Southwestern Archaeology Making the News - A Service of the Center for Desert Archaeology
Arizona Legislature Sweep of Heritage Funds Imperils San Xavier del Bac
The mission known as "The White Dove of the Desert" shimmers with the unworldly glow of a mirage in the dry flatlands south of Tucson. San Xavier del Bac, with its asymmetrical towers, elegant curves and exuberant decoration, is the best example of Spanish colonial architecture in the nation. It's such an important window into the past that it was one of the original listings when the National Register of Historic Places was established in 1966. |
http://tinyurl.com/246clwd - Arizona Republic
Center for Desert Archaeology Researcher Featured on the History Detectives
The August 16, 2010, episode of “History Detectives” will feature Center Preservation Fellow Aaron Wright. Aaron asked the team to investigate the authenticity of an inscription in Phoenix’s South Mountain Park. The inscription includes the name of Fray Marcos de Niza, and is dated 1539.
http://www.cdarc.org/2010/08/06/center-researcher-featured-on-pbss-history-detectives/
In Memory of Jo Anne Medley
We are sad to inform you all that Jo Anne Medley, a fourteen-year veteran of the State Historic Preservation Office staff, passed away Wednesday, August 4, 2010. We will all miss her deeply not only as a professional colleague but as a good friend and wonderful individual.
http://www.cdarc.org/sat/j_a_m.doc - MS Word Document
El Malpais Hike Scheduled for August 14, "Chaco Migrants Meet Mountain Mogollons" Dittert Archaeological Area, Grants, New Mexico
Some say this site is a Chacoan outlier. Others say it is closer to Mogollon country and influence. Come find out about two great ancestral cultures of the southwest, and decide for yourself if this is where they met, whether they got along, and why they chose this place. Modern interpretations are in dynamic flux. In the late 1200s drought was pervasive as was the likelihood of political upheaval. The Dittert site was built atop a Chaco era site (Pueblo 2), and may have been the last mansion in this area during Pueblo 3 times.
http://www.cdarc.org/sat/el_malpais_hike.doc - MS Word Document.
Yet Another Light Sentence in 4 Corners Looting Case
A Utah man who once bragged about taking American Indian artifacts from federal lands avoided jail time Thursday after a federal judge said he decided to show leniency after reading letters from the man's two daughters. U.S. District Judge Dee Benson said he planned to give Aubry Patterson, 57, prison time but changed his mind after reading the letters, which said Patterson was an "amazing father" who had a hard life but always "provided for us and put food on the table." Patterson's teary daughters accompanied him to court.
http://tinyurl.com/24n5tyq - Washington Examiner
Steve Jobs Wins Right to Demolish Historic California Mansion
If the long saga of Steve Jobs and the Jackling House were a screenplay, we would be at the climactic moment. The billionaire computer king has won his long battle for permission to tear down the historic 1920s mansion he detests. Preservationists who fought him in court for six years have dropped their lawsuit, leaving the town of Woodside free to issue a permit for the 17,000-square-foot home built for copper baron Daniel Jackling to be razed.
http://www.mercurynews.com/top-stories/ci_15669725?nclick_check=1
Showing posts with label South Mountain Petroglyphs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label South Mountain Petroglyphs. Show all posts
Monday, August 9, 2010
Friday, December 19, 2008
Financing Archaeological Preservation, Suburban Petroglyphs
Archaeology Making the News - A Service of the Center for Desert Archaeology
- New Publication Examines Innovative Financing for Cultural Heritage Preservation: From a farmer’s field in Cambodia to a mantle in a New York penthouse, the path of a looted antiquity is profitable for some, but leaves behind a wide swath of economic, environmental and cultural degradation. Despite increased awareness and global attempts at enforcement, the growth of the illicit antiquities trade into a $4 billion market is a clear sign that there are more rewards than actual risks. However, according to this report from the Milken Institute, an overhaul of incentives could change the market to create significant cultural and economic value. According to Financial Innovations for Developing Archaeological Discovery and Conservation, there are market-based solutions that can promote legal discovery and conservation, while at the same time stop or at least mitigate the effects of looting. The report offers three possible solutions to explore: long-term leases for museums and exhibitions, museum/collector partnership sponsored digs and the design and development of archaeological development bonds.
