Southwestern Archaeology Making the New - A Service of the Center for Desert Archaeology
- Hohokam Site Involved In Presidential Politics: the 200-page environmental assessment Verizon commissioned to study McCain’s land, and filed with the FCC. It was no small process. The group that Verizon hired to conduct the study, EBI Consulting, in turn had to subcontract a local archeological firm, Aztlan Archeology (page 145), to make sure the tower wasn’t erected on Indian burial grounds or risked causing an eyesore. Laurie Slawson, the archeologist who wrote the report, explained to me that Aztlan had examined a “prehistoric rock ring” (page 160) discovered at the proposed site and contacted about a dozen local Indian tribes, from Hopis to Havasupai, to make sure no cell phone tower arose on ancient Indian burial grounds (which, she says, does happen periodically and necessitates an expensive relocation process to less-sacred areas). The McCain site did contain archeological evidence of a long-ago Indian presence—a fire pit that Slawson attributes to the Hohokam, a prehistoric agrarian tribe—though apparently nothing sacred enough to stand in the way of wireless technology.
http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200810u/mccain-cell-phone
- Atlatl Throw This Saturday at the Blackwater Draw Site: Eastern New Mexico University's Department of Anthropology and Applied Archaeology, Blackwater Draw Archaeological Site, and Mu Alpha Nu Anthropology Club will host the eighth annual Blackwater Draw Atlatl Throw on Saturday at the Blackwater Draw Archaeological Site. The site is located along State Highway 467, about six miles north of Portales and one mile north of the turn to Oasis State Park.
http://www.pntonline.com/news/atlatl_15080___article.html/site_draw.html
- Apache Exhibit Opens in Oklahoma: “Unconquered- Allan Houser and the Legacy of One Apache Family” opens at the Oklahoma Historical Society on October 24, 2008. The exhibition of artworks, artifacts, and photographs will illustrate cultural survival and expression through five generations of one Apache family – the Haozous/Houser family. Spanning the years of 1886 to 2008 the exhibition will trace the family’s history in Oklahoma. Allan’s father, Sam Haozous, was among the Chiricahua Apaches forced from their New Mexico homelands, imprisoned in Florida, then Alabama, and finally assigned to the Ft. Sill Army base in Oklahoma.
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/10/prweb1480554.htm
- Second Arizona Archaeology Expo Planning Meeting Announced: 2009 Arizona Archaeology and Heritage Awareness Month. “Celebrate Arizona’s Past: Museums, Places, People. ”Thursday, October 16, 2008 at 2:00 PM. Pueblo Grande Museum and Archaeological Park 4619 E. Washington St., Phoenix, Arizona. Please come and share your ideas as the State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) continues planning for the 2009 Arizona Archaeology Expo that will be held on March 14-15, 2009 at the Pueblo Grande Museum and Archaeological Park (PGM) in Phoenix. We will be exchanging ideas with the various partners, discussing programming, publicity, lay out and organization, sponsors, funding, off-site activities, etc.
For More Information, Please Contact: Ann Howard, Public Archaeology Programs Manager, State Historic Preservation Office, 602/542-7138, avh2@azstateparks.gov
- Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument to Celebrate Gila River With Special Event: The Monument is celebrating the Gila River on November 8, 2008 from 11am to 2pm with an event featuring new book releases, Gila Libre and Free Flow. The authors will accompany interested participants on a walk along the west fork of the Gila River focused on photography and writing. Along the way, Jan Haley will talk about the natural art of the river and Carol Sinor will focus on the river as inspiration for poetry and nature writing. Participants are encouraged to bring their cameras, sketchbooks, or journals or simply come and enjoy an autumn walk and learn what Dutch Salmon has gleaned from his years spent along the river. For your viewing and buying pleasure Jan will have limited edition large format prints from Free Flow available for the first time. Signed copies of Gila Libre and Free Flow are available for purchase (no sales tax) at the non-profit Western National Parks Association bookstore at the Gila Visitor Center. Proceeds from the sales at the bookstore provide funding for this and other Park programs provided to the public at no cost. Please call (575)536-9461 to place book orders by phone or for more information.
