 Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology: Call for Participation by Archaeologists in CRM, Community, Tribal and Academic Settings. 69th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology Santa Fe, New Mexico Community Convention Center. March 17-21, 2009 In keeping with the Society’s interdisciplinary roots, the Program Committee invites the participation of a wide variety of professionals, students and community partners, working actively inside and outside of academia to understand, document and create sustainable community systems. Posters, papers and sessions are welcome. Deadlines for submission is October 15th.Registration materials and instructions are on the SfAA website.
http://www.cdarc/org/sat/s_app_anth-2009.doc
http://www.sfaa.net/
- Call for Participation, 2009 Arizona Archaeology and Heritage Awareness Month: The Arizona State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) would like to announce their call for participation in the 2009 celebration of Arizona Archaeology and Heritage Awareness Month (AAHAM), March 1-30, 2009. If you have an event that you would like to have publicized in the statewide Listing of Events brochure, please complete the form attached to the link below and return it to SHPO by November 1, 2008. We hope to have even more events and activities to promote this coming year than last year, so please consider helping to support public archaeology education in Arizona by sponsoring an event during AAHAM. We need your help! If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Ann Howard at ahoward@azstateparks.gov.
http://www.cdarc.org/sat/aaham_09.doc
- Archaeo-Nevada Society Starts 2008-2009 Lecture Series: This month will start off with Jeanne Howerton who will speak on Tracks in the Desert the Great Race through Nevada. 100 years ago, four nations raced their premiere automobiles around the world, from New York to Paris a portion of the race passed through Nevada where the racers met some of there greatest challenges. Join us for this informative talk. As the oldest archaeology club in Nevada, we are made up of poeple interested in archaeology as well as professional and avocational archaeologists. Our meetings are on the Second Thursday of each month, September through May. Each meeting consists of a no host dinner at 5:00 pm at Denny's on 6300 W Charleston Blvd.Las Vegas,Nv. The regular meeting starts at 7pm across the street on the campus of The College of Southern Nevada in room D-213 of the student services building.
- Lecture in Tucson on Presidio Reconstruction: Sunday, Sept. 14, 3 p.m. The first talk in the Tucson Presidio Trust fall lecture series will present Gayle Hartmann, anthropologist and former president of the Tucson Presidio Trust for Historic Preservation, speaking on "Reconstruction of the Presidio San Agustin del Tucson" Location: Presidio San Agustin del Tucson, 133 W. Washington St. (corner of Church and Washington in downtown Tucson). Parking is free on nearby streets.
- Lecture Opportunity Tonight (Glendale): Archaeologist David Doyel presents the "Hohokam Escalante Community" near Florence at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the auditorium of the Glendale Public Library, 5959 W. Brown St. The excavations at Escalante have focused on the Classic period (A.D. 1100-1450) ruins there. Doyel will discuss his research interests in settlement patterns, community organization, cultural ecology and ceramics. Free and open to the public. Information: 602-569-1526.
- Museum and Library Exhibits on Southwestern Archaeology Available in Deming New Mexico: Here's the chance for all those future Indiana Jones to get a look and feel for artifacts of New Mexico's history. The Marshall Memorial Library, along with the Deming-Luna-Mimbres Museum, is welcoming Chuck Hannaford — Education Director for the Office of Archaeological Studies at the Museum of New Mexico — for a two-day hands-on exhibit from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. today and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday at the local museum, 301 S. Silver St.
http://www.demingheadlight.com/news/ci_10384263
- Arizona State Museum Book Sale This Weekend: Friday and Saturday, Sept 12-13, 2008 Very Nearly Annual Discount Benefit Booksale, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Free admission Save 40-70% on remainders and first-quality NEW books: visual arts, humanities, poetry, ethnology, Southwest studies, world archaeology, anthropology, cooking, lifestyle, architecture, and childrens books. ASM members admitted one hour early on Friday for best selection!
- Native Groups Oppose Trails through Sacred Sites in California: The East Bay Regional Park District and the Livermore Area Recreation and Parks District have considered a trail that would run across the top of Brushy Peak, a landmark and a sacred site to local Native people. Brushy Peak is a 1,702-foot landmark which links the San Francisco Bay Area, the California Delta, and the Central Valley. This area was home to the Ohlones, Miwoks and Northern Valley Yokuts, who traded, socialized and held sacred ceremonies in the area.
http://www.indiancountry.com/content.cfm?id=1096418082
Thanks to Brian Kenny and Adrianne Rankin for contributions to today's newsletter.