http://www.cdarc.org/page/9qd9 - The Milken Institute
- Restoring American National Parks Would be an Excellent National Economic Stimulus Package: The nation's crown jewels, 391 National Park Service properties, are losing their luster. Years of deferred maintenance and inadequate federal funding have taken a terrible toll on our national parks, monuments, seashores, lakes, battlefields, recreation areas and historic sites. Bridges need replacing, roads need repaving, and historic buildings need restoring. Visitor centers, restrooms, trails, boardwalks, piers and outbuildings need refurbishing. The price tag: $8.7 billion, and growing at a rate of $700 million a year. It sounds like a lot, but it's not. The money needed to restore and preserve our parks would be just a fraction of the massive stimulus plan -- estimates range from $400 billion to $1 trillion -- that the Obama administration and a Democratic Congress hope to approve in January to stoke the embers of a dying economy. And it would be money well spent.
http://www.sltrib.com/ci_11264611
- Petroglyph National Monument Preserves Ancient Art in a Suburban Context: Suburbia is on one side of the street, traces of an ancient people on the other. But it's easy to forget the 21st century within Petroglyph National Monument, which is home to more than 20,000 images pecked into dark boulders by the ancient ancestors of today's American Indians, Spanish settlers and later visitors.
http://www.cdarc.org/page/ghgd - Dallas News
- Deer Valley Rockart Center is Another Suburban Preservation Success Story: The quail are calling, the cottontails stirring. It's late afternoon, and the desert has come to life outside Deer Valley Rock Art Center. Two owls sit in a Paloverde and wait things out while a few visitors stroll and look up at a rocky hillside. Thousands of years ago, travelers scratched symbols on these rocks, symbols now preserved in a family-friendly museum setting in north Phoenix. Javelina, bobcats and coyotes wander from the surrounding desert into the 47-acre park. The owls wait and shadows grow long.
http://www.azcentral.com/travel/arizona/features/articles/1218deervalley1219.html
- Help Study Petroglyphs in Suburban Tucson: Old Pueblo Archaeology Center to offer archaeological field school training in cultural resources survey techniques.
http://www.cdarc.org/sat/opac-survey.doc - MS Word Document
- National Association of Tribal Historic Preservation Officers Offer Museum Design Workshop: " "Telling Our History I: Exhibition Development." This week-long workshop is four and one-half days of learning through presentations, dialogue, and a site visit to museums in area. Tribal museum and cultural center directors and staff will learn about and share information that address the basics of exhibit development. Each day will include interactive activities, lessons from case studies and model museums, and opportunities for participants to learn from one another.
http://nathpo.org/NNMTP/ExhibitionDevelopment.html
- Numerous Archaeological Titles Make Reviewer's Lists of the Top 12 Southwestern Books of 2008: Just in time for Christmas giving, the Pima County Public Library's Southwest Literature Project has announced its top Southwest reads for 2008. Eight panelists, two who concentrated on children's books, reviewed more than 270 books with a Southwest theme or setting published this year.
http://www.azstarnet.com/allheadlines/272022
http://www.library.pima.gov/books/swboy
- Controversial Changes at University of Pennsylvania Archaeology Musuem: A venerable archaeology museum plans to lay off 18 researchers and focus on upgrading its exhibits in an effort to attract more visitors and shore up its finances. Several prominent scientists are among the researchers being laid off from the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, though some could keep their jobs if grant money to cover their salaries is found.
http://www.eveningsun.com/ci_11254271
http://www.cdarc.org/page/1rq5 - Art Info
http://blogs.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2008/12/u-penn-museum-c.html
- New Publication Examines Innovative Financing for Cultural Heritage Preservation: From a farmer’s field in Cambodia to a mantle in a New York penthouse, the path of a looted antiquity is profitable for some, but leaves behind a wide swath of economic, environmental and cultural degradation. Despite increased awareness and global attempts at enforcement, the growth of the illicit antiquities trade into a $4 billion market is a clear sign that there are more rewards than actual risks. However, according to this report from the Milken Institute, an overhaul of incentives could change the market to create significant cultural and economic value. According to Financial Innovations for Developing Archaeological Discovery and Conservation, there are market-based solutions that can promote legal discovery and conservation, while at the same time stop or at least mitigate the effects of looting. The report offers three possible solutions to explore: long-term leases for museums and exhibitions, museum/collector partnership sponsored digs and the design and development of archaeological development bonds.