- The Clampers, A Drinking Club with a History Problem: With little more than mortar and their ever-present red shirts, the Clampers, as the organization’s members are known, have placed more than 1,000 bronze, wood and granite plaques throughout California, from the remote stretches of coast to mining towns like this one, in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada. The group’s handiwork appears on roadsides, lakesides and at the sites of former brothels, breweries and ballrooms. Jails and forts have been plaqued, and so have whaling stations. Historical drinks have been commemorated — and, no doubt, imbibed — along with ghost stories, stories of heroism and plenty of tall tales in between.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/14/us/14california.html
Friday, October 17, 2008
Monday, October 13, 2008
Massive Cemetery Excavation in Tucson, More Fines for George Johnson
Southwestern Archaeology Making the News - A Service of the Center for Desert Archaeology
- SRI Excavations in Downtown Tucson Opens a Unique View on Southwestern History: They started finding the bodies right away. In November of 2006, excavation began on 4.2 acres near North Stone Avenue and East Alameda Street, site of a planned joint city/county courts complex. It would last 16 months. It would also turn out to be one of the largest single historic excavations in the country.
http://www.azstarnet.com/allheadlines/261677.php
- La Osa Developer Who Bladed Away Hohokam Villages Faces More Fines for Diverting Santa Cruz River: A Scottsdale developer and his companies have agreed to pay another $1 million in connection with his role in bulldozing, filling and diverting about five miles of the Santa Cruz River in Pinal County. The deal, announced Tuesday, settles a lawsuit filed against George H. Johnson after his firms bladed about 2,000 acres of privately owned land in 2003 to create what was to be the La Osa Ranch community north of Marana. The work, according to the lawsuit, severely damaged what had been an area with rich vegetation, including one of the few extensive mesquite forests remaining in Arizona's Sonoran Desert region.
http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/127584
- Travelogue: Ojo Caliente: Long before the Spaniards discovered these springs, the waters at Ojo Caliente — with their remarkable combination of arsenic, iron, soda and lithium — have been erupting from the earth. A favorite of locals, these springs have special meaning for the descendants of those who inhabited the Ojo Caliente drainage from the late 1300s until the early 1500s. "We live at the gateway to prehistoric New Mexico and have numerous sacred sites that we’re very closely connected to and visit often," said Herman Agoyo, former governor of San Juan Pueblo, one of several nearby Indian pueblos.
http://www.star-telegram.com/travel/story/963934.html
- Volume 2 of "Handbook of North American Indians - Indians in Contemporary Society" Published by Smithsonian Institution: The 46 chapters in this volume explore how Indians and Arctic peoples maintain their Native identity in contemporary societies, including their responses to the social forces around them. The major sections include The Issues in the United States, The Issues in Canada, Demographic and Ethnic Issues, and Social and Cultural Revitalization. 589 pp. S/N 047-000-00417-9. 2008. $64. $89.60 international price.
http://anthropology.si.edu/handbook.htm
- American Indian Center Dedicated in Oklahoma: An American Indian chief conducted an ancient tribal ceremony Friday to bless the first building to be completed at the site of the American Indian Museum and Cultural Center. Representatives from several Oklahoma-based tribes joined state officials in dedicating a 4,000-square-foot visitor center, part of a complex of buildings, courtyards and earthen mounds that eventually will include a 125,000-square-foot museum at the intersection of Interstates 35 and 40 in Oklahoma City.
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/081010/ok_american_indian_museum.html?.v=2
- Do Gender Roles and Optimal Foraging Theory Apply to Surfing the Web? Few men are required to go into the wilderness these days to get food for Sunday dinner. But it seems they can't shed their hunter-like tendencies when it comes to the Internet, according to Canadian researchers. Two brothers from Quebec have found that men use hunting skills acquired through years of gender evolution when moving through the World Wide Web.
http://www.cdarc.org/page/2bju - CTV
Thanks to Cherie Freeman and Brian Kenny for contributions to today's newsletter.