Friday, May 30, 2008
Oil Drilling and Ancient Sites in Nine Mile Canyon, Rio Nuevo Museums Delayed Again
Southwestern Archaeology Making the News - A Service of the Center for Desert Archaeology
- More on the Oil Drilling in Nine Mile Canyon: Along Utah's Nine Mile Canyon lies what some call the longest art gallery in the world - thousands of prehistoric rock carvings and paintings of bighorn sheep and other wildlife, hunters wielding spears, and warriors engaged in hand-to-hand combat. But now, a dramatic increase in natural gas drilling is proposed on the plateau above the canyon, and preservationists fear trucks will kick up dust that will cover over the images.
http://www.physorg.com/news131207962.html
- Director of Art Institute of Chicago Argues that Partage is more Important than Patrimony: In an already controversial new book out later this month, "Who Owns Antiquity? Museums and the Battle Over Our Ancient Heritage," author James Cuno argues for a return to the idea of "partage." The term refers to the system that persisted for many years in which foreign-led experts — typically Europeans and Americans — worked with locals to excavate antiquities in countries like Iraq and Egypt. Some of the material went to local museums, but much of the rest ended up in the museums in the experts' home countries.|
http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/accent/240974.php
- Public Meeting on Traditional Cultural Property Designation for Mt. Taylor to be Held June 14th. A public meeting to reconsider the emergency nomination of Mount Taylor as a Traditional Cultural Property will take place June 14 at in the Cibola County Convention Room. The state's Cultural Properties Review Committee is holding a regularly scheduled meeting, set to start at 10:30 a.m. The discussion and vote on the mountain's emergency listing is item number nine on the agenda. The Mount Taylor portion is scheduled to begin at 1 p.m.. That item includes a summary of comments of the Feb. 22 special meeting, witness presentations and public comments.
http://www.cibolabeacon.com/articles/2008/05/29/news/news1.txt
- Tucson Origins Heritage Park Delayed Again: The projects that were set for groundbreaking were the mission and an underground parking garage. Hein postponed the start of work, he said, because the layout of the site is not resolved and only the University Science Center and the Arizona State Museum, which will be in one building, are in the design process. "There is no halt to the project. But you do not build a parking garage without knowing how you're going to pay for it. Yes, we will have TIF (tax increment financing) money for sure, but there will also be license agreements with museums for a certain number of spaces. We're looking at retail, a restaurant," Hein said. "You don't want an empty garage with no revenues to pay for it, and you don't want a convento with nothing else there."
http://www.azstarnet.com/opinion/241322.php
http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/86516.php
- Reminder, Discussion of Coronado and Colonial History Offered In Tucson: The Center for Desert Archaeology is pleased to invite you to a special evening with historian Richard Flint and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Tony Horwitz. Richard and Tony will discuss and sign their new books on European exploration of North America at the Tucson Botanical Gardens on Saturday, May 31st, 2008.
http://www.cdarc.org/pages/articles.php?req=read&article_id=644
- Documentary will Highlight Kanab Earthfest: From early pottery making by the Anasazi to the grandeur of condors, documentary films, and learning about southern Utah's cultural heritage and resource management, there was something for everyone at Amazing Earthfest in Kanab. For the second year in a row, Kanab, Kane County Travel Council and area businesses joined forces to sponsor the free event highlighting the splendor, history and resources of Colorado Plateau public lands, with their many state and national parks.