http://www.cdarc.org/page/9qd9 - The Milken Institute
- Restoring American National Parks Would be an Excellent National Economic Stimulus Package: The nation's crown jewels, 391 National Park Service properties, are losing their luster. Years of deferred maintenance and inadequate federal funding have taken a terrible toll on our national parks, monuments, seashores, lakes, battlefields, recreation areas and historic sites. Bridges need replacing, roads need repaving, and historic buildings need restoring. Visitor centers, restrooms, trails, boardwalks, piers and outbuildings need refurbishing. The price tag: $8.7 billion, and growing at a rate of $700 million a year. It sounds like a lot, but it's not. The money needed to restore and preserve our parks would be just a fraction of the massive stimulus plan -- estimates range from $400 billion to $1 trillion -- that the Obama administration and a Democratic Congress hope to approve in January to stoke the embers of a dying economy. And it would be money well spent.
http://www.sltrib.com/ci_11264611
- Petroglyph National Monument Preserves Ancient Art in a Suburban Context: Suburbia is on one side of the street, traces of an ancient people on the other. But it's easy to forget the 21st century within Petroglyph National Monument, which is home to more than 20,000 images pecked into dark boulders by the ancient ancestors of today's American Indians, Spanish settlers and later visitors.
http://www.cdarc.org/page/ghgd - Dallas News
- Deer Valley Rockart Center is Another Suburban Preservation Success Story: The quail are calling, the cottontails stirring. It's late afternoon, and the desert has come to life outside Deer Valley Rock Art Center. Two owls sit in a Paloverde and wait things out while a few visitors stroll and look up at a rocky hillside. Thousands of years ago, travelers scratched symbols on these rocks, symbols now preserved in a family-friendly museum setting in north Phoenix. Javelina, bobcats and coyotes wander from the surrounding desert into the 47-acre park. The owls wait and shadows grow long.
http://www.azcentral.com/travel/arizona/features/articles/1218deervalley1219.html
- Help Study Petroglyphs in Suburban Tucson: Old Pueblo Archaeology Center to offer archaeological field school training in cultural resources survey techniques.
http://www.cdarc.org/sat/opac-survey.doc - MS Word Document
- National Association of Tribal Historic Preservation Officers Offer Museum Design Workshop: " "Telling Our History I: Exhibition Development." This week-long workshop is four and one-half days of learning through presentations, dialogue, and a site visit to museums in area. Tribal museum and cultural center directors and staff will learn about and share information that address the basics of exhibit development. Each day will include interactive activities, lessons from case studies and model museums, and opportunities for participants to learn from one another.
http://nathpo.org/NNMTP/ExhibitionDevelopment.html
- Numerous Archaeological Titles Make Reviewer's Lists of the Top 12 Southwestern Books of 2008: Just in time for Christmas giving, the Pima County Public Library's Southwest Literature Project has announced its top Southwest reads for 2008. Eight panelists, two who concentrated on children's books, reviewed more than 270 books with a Southwest theme or setting published this year.
http://www.azstarnet.com/allheadlines/272022
http://www.library.pima.gov/books/swboy
- Controversial Changes at University of Pennsylvania Archaeology Musuem: A venerable archaeology museum plans to lay off 18 researchers and focus on upgrading its exhibits in an effort to attract more visitors and shore up its finances. Several prominent scientists are among the researchers being laid off from the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, though some could keep their jobs if grant money to cover their salaries is found.