- SRI Excavations in Downtown Tucson Opens a Unique View on Southwestern History: They started finding the bodies right away. In November of 2006, excavation began on 4.2 acres near North Stone Avenue and East Alameda Street, site of a planned joint city/county courts complex. It would last 16 months. It would also turn out to be one of the largest single historic excavations in the country.
http://www.azstarnet.com/allheadlines/261677.php
- La Osa Developer Who Bladed Away Hohokam Villages Faces More Fines for Diverting Santa Cruz River: A Scottsdale developer and his companies have agreed to pay another $1 million in connection with his role in bulldozing, filling and diverting about five miles of the Santa Cruz River in Pinal County. The deal, announced Tuesday, settles a lawsuit filed against George H. Johnson after his firms bladed about 2,000 acres of privately owned land in 2003 to create what was to be the La Osa Ranch community north of Marana. The work, according to the lawsuit, severely damaged what had been an area with rich vegetation, including one of the few extensive mesquite forests remaining in Arizona's Sonoran Desert region.
http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/127584
- Travelogue: Ojo Caliente: Long before the Spaniards discovered these springs, the waters at Ojo Caliente — with their remarkable combination of arsenic, iron, soda and lithium — have been erupting from the earth. A favorite of locals, these springs have special meaning for the descendants of those who inhabited the Ojo Caliente drainage from the late 1300s until the early 1500s. "We live at the gateway to prehistoric New Mexico and have numerous sacred sites that we’re very closely connected to and visit often," said Herman Agoyo, former governor of San Juan Pueblo, one of several nearby Indian pueblos.
http://www.star-telegram.com/travel/story/963934.html
- Volume 2 of "Handbook of North American Indians - Indians in Contemporary Society" Published by Smithsonian Institution: The 46 chapters in this volume explore how Indians and Arctic peoples maintain their Native identity in contemporary societies, including their responses to the social forces around them. The major sections include The Issues in the United States, The Issues in Canada, Demographic and Ethnic Issues, and Social and Cultural Revitalization. 589 pp. S/N 047-000-00417-9. 2008. $64. $89.60 international price.
http://anthropology.si.edu/handbook.htm
- American Indian Center Dedicated in Oklahoma: An American Indian chief conducted an ancient tribal ceremony Friday to bless the first building to be completed at the site of the American Indian Museum and Cultural Center. Representatives from several Oklahoma-based tribes joined state officials in dedicating a 4,000-square-foot visitor center, part of a complex of buildings, courtyards and earthen mounds that eventually will include a 125,000-square-foot museum at the intersection of Interstates 35 and 40 in Oklahoma City.
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/081010/ok_american_indian_museum.html?.v=2
- Do Gender Roles and Optimal Foraging Theory Apply to Surfing the Web? Few men are required to go into the wilderness these days to get food for Sunday dinner. But it seems they can't shed their hunter-like tendencies when it comes to the Internet, according to Canadian researchers. Two brothers from Quebec have found that men use hunting skills acquired through years of gender evolution when moving through the World Wide Web.
http://www.cdarc.org/page/2bju - CTV
Thanks to Cherie Freeman and Brian Kenny 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.
Monday, October 6, 2008
Possible Coronado Artifact Found At El Morro, Kokopelli Statue Offends American "Values" in Blanding
Southwestern Archaeology Making the News - A Service of the Center for Desert Archaeology
- Possible Coronado Expedition Artifact Found During Yard Work at El Morro National Monument Residence: Maybe it is not Coronado’s horse’s bit that Leslie Moosman raked up in her back yard, but even the distant possibility has Nation Park Service employees, along with everyone else who has heard the story, thinking about the explorer and his journeys. In early September, Leslie Moosman was cleaning up pine needles in her back yard when she scraped up a bit of rust encrusted metal buried in the needles and loose dirt. Thinking it might be part of something her husband, Supervisory Park Ranger Fred Moosman, had dropped, she put it aside.
http://www.gallupindependent.com/2008/10october/100308bit.html
- Edge of Cedars Museum Forced to Move Kokopelli Sculpture After Nineteen Years of Anatomically Correct Display: A state park on Thursday moved a statue of a humpbacked flute player over objections the figure was offensive because it is anatomically correct. Edge of the Cedars State Park moved the stick like figure from the front to the back of a museum where it can't been seen from the street, said park manager Teri Paul.