http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_9388898?source=rss
- First Ancient New World City is the Topic of a New Video on the Archaeology Channel: Recent research shows that the earliest phase of Andean Civilization took place simultaneously with earliest stages of civilization on the Old World. This remarkable phenomenon and its manifestation at the ancient city of Caral in Peru are described in Caral Supe: The Oldest Civilization in the Americas, the latest video feature on our nonprofit streaming-media Web site, The Archaeology Channel
http://www.archaeologychannel.org
Tour Opportunity: Pima Community College and Old Pueblo Archaeology Center are sponsoring the "Mimbres Ruins, Rock Art, and Museums of Southern New Mexico" (ST585) study tour: Friday June 20 through Tuesday June 24, 2008. Registered Professional Archaeologist Allen Dart leads this comprehensive tour to southwestern New Mexico's Silver City area to visit Classic Mimbres pueblo ruins, Early Mogollon village archaeological sites, the Gila Cliff Dwellings, spectacular petroglyph sites, and a museum with one of the world's finest collections of Mimbres Puebloan pottery.
http://www.oldpueblo.org/tours.html
- More on the Oil Drilling in Nine Mile Canyon: Along Utah's Nine Mile Canyon lies what some call the longest art gallery in the world - thousands of prehistoric rock carvings and paintings of bighorn sheep and other wildlife, hunters wielding spears, and warriors engaged in hand-to-hand combat. But now, a dramatic increase in natural gas drilling is proposed on the plateau above the canyon, and preservationists fear trucks will kick up dust that will cover over the images.
http://www.physorg.com/news131207962.html
- Director of Art Institute of Chicago Argues that Partage is more Important than Patrimony: In an already controversial new book out later this month, "Who Owns Antiquity? Museums and the Battle Over Our Ancient Heritage," author James Cuno argues for a return to the idea of "partage." The term refers to the system that persisted for many years in which foreign-led experts — typically Europeans and Americans — worked with locals to excavate antiquities in countries like Iraq and Egypt. Some of the material went to local museums, but much of the rest ended up in the museums in the experts' home countries.|
http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/accent/240974.php
- Public Meeting on Traditional Cultural Property Designation for Mt. Taylor to be Held June 14th. A public meeting to reconsider the emergency nomination of Mount Taylor as a Traditional Cultural Property will take place June 14 at in the Cibola County Convention Room. The state's Cultural Properties Review Committee is holding a regularly scheduled meeting, set to start at 10:30 a.m. The discussion and vote on the mountain's emergency listing is item number nine on the agenda. The Mount Taylor portion is scheduled to begin at 1 p.m.. That item includes a summary of comments of the Feb. 22 special meeting, witness presentations and public comments.
http://www.cibolabeacon.com/articles/2008/05/29/news/news1.txt
- Tucson Origins Heritage Park Delayed Again: The projects that were set for groundbreaking were the mission and an underground parking garage. Hein postponed the start of work, he said, because the layout of the site is not resolved and only the University Science Center and the Arizona State Museum, which will be in one building, are in the design process. "There is no halt to the project. But you do not build a parking garage without knowing how you're going to pay for it. Yes, we will have TIF (tax increment financing) money for sure, but there will also be license agreements with museums for a certain number of spaces. We're looking at retail, a restaurant," Hein said. "You don't want an empty garage with no revenues to pay for it, and you don't want a convento with nothing else there."
http://www.azstarnet.com/opinion/241322.php
http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/86516.php
- Reminder, Discussion of Coronado and Colonial History Offered In Tucson: The Center for Desert Archaeology is pleased to invite you to a special evening with historian Richard Flint and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Tony Horwitz. Richard and Tony will discuss and sign their new books on European exploration of North America at the Tucson Botanical Gardens on Saturday, May 31st, 2008.
http://www.cdarc.org/pages/articles.php?req=read&article_id=644
- Documentary will Highlight Kanab Earthfest: From early pottery making by the Anasazi to the grandeur of condors, documentary films, and learning about southern Utah's cultural heritage and resource management, there was something for everyone at Amazing Earthfest in Kanab. For the second year in a row, Kanab, Kane County Travel Council and area businesses joined forces to sponsor the free event highlighting the splendor, history and resources of Colorado Plateau public lands, with their many state and national parks.