http://www.eveningsun.com/ci_11254271
http://www.cdarc.org/page/1rq5 - Art Info
http://blogs.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2008/12/u-penn-museum-c.html
Friday, September 5, 2008
MNA Turns 80, Freeway Construction May Impact South Mountain Park Petroglyphs Near Phoenix
Archaeology Making The News - A Service of the Center For Desert Archaeology
- Museum of Northern Arizona Celebrates 80th Anniversary and Restored Accreditation: On Saturday, Sept 6th, at 4:30 Pm, Dr Dr. Dave Wilcox will present "Seizing the Moment - Collaboration and Cooperation in the Founding and Growth of the Museum of Northern Arizona" Dr. Dave Wilcox, MNA's senior research anthropologist and recent recipient of the Arizona Archaeological Society's 2008 Professional Archaeologist of the Year Award and the 2007 Byron S. Cummings Award for Outstanding Contributions in Archaeology, Anthropology, or Ethnology. Additional Events Available for Museum Members.
http://www.musnaz.org/events/80anniversary.html
- Confusing Public Meeting Downplays Possible Impacts of New Road Construction on South Mountain Park (Phoenix): The advisory team was also told there were remains of six Hohokam villages on the west side of the proposed path, along with lithic quarries where Indians collected rocks used to make tools, and a petroglyph site and trails in the Ahwatukee Foothills area would also be affected and would require some kind of mitigation. But the big issue, both literally and figuratively, is South Mountain Park, which has both historic and pre-historic elements. SMCAT members were told construction of the freeway through 32 acres, cutting hundreds of feet deep through three ridges, wouldn't be a problem.
http://www.ahwatukee.com/news/advisory_4235___article.html/school_adot.html
- Gila Cliff Dwellings Reopen: Superintendent Steve Riley of the Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument, New Mexico, today reopened the National Park after successful temporary repairs to the road bridge leading to the Cliff Dwellings were made yesterday Wednesday September 3, 2008. The park, in southwestern New Mexico 40 miles north of Silver City, was forced to close early Sunday morning when heavy rain eroded a highway bridge on the only vehicle access to the site. New Mexico Department of Transportation highway crews finished temporary repairs late Wednesday evening on the New Mexico State Highway 15 Gila West Fork Bridge. The road will be closed to overnight use between 5:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m., to permit continued monitoring of bridge and road conditions.
- Polynesians and the New World is the Topic of the Next Meeting of the Pacific Coast Archaeology Society: Pacific Coast Archaeological Society's September 11th meeting will feature Dr. Kathryn A. Klar and Dr. Terry L. Jones speaking on "Polynesians to the New World: The Chumash Connection and Beyond." Meeting information: Thursday, September 11, 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
- Arizona Senic Byways Program Seeks Public Input: The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT), in cooperation with the Arizona Office of Tourism, Arizona Highways Magazine and the Federal Highways Administration, is developing a statewide series of marketing brochures for Arizona’s Scenic Byways. Studies have identified informational brochures as a useful supplement for byway visitors – both to get potential visitors interested in visiting a byway and also to enhance the experience of visiting the byway itself. The goal is to provide useful, accurate and understandable information to the Arizona traveler. As part of this effort, ADOT wants your opinion! By participating in our survey, you can help determine which of the many attractions along Arizona’s scenic byways we should highlight in the brochures. The survey is brief and takes only a few minutes to complete. Please click to complete the survey located online here: http://www.cdarc.org/page/95vj - AZ Dept, of Transportation via Survey Monkey
- Public Input Sought on Management Plan for Chiricahua National Monument: The National Park Service (NPS) is preparing an Environmental Assessment (EA) in support of a Wilderness Management Plan for Chiricahua National Monument. You may be part of this planning effort by assisting us in identifying issues to be addressed and later by reviewing and providing comments on the draft document. At this time, we are soliciting information to include in the plan and issues that should be considered. Public open house sessions will be held and opportunities for on-line comments are available.
http://www.willcoxrangenews.com/articles/2008/09/04/news/news16.txt
- Travelogue, Utah's Grand Gulch: Over the next five days, we'd hike north 40 miles to Collins Canyon through the Gulch's winding chasms, where at almost every turn lie the homes, tools, and art of the ancient Anasazi, or Ancestral Puebloans, as scientists now call them.