http://deseretnews.com/article/0,5143,700263534,00.html
http://www.cdarc.org/page/ctyw - UPI News
http://www.sltrib.com/outdoors/ci_10614520
- Archaeology of a Hohokam Village Exposed Near Tucson: Archeologists say conditions along the Santa Cruz River were ideal for the Hohokam 900 years ago. "An irrigation canal would have watered fields where corn and beans and squash would have grown," says William Doelle, President of Desert Archeology. "Rabbits out in the field, all that sort of thing is right here in the very short distance around the site." By studying what the people have left behind in the 20 pit houses they've unearthed, archeologists have discovered a village of a couple hundred people, including several extended families. Website includes video link.
http://www.kold.com/Global/story.asp?S=9116153&nav=14RTbT2u
http://www.kvoa.com/global/story.asp?s=9117001
- Peoria Developing Archaeological Park to Protect Hohokam Village Site: Peoria is moving forward to develop a small park on land where Native American artifacts were discovered. The State Historic Preservation Office has given the green light to develop a portion of the 20-acre Hohokam site near Terramar Boulevard. The park design will adhere to a strict archeological preservation and treatment plan.
http://www.cdarc.org/page/6f36 - Arizona Republic
- Reminder Archaeology Cafe in Tucson This Tuesday: Ancient Astronomy of Northern Arizona. At the Center's second Archaeology Café, learn more about archaeoastronomer Ken Zoll's meticulous study of rock art and what it may reveal about ancient calendars and astronomical observation in the Southwest. Enjoy delicious tapas and cool beverages on the patio of Tucson's own Casa Vicente, 375 S. Stone Avenue. We meet on the first Tuesday of each month at 6:00 p.m.; presentations begin at 6:15 p.m. This happy-hour style forum opens with a short, casual presentation, followed by questions and discussion. Tuesday, October 7, 2008 at 6:00 pm on the patio at Casa Vicente, 375 S. Stone Avenue, Tucson, AZ. Free and open to the community.
http://www.cdarc.org/pages/articles.php?req=read&article_id=690
- Beloit College Continues Pioneering On-Line Museum Collections: Although not everyone can visit the Logan Museum, it will be accessible to all with the help of a new software program. A recent grant will allow Beloit College's Logan Museum of Anthropology to electronically organize its extensive ethnographic and archaeological collection. The organization project will include the posting of data and images online in an easily accessible format through the college's library.
http://www.beloitdailynews.com/articles/2008/10/03/news/local_news/news04.txt
- Ceramic Traditions at Paquime: In about 1955, a teenage Mexican boy named Juan Quezada found a cave near the village of Mata Ortiz, Chihuahua in Mexico, containing some ceramic pots created by the ancient Paquime Indians. He started to experiment with locally available materials to try to re-create the pottery. In 1971, after about 16 years of work, he figured out how to do it. He later taught the skill to his extended family members.
http://news.ktar.com/?nid=6&sid=969414
- Travel Along With the Ancient Way Festival: Communities along New Mexico Highway 53, from Grants to Zuni, will be hosting events in celebration of the Ancient Way Fall Festival in the Zuni Mountains. These events are scheduled for this weekend and the following Saturday.
http://www.gallupindependent.com/2008/10october/100308ancientway.html
- Possible Coronado Expedition Artifact Found During Yard Work at El Morro National Monument Residence: Maybe it is not Coronado’s horse’s bit that Leslie Moosman raked up in her back yard, but even the distant possibility has Nation Park Service employees, along with everyone else who has heard the story, thinking about the explorer and his journeys. In early September, Leslie Moosman was cleaning up pine needles in her back yard when she scraped up a bit of rust encrusted metal buried in the needles and loose dirt. Thinking it might be part of something her husband, Supervisory Park Ranger Fred Moosman, had dropped, she put it aside.