http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_9388898?source=rss
- First Ancient New World City is the Topic of a New Video on the Archaeology Channel: Recent research shows that the earliest phase of Andean Civilization took place simultaneously with earliest stages of civilization on the Old World. This remarkable phenomenon and its manifestation at the ancient city of Caral in Peru are described in Caral Supe: The Oldest Civilization in the Americas, the latest video feature on our nonprofit streaming-media Web site, The Archaeology Channel
http://www.archaeologychannel.org
Tour Opportunity: Pima Community College and Old Pueblo Archaeology Center are sponsoring the "Mimbres Ruins, Rock Art, and Museums of Southern New Mexico" (ST585) study tour: Friday June 20 through Tuesday June 24, 2008. Registered Professional Archaeologist Allen Dart leads this comprehensive tour to southwestern New Mexico's Silver City area to visit Classic Mimbres pueblo ruins, Early Mogollon village archaeological sites, the Gila Cliff Dwellings, spectacular petroglyph sites, and a museum with one of the world's finest collections of Mimbres Puebloan pottery.
http://www.oldpueblo.org/tours.html
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Threats to Nine Mile Canyon, Arizona Archaeology Expo Events
Archaeology Making the News - A Service of the Center for Desert Archaeology
- Nine Mile Canyon - Loosing a Treasure for Very Little in Return: My heart sank when I picked up the paper and read "Nine Mile Canyon at risk" above a photo of this Utah treasure. I had already read stories on rapid oil and gas development in northeast and central Utah, but this particular story brought back a flood of memories and drove home just how far we seem willing to go for 17 short days worth of natural gas to feed our growing demand.
http://www.sltrib.com/opinion/ci_8346177
- Mount Taylor Preservation Efforts Focus Upon State Register Nomination: The state Historic Preservation Division says a committee has agreed to an emergency listing of Mount Taylor in the State Register of Cultural Properties
http://kob.com/article/stories/S356399.shtml?cat=504
- Video Presentation on Excavation of Tucson's National Cemetery. KUAT presents an on-demand video presentation on one of the largest cemetery excavations to have ever taken place in North America.
http://www.cdarc.org/page/j698 - KUAT Television
- New Leadership at Colorado Historical Society: The Colorado Historical Society has filled three key positions: Mr. William J. Convery III, State Historian; Ms. Jill Cowperthwaite, Director of Development; and Ms. Sheila Goff, Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) Liaison.
http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Stories/Faces-of/Story~431376.aspx
- Cameron Arizona, Cultural Crossroads: Trading posts in the Southwest were historically gathering places, economic bridges between ranchers, Native American artisans, and passing traders. That spirit continues at the Cameron Trading Post. Founded by brothers Hubert and C.D. Richardson in 1916, the trading post now comprises a modern hotel with Southwestern decor, RV park, restaurant, gift shop, gallery, and gardens, but it remains a place for cross-cultural interaction.
http://www.cdarc.org/page/74u2 - Boston Globe
- Archaeological Damage Assessement Class Offered at Mesa Verde: Archaeological Resource Investigations (ARI) has scheduled an offering of the firm’s five-day advanced Archaeological Damage Assessment Class in Dolores, Colorado, Monday, April 7 through Friday, April 11, 2008. The National Park Service (NPS) at Mesa Verde National Park will be the sponsor for this class. Information on the class location, lodging and logistics is provided as part of this announcement.
http://www.cdarc.org/sat/arpa.doc - MS Word Document
- Class in Photography for Cultural Heritage Professionals Offered by NPI & National Trust for Historic Preservation: The National Preservation Institute, a nonprofit organization founded in 1980, educates those involved in the management, preservation, and stewardship of
our cultural heritage. The 2008 National Preservation Institute seminar schedule is now available online at www.npi.org. The 2008 NPI News Release includes
the calendar and seminar descriptions.
http://www.npi.org/NewsRelease2008.pdf
Arizona Archaeology Expo This Weekend (March 1 & 2) at the Arizona State Museum.
-- Arizona Archaeology and Heritage Expo: Saturday and Sunday, March 1–2, 2008
9–4 p.m. Free and open to the public. After 7 years, ASM is again the proud host of this wonderful annual celebration. Enjoy two full days of educational and interactive displays and activities related to Arizona’s rich past and present. A used booksale hosted by the Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society, book signings, lectures, tours, food, and much more round out the festivities. Teachers can earn professional development hours. No need to pre-register: simply sign in at the Learn About Tent for a teacher resource packet and certificate, as well as a Archaeology Expo Discovery Map.