http://www.backpacker.com/august_08_canyon_confidential/destinations/12497
- Museum of Northern Arizona Celebrates 80th Anniversary and Restored Accreditation: On Saturday, Sept 6th, at 4:30 Pm, Dr Dr. Dave Wilcox will present "Seizing the Moment - Collaboration and Cooperation in the Founding and Growth of the Museum of Northern Arizona" Dr. Dave Wilcox, MNA's senior research anthropologist and recent recipient of the Arizona Archaeological Society's 2008 Professional Archaeologist of the Year Award and the 2007 Byron S. Cummings Award for Outstanding Contributions in Archaeology, Anthropology, or Ethnology. Additional Events Available for Museum Members.
http://www.musnaz.org/events/80anniversary.html
- Confusing Public Meeting Downplays Possible Impacts of New Road Construction on South Mountain Park (Phoenix): The advisory team was also told there were remains of six Hohokam villages on the west side of the proposed path, along with lithic quarries where Indians collected rocks used to make tools, and a petroglyph site and trails in the Ahwatukee Foothills area would also be affected and would require some kind of mitigation. But the big issue, both literally and figuratively, is South Mountain Park, which has both historic and pre-historic elements. SMCAT members were told construction of the freeway through 32 acres, cutting hundreds of feet deep through three ridges, wouldn't be a problem.
http://www.ahwatukee.com/news/advisory_4235___article.html/school_adot.html
- Gila Cliff Dwellings Reopen: Superintendent Steve Riley of the Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument, New Mexico, today reopened the National Park after successful temporary repairs to the road bridge leading to the Cliff Dwellings were made yesterday Wednesday September 3, 2008. The park, in southwestern New Mexico 40 miles north of Silver City, was forced to close early Sunday morning when heavy rain eroded a highway bridge on the only vehicle access to the site. New Mexico Department of Transportation highway crews finished temporary repairs late Wednesday evening on the New Mexico State Highway 15 Gila West Fork Bridge. The road will be closed to overnight use between 5:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m., to permit continued monitoring of bridge and road conditions.
- Polynesians and the New World is the Topic of the Next Meeting of the Pacific Coast Archaeology Society: Pacific Coast Archaeological Society's September 11th meeting will feature Dr. Kathryn A. Klar and Dr. Terry L. Jones speaking on "Polynesians to the New World: The Chumash Connection and Beyond." Meeting information: Thursday, September 11, 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
- Arizona Senic Byways Program Seeks Public Input: The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT), in cooperation with the Arizona Office of Tourism, Arizona Highways Magazine and the Federal Highways Administration, is developing a statewide series of marketing brochures for Arizona’s Scenic Byways. Studies have identified informational brochures as a useful supplement for byway visitors – both to get potential visitors interested in visiting a byway and also to enhance the experience of visiting the byway itself. The goal is to provide useful, accurate and understandable information to the Arizona traveler. As part of this effort, ADOT wants your opinion! By participating in our survey, you can help determine which of the many attractions along Arizona’s scenic byways we should highlight in the brochures. The survey is brief and takes only a few minutes to complete. Please click to complete the survey located online here: http://www.cdarc.org/page/95vj - AZ Dept, of Transportation via Survey Monkey
- Public Input Sought on Management Plan for Chiricahua National Monument: The National Park Service (NPS) is preparing an Environmental Assessment (EA) in support of a Wilderness Management Plan for Chiricahua National Monument. You may be part of this planning effort by assisting us in identifying issues to be addressed and later by reviewing and providing comments on the draft document. At this time, we are soliciting information to include in the plan and issues that should be considered. Public open house sessions will be held and opportunities for on-line comments are available.
http://www.willcoxrangenews.com/articles/2008/09/04/news/news16.txt
- Travelogue, Utah's Grand Gulch: Over the next five days, we'd hike north 40 miles to Collins Canyon through the Gulch's winding chasms, where at almost every turn lie the homes, tools, and art of the ancient Anasazi, or Ancestral Puebloans, as scientists now call them.
http://www.backpacker.com/august_08_canyon_confidential/destinations/12497
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