http://www.gallupindependent.com/2008/10october/100308bit.html
- Edge of Cedars Museum Forced to Move Kokopelli Sculpture After Nineteen Years of Anatomically Correct Display: A state park on Thursday moved a statue of a humpbacked flute player over objections the figure was offensive because it is anatomically correct. Edge of the Cedars State Park moved the stick like figure from the front to the back of a museum where it can't been seen from the street, said park manager Teri Paul.
http://deseretnews.com/article/0,5143,700263534,00.html
http://www.cdarc.org/page/ctyw - UPI News
http://www.sltrib.com/outdoors/ci_10614520
- Archaeology of a Hohokam Village Exposed Near Tucson: Archeologists say conditions along the Santa Cruz River were ideal for the Hohokam 900 years ago. "An irrigation canal would have watered fields where corn and beans and squash would have grown," says William Doelle, President of Desert Archeology. "Rabbits out in the field, all that sort of thing is right here in the very short distance around the site." By studying what the people have left behind in the 20 pit houses they've unearthed, archeologists have discovered a village of a couple hundred people, including several extended families. Website includes video link.
http://www.kold.com/Global/story.asp?S=9116153&nav=14RTbT2u
http://www.kvoa.com/global/story.asp?s=9117001
- Peoria Developing Archaeological Park to Protect Hohokam Village Site: Peoria is moving forward to develop a small park on land where Native American artifacts were discovered. The State Historic Preservation Office has given the green light to develop a portion of the 20-acre Hohokam site near Terramar Boulevard. The park design will adhere to a strict archeological preservation and treatment plan.
http://www.cdarc.org/page/6f36 - Arizona Republic
- Reminder Archaeology Cafe in Tucson This Tuesday: Ancient Astronomy of Northern Arizona. At the Center's second Archaeology Café, learn more about archaeoastronomer Ken Zoll's meticulous study of rock art and what it may reveal about ancient calendars and astronomical observation in the Southwest. Enjoy delicious tapas and cool beverages on the patio of Tucson's own Casa Vicente, 375 S. Stone Avenue. We meet on the first Tuesday of each month at 6:00 p.m.; presentations begin at 6:15 p.m. This happy-hour style forum opens with a short, casual presentation, followed by questions and discussion. Tuesday, October 7, 2008 at 6:00 pm on the patio at Casa Vicente, 375 S. Stone Avenue, Tucson, AZ. Free and open to the community.
http://www.cdarc.org/pages/articles.php?req=read&article_id=690
- Beloit College Continues Pioneering On-Line Museum Collections: Although not everyone can visit the Logan Museum, it will be accessible to all with the help of a new software program. A recent grant will allow Beloit College's Logan Museum of Anthropology to electronically organize its extensive ethnographic and archaeological collection. The organization project will include the posting of data and images online in an easily accessible format through the college's library.
http://www.beloitdailynews.com/articles/2008/10/03/news/local_news/news04.txt
- Ceramic Traditions at Paquime: In about 1955, a teenage Mexican boy named Juan Quezada found a cave near the village of Mata Ortiz, Chihuahua in Mexico, containing some ceramic pots created by the ancient Paquime Indians. He started to experiment with locally available materials to try to re-create the pottery. In 1971, after about 16 years of work, he figured out how to do it. He later taught the skill to his extended family members.
http://news.ktar.com/?nid=6&sid=969414
- Travel Along With the Ancient Way Festival: Communities along New Mexico Highway 53, from Grants to Zuni, will be hosting events in celebration of the Ancient Way Fall Festival in the Zuni Mountains. These events are scheduled for this weekend and the following Saturday.
http://www.gallupindependent.com/2008/10october/100308ancientway.html
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.