http://www.statemuseum.arizona.edu/public/index.shtml#expo
-- The Arizona Archaeology Expo Sponsorship: The Archaeology Expo is sponsored by the State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO), Arizona State Parks, and the Governor’s Archaeology Advisory Commission. The Arizona State Museum (ASM) is host and partner for the highlight event for 2008 Arizona Archaeology and Heritage Awareness Month (AAHAM). Many other partners will be joining together to present a varied Expo format offering two days of educational, hands-on archaeology programs to the public. Audio Updates and more information at:
http://www.azstateparks.com/text/calendar.html#march
-- Tucson Presidio Annual Brunch: We will be dining in the Courtyard of the reconstructed historic Presidio. At 11:00 a.m., a delicious brunch catered by El Charro Café will be served followed by an informative and entertaining presentation on “Laws and Outlaws in Territorial Days” by Robert Clark. Mr. Clark has spoken numerous times on a variety of subjects but is especially fond of history because of the many colorful characters and interesting stories.
Reservations Required, a $25 fee will benefit the Presidio Trust for Historic Preservation.
http://www.cdarc.org/sat/presidio_invitation.doc - MS Word Document
-- Center for Desert Archaeology Partners with the AZ LIVE Lab and the Arizona State Museum to Present the Pottery Project in Three Dimensions. Visitor's to the Arizona Archaeology Expo will have the opportunity to explore an immersive virtual reality display of based upon the virtual vault, part of an effort to digitize and interpret the State Museum's new Pottery Vault. A display of Southwestern Ceramics in Time and Space, as well as an Ancestral Puebloan Village will be displayed in the AZ LIVE immersive digital display environment. Sign up for tours of this program in the Pottery Vault Gallery at the Archaeology Expo.
-- Arizona State Musuem Library Benefit Booksale, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Saturday, 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. Sunday, ASM south uilding. This very popular annual booksale is hosted by the Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society. Save on USED Southwest books, magazines, journals and more. Proceeds benefit the ASM Library. ASM and AAHS members admitted one hour early on Saturday for best selection!
-- Archaeology Expo Lecture Opportunity Mesoamerican Style and Symbolism in Hohokam Architecture and Artifacts, Saturday, March 1, 2008 11 a.m. at Arizona State Museum, room 309. A panel discussion with Randall McGuire (Department of Anthropology, Binghamton University), Elisa Villalpando C. (Centro Sonora, Instituto Nacional de Antropologia e Historia), Suzanne Fish (Arizona State Museum) and Paul Fish (Arizona State Museum). This is one of a series of lectures pertaining to the museum's upcoming travel tour TUCSON, TULA & TLAXCALA: 4,000 Years of Cultural Interaction, June 2008. This lecture series is made possible in part by a grant from the Arizona Humanities Council and is designated a "We the People" project by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
-- Lecture Opportunity: Hopi History in Stone: The Tutuveni Petroglyph Site, 5 p.m. Free and open to the public. Wesley Bernardini from the University of Redlands discusses his research and documentation of Tutuveni, the famous petroglyph site on the Hopi Salt Trail. This lecture celebrates the publication of the 200th volume in the Arizona State Museum Archaeological Series. Lecture takes place at the Center for English as a Second Language (CESL) auditorium, one building east of ASM north. Enjoy a post-lecture reception at ASM.
- Nine Mile Canyon - Loosing a Treasure for Very Little in Return: My heart sank when I picked up the paper and read "Nine Mile Canyon at risk" above a photo of this Utah treasure. I had already read stories on rapid oil and gas development in northeast and central Utah, but this particular story brought back a flood of memories and drove home just how far we seem willing to go for 17 short days worth of natural gas to feed our growing demand.
http://www.sltrib.com/opinion/ci_8346177
- Mount Taylor Preservation Efforts Focus Upon State Register Nomination: The state Historic Preservation Division says a committee has agreed to an emergency listing of Mount Taylor in the State Register of Cultural Properties
http://kob.com/article/stories/S356399.shtml?cat=504
- Video Presentation on Excavation of Tucson's National Cemetery. KUAT presents an on-demand video presentation on one of the largest cemetery excavations to have ever taken place in North America.
http://www.cdarc.org/page/j698 - KUAT Television
- New Leadership at Colorado Historical Society: The Colorado Historical Society has filled three key positions: Mr. William J. Convery III, State Historian; Ms. Jill Cowperthwaite, Director of Development; and Ms. Sheila Goff, Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) Liaison.