Monday, September 29, 2008
Guide to State Antiquity Law Now Online, NAGPRA Review, Archaeology Cafe 2.0
Southwestern Archaeology Making the News - A Service of the Center for Desert Archaeology
- National Association of Tribal Historic Preservation Officers Publish On-Line Comprehensive Index of State and Tribal Laws Regarding Archaeology and Cultural Heritage Management: In response to increasing concerns over the looting of cultural resources, including sites containing human remains and funerary objects, many states and tribes have enacted legislation and codes to protect burial sites. These laws and codes often require special treatment of burial sites and objects and many have penalties for failure to comply. This project is a compilation of existing state and tribal cultural resource laws and codes and we encourage you review, comment, and suggest additional information and web links.
http://www.nathpo.org/State_Laws/State_Laws_Map.htm
- Native Leaders Support NAGPRA Review: Senate Committee on Indian Affairs leaders support a federal investigation aimed at strengthening the implementation of a top cultural preservation law involving tribes. Sen. Byron Dorgan, D-N.D., plans to soon call for a report and study by the U.S. Government Accountability Office to explore federal government compliance and enforcement of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, is set to join Dorgan in his call for a GAO study, according to her staff. She serves as the committee’s vice chairwoman.
http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/29791944.html
- Archaeology Cafe (Tucson): Ancient Astronomy of Northern Arizona. At the Center’s second Archaeology Café, learn more about archaeoastronomer Ken Zoll's meticulous study of rock art and what it may reveal about ancient calendars and astronomical observation in the Southwest. Enjoy delicious tapas and cool beverages on the patio of Tucson’s own Casa Vicente, 375 S. Stone Avenue. We meet on the first Tuesday of each month at 6:00 p.m.; presentations begin at 6:15 p.m. This happy-hour style forum opens with a short, casual presentation, followed by questions and discussion. Tuesday, October 7, 2008 at 6:00 pm on the patio at Casa Vicente, 375 S. Stone Avenue, Tucson, AZ. Free and open to the community.
http://www.cdarc.org/pages/articles.php?req=read&article_id=690
- BLM Releases New Management Plan For Public Lands in Southeastern Utah: The Bureau of Land Management is touting its plan for managing 1.8 million acres of public lands in southeastern Utah as a means to protect important environmental values and sensitive resources "while allowing for an appropriate level of development."
http://deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,700256859,00.html
http://www.blm.gov/ut/st/en/fo/monticello/planning/draft_rmp_eis.html
- Kiva, the Journal of Southwestern Archaeology and History, Seeks Outstanding Works in Cultural Resource Management: In an effort to make the “gray” literature of the CRM world a little more black and white, Kiva, is instituting a new program to list outstanding CRM reports among their Book Reviews. This list will be published quarterly. In addition, the Book Reviews Editor will solicit the best and the brightest of these reports to be reviewed by experts in the field. If your company is interested in having publications listed, please contact Anna Neuzil, Kiva Book Reviews Editor at aneuzil@ecoplanaz.com. You will need to provide a bibliographic reference and short summary (no more than 100 words) for each report listed, as well as information on where each report can be obtained. This opportunity is available only to companies who practice archaeology or conduct research in the Greater Southwest. Determination of which reports are listed and reviewed is at the discretion of the Book Reviews Editor.
- AZSITE Open Meeting Scheduled for Wednesday October 22. The AZSITE Advisory Committee Open Meeting will be held on Wednesday October 22, 2008, beginning at 10am, at the State Historic Preservation Office, 1300 West Washington, Phoenix, Arizona. Room to be announced, so check the website for full details. The current "Unofficial" tentative agenda is now posted on-line.
http://www.azsite.arizona.edu/meetings/advisoryAgenda.htm
- Casa Grande National Monument Seeks Public Comment on Visitor Center Replacement: Casa Grande Ruins National Monument hosts 90,000 visitors annually. Between 1910 and 1941, nine buildings were constructed within the known site boundaries of Compound A to house visitor services, staff and administrative functions. The Visitor Center was constructed in 1931 as an adobe block structure with detached bathroom facilities and an ornamental garden. In 2009-2011, the park will conduct analysis to determine the best use of existing space within the Visitor Center.
http://parkplanning.nps.gov/projectHome.cfm?parkId=36&projectId=21653
- New Mexico's Fort Bayard Faces an Uncertain Fate: Fort Bayard sprang to life in August of 1866 because early settlers, miners and folks trying to get across New Mexico to California were having problems with Apache Indians. The fort was build near what are today Santa Clara and Bayard. Today the 142 year-old fort faces an uncertain future. "About four years ago the department of health decided they didn't want to be a landlord anymore," sighed Bell. Heat from the hospital plant steam plant was cut off to the century old homes. "This had become a haven for all employees of Fort Bayard," she said. "The rent was cheap, their water and heat was provided. The minute you take people out of houses ... what happens? What happens when you turn off the water and heat?" The once elegant homes are rotting. The laughter of children has been replaced by the sound of gnawing rats. "Decay, deterioration ... if something breaks, it doesn't get fixed," Bell said.
http://www.cdarc.org/page/73l5 - Las Cruces Sun News
- Research and Archaeology of Historic Downtown San Diego: For the past five summers, San Diego State anthropology students have been rewriting San Diego County's history. Their main accomplishment has been correcting the story of local legend Nate Harrison, San Diego's first African-American resident. Students have been heading up to Mount Palomar to excavate the site where Harrison used to live, uncovering Harrison's puzzled life.
http://www.cdarc.org/page/kntr - San Diego Aztec
- Is Economic Downturn Driving Increased Incidents of Archaeological Looting? Walking along a creosote-dotted bench a few hundred yards above the Rio Grande, archaeologist Mark Hungerford suddenly stops and points to something lying among the rocks in the shadow of a creosote bush. "There's a potsherd," he said, picking up the black-and-white, triangular relic, once part of a pot created by the Mimbres people who lived here more than 1,000 years ago. Moments later, Hungerford finds two more shards, including the alabaster lip of another pot. A few feet away, dozens of filled-in holes provide stark evidence of what is missing: The site has been picked over by looters. "They did some real damage," Hungerford said. "It's all ruined."
http://www.eenews.net/ll/
- Petroglyph Theft Near Colorado City: The federal Bureau of Land Management says an ancient petroglyph has been chiseled from the face of a sandstone cliff in northern Arizona. BLM officials announced a $5,000 reward for information leading to the culprit's arrest and conviction on Wednesday.
http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/97636.php
- Lecture Opportunity (Tucson): Tuesday, October 7, 2008, "Welcome to the Anthropocene", an illustrated talk by William Debuys, award-winning author and conservationist from the college of Santa Fe, 7 p.m. At CESL auditorium 103. Enjoy a post-lecture reception at Arizona State Museum. Anthropocene refers to the most recent period in the Earth’s history, beginning in the late 18th century, when human activity first began to have an impact on global climate and ecosystems. The landscapes of the Southwest, for example, while seemingly timeless and unaffected, have experienced enormous change over the past century. These human-induced changes are becoming harder to predict, harder to live with, and for many, harder to accept. Left unchecked, a warming and increasingly variable climate promises to usher in a period of unprecedented impact.
- Lecture Opportunity (Tucson): Wednesday, October 1, 2008. "Getting into the Battle: Hughes and Munds, Arizona Suffragettes." Presented by Historian Reba Wells Grandrud, Ph.D. Two determined and talented women found common ground in the Women's Christian Temperance Union as they fought to bring about voting rights for women in pre-statehood Arizona. Lecture presented as part of the Arizona Historical Society Wednesday Evening Lecture Series, "Women at Work: Pioneers of the Modern Age." Arizona History Museum Auditorium. 949 E. 2nd St. Tucson, Arizona 85719. Lectures begin at 7:00 p.m.; doors open at 6:30 p.m. Cost: $8.00; $6.00 for AHS members.
http://www.cdarc.org/page/9dd5 - Arizona Historical Society (PDF)
- Peopling of the Americas - Update on 14,000 Year Old Human Coprolite Evidence: University of Oregon archaeologist Dennis Jenkins and his students started digging where no one had dug before. What the team discovered in an alcove used as a latrine and trash dump has elevated the caves to the site of the oldest radiocarbon dated human remains in North America.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26819601/
Thanks to Gerald Kelso, Brian Kenny, and Adrianne Rankin for contributions to today's newsletter.
- National Association of Tribal Historic Preservation Officers Publish On-Line Comprehensive Index of State and Tribal Laws Regarding Archaeology and