http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Stories/Faces-of/Story~431376.aspx
- Cameron Arizona, Cultural Crossroads: Trading posts in the Southwest were historically gathering places, economic bridges between ranchers, Native American artisans, and passing traders. That spirit continues at the Cameron Trading Post. Founded by brothers Hubert and C.D. Richardson in 1916, the trading post now comprises a modern hotel with Southwestern decor, RV park, restaurant, gift shop, gallery, and gardens, but it remains a place for cross-cultural interaction.
http://www.cdarc.org/page/74u2 - Boston Globe
- Archaeological Damage Assessement Class Offered at Mesa Verde: Archaeological Resource Investigations (ARI) has scheduled an offering of the firm’s five-day advanced Archaeological Damage Assessment Class in Dolores, Colorado, Monday, April 7 through Friday, April 11, 2008. The National Park Service (NPS) at Mesa Verde National Park will be the sponsor for this class. Information on the class location, lodging and logistics is provided as part of this announcement.
http://www.cdarc.org/sat/arpa.doc - MS Word Document
- Class in Photography for Cultural Heritage Professionals Offered by NPI & National Trust for Historic Preservation: The National Preservation Institute, a nonprofit organization founded in 1980, educates those involved in the management, preservation, and stewardship of
our cultural heritage. The 2008 National Preservation Institute seminar schedule is now available online at www.npi.org. The 2008 NPI News Release includes
the calendar and seminar descriptions.
http://www.npi.org/NewsRelease2008.pdf
Arizona Archaeology Expo This Weekend (March 1 & 2) at the Arizona State Museum.
-- Arizona Archaeology and Heritage Expo: Saturday and Sunday, March 1–2, 2008
9–4 p.m. Free and open to the public. After 7 years, ASM is again the proud host of this wonderful annual celebration. Enjoy two full days of educational and interactive displays and activities related to Arizona’s rich past and present. A used booksale hosted by the Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society, book signings, lectures, tours, food, and much more round out the festivities. Teachers can earn professional development hours. No need to pre-register: simply sign in at the Learn About Tent for a teacher resource packet and certificate, as well as a Archaeology Expo Discovery Map.
http://www.statemuseum.arizona.edu/public/index.shtml#expo
-- The Arizona Archaeology Expo Sponsorship: The Archaeology Expo is sponsored by the State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO), Arizona State Parks, and the Governor’s Archaeology Advisory Commission. The Arizona State Museum (ASM) is host and partner for the highlight event for 2008 Arizona Archaeology and Heritage Awareness Month (AAHAM). Many other partners will be joining together to present a varied Expo format offering two days of educational, hands-on archaeology programs to the public. Audio Updates and more information at:
http://www.azstateparks.com/text/calendar.html#march
-- Tucson Presidio Annual Brunch: We will be dining in the Courtyard of the reconstructed historic Presidio. At 11:00 a.m., a delicious brunch catered by El Charro Café will be served followed by an informative and entertaining presentation on “Laws and Outlaws in Territorial Days” by Robert Clark. Mr. Clark has spoken numerous times on a variety of subjects but is especially fond of history because of the many colorful characters and interesting stories.
Reservations Required, a $25 fee will benefit the Presidio Trust for Historic Preservation.
http://www.cdarc.org/sat/presidio_invitation.doc - MS Word Document
-- Center for Desert Archaeology Partners with the AZ LIVE Lab and the Arizona State Museum to Present the Pottery Project in Three Dimensions. Visitor's to the Arizona Archaeology Expo will have the opportunity to explore an immersive virtual reality display of based upon the virtual vault, part of an effort to digitize and interpret the State Museum's new Pottery Vault. A display of Southwestern Ceramics in Time and Space, as well as an Ancestral Puebloan Village will be displayed in the AZ LIVE immersive digital display environment. Sign up for tours of this program in the Pottery Vault Gallery at the Archaeology Expo.
-- Arizona State Musuem Library Benefit Booksale, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Saturday, 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. Sunday, ASM south uilding. This very popular annual booksale is hosted by the Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society. Save on USED Southwest books, magazines, journals and more. Proceeds benefit the ASM Library. ASM and AAHS members admitted one hour early on Saturday for best selection!
-- Archaeology Expo Lecture Opportunity Mesoamerican Style and Symbolism in Hohokam Architecture and Artifacts, Saturday, March 1, 2008 11 a.m. at Arizona State Museum, room 309. A panel discussion with Randall McGuire (Department of Anthropology, Binghamton University), Elisa Villalpando C. (Centro Sonora, Instituto Nacional de Antropologia e Historia), Suzanne Fish (Arizona State Museum) and Paul Fish (Arizona State Museum). This is one of a series of lectures pertaining to the museum's upcoming travel tour TUCSON, TULA & TLAXCALA: 4,000 Years of Cultural Interaction, June 2008. This lecture series is made possible in part by a grant from the Arizona Humanities Council and is designated a "We the People" project by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
-- Lecture Opportunity: Hopi History in Stone: The Tutuveni Petroglyph Site, 5 p.m. Free and open to the public. Wesley Bernardini from the University of Redlands discusses his research and documentation of Tutuveni, the famous petroglyph site on the Hopi Salt Trail. This lecture celebrates the publication of the 200th volume in the Arizona State Museum Archaeological Series. Lecture takes place at the Center for English as a Second Language (CESL) auditorium, one building east of ASM north. Enjoy a post-lecture reception at ASM.
Monday, February 18, 2008
Gas Drilling Impacts Nine Mile Canyon, Digging the Gault Site
Southwestern Archaeology Making the News - A Service of the Center for Desert Archaeology
- Gas Well Drilling Threaten Nine Mile Canyon: Eastern Utah's Nine Mile Canyon holds more than 10,000 known American Indian rock-art images. But they may be no match for 800 gas wells. A Denver-based energy company's proposal to drill at least that many wells on the West Tavaputs Plateau threatens the thousand-year-old Anasazi ruins, where dust and chemicals are already corroding peerless rock art.
http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_8280063
- Archaeology of the Gault Site: I'm crouched in a hole, raking a trowel over a one-meter-square patch of clay, hoping the next clump of dirt will expose something incredible, like a prehistoric arrowhead. Instead, there's just more clay, which I scrape into shavings the color of dark chocolate. A few snail shells liven up the mix, but otherwise nothing but dirt and stone.
http://www.statesman.com/life/content/life/stories/other/02/17/0217dig.html
- 20,000 Year "Layover" Scenario Proposed for the Peopling of the New World: The first New World entrants, who likely came from Asia, endured a 20,000-year "layover" on a strip of land called Beringia that once connected Alaska to Siberia, according to a new research model. The model combines genetics with climate, archaeological and geological information to paint a vivid picture of how the Americas were first populated by approximately 1,000 to 5,000 people, instead of just 100, as was previously believed.
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/02/13/beringia-native-american.html
- Gila Cliff Dwellings Reopened with a Temporary Bridge: Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument Superintendent Steve Riley announced today the opening of Gila Cliff Dwellings after two and a half weeks of closure. New Mexico Department of Transportation (NMDOT) completed temporary repairs to the flood damaged West Fork bridge on February 14, 2008. These repairs are not permanent and are vulnerable to future floods. However, they will allow access to the cliff dwellings, Upper and Lower Scorpion Campgrounds, TJ and Woody’s Corrals while NMDOT plans future repairs.
- Archaeology Society of New Mexico Offering Scholarship for New Mexcian Anthropology Students: The Archaeological Society of New Mexico (ASNM) has extended the deadline for accepting applications for the ASNM Scholarship Awards for the 2008-2009 academic year to March 31, 2008. The amount of the ASNM Scholarship Award varies from $100.00 to $500.00. Applications are restricted to full time students attending one of the following academic institutions: Eastern New Mexico University, Highlands University, New Mexico State University, San Juan College, and University of New Mexico. Applicants are limited to junior, senior, and Master's degree students in any of the fields covered by the term "anthropology." Students demonstrating a financial need and an anthropological thesis or approved project relevant to the greater southwest will be considered. Further information and application is available at:
http://newmexico-archaeology.org/text/scholarship.htm
- Lecture Opportunity (Tucson): Ancient Burial Practices at the Yuma Wash Hohokam
Archaeological Site” by Bioarchaeologists John A. McClelland & Jessica I. Cerezo
Román. 7:30 p.m, Old Pueblo Archaeology Center auditorium, 5100 W. Ina Road, Bldg. 8,. Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s recent excavations at the Yuma Wash archaeological site, a Tucson-area Hohokam Classic period (A.D. 1100-1450) settlement, revealed a diverse range of burial practices including primary inhumation, primary cremation, and secondary cremation.
- Lecture Opportunity (Tucson): Steve Lekson Presets "A Millennium on the Meridian: Chaco Meridian Revisited. Presented as part of the Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society Meeting, Tonight (Feb 18) at the Duval Auditorium, Arizona Health Sciences Center, 1501 N Campbell Ave.
- Gas Well Drilling Threaten Nine Mile Canyon: Eastern Utah's Nine Mile Canyon holds more than 10,000 known American Indian rock-art images. But they may be no match for 800 gas wells. A Denver-based energy company's proposal to drill at least that many wells on the West Tavaputs Plateau threatens the thousand-year-old Anasazi ruins, where dust and chemicals are already corroding peerless rock art.
http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_8280063
- Archaeology of the Gault Site: I'm crouched in a hole, raking a trowel over a one-meter-square patch of clay, hoping the next clump of dirt will expose something incredible, like a prehistoric arrowhead. Instead, there's just more clay, which I scrape into shavings the color of dark chocolate. A few snail shells liven up the mix, but otherwise nothing but dirt and stone.
http://www.statesman.com/life/content/life/stories/other/02/17/0217dig.html
- 20,000 Year "Layover" Scenario Proposed for the Peopling of the New World: The first New World entrants, who likely came from Asia, endured a 20,000-year "layover" on a strip of land called Beringia that once connected Alaska to Siberia, according to a new research model. The model combines genetics with climate, archaeological and geological information to paint a vivid picture of how the Americas were first populated by approximately 1,000 to 5,000 people, instead of just 100, as was previously believed.
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/02/13/beringia-native-american.html
- Gila Cliff Dwellings Reopened with a Temporary Bridge: Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument Superintendent Steve Riley announced today the opening of Gila Cliff Dwellings after two and a half weeks of closure. New Mexico Department of Transportation (NMDOT) completed temporary repairs to the flood damaged West Fork bridge on February 14, 2008. These repairs are not permanent and are vulnerable to future floods. However, they will allow access to the cliff dwellings, Upper and Lower Scorpion Campgrounds, TJ and Woody’s Corrals while NMDOT plans future repairs.
- Archaeology Society of New Mexico Offering Scholarship for New Mexcian Anthropology Students: The Archaeological Society of New Mexico (ASNM) has extended the deadline for accepting applications for the ASNM Scholarship Awards for the 2008-2009 academic year to March 31, 2008. The amount of the ASNM Scholarship Award varies from $100.00 to $500.00. Applications are restricted to full time students attending one of the following academic institutions: Eastern New Mexico University, Highlands University, New Mexico State University, San Juan College, and University of New Mexico. Applicants are limited to junior, senior, and Master's degree students in any of the fields covered by the term "anthropology." Students demonstrating a financial need and an anthropological thesis or approved project relevant to the greater southwest will be considered. Further information and application is available at:
http://newmexico-archaeology.org/text/scholarship.htm
- Lecture Opportunity (Tucson): Ancient Burial Practices at the Yuma Wash Hohokam
Archaeological Site” by Bioarchaeologists John A. McClelland & Jessica I. Cerezo
Román. 7:30 p.m, Old Pueblo Archaeology Center auditorium, 5100 W. Ina Road, Bldg. 8,. Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s recent excavations at the Yuma Wash archaeological site, a Tucson-area Hohokam Classic period (A.D. 1100-1450) settlement, revealed a diverse range of burial practices including primary inhumation, primary cremation, and secondary cremation.
- Lecture Opportunity (Tucson): Steve Lekson Presets "A Millennium on the Meridian: Chaco Meridian Revisited. Presented as part of the Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society Meeting, Tonight (Feb 18) at the Duval Auditorium, Arizona Health Sciences Center, 1501 N Campbell Ave.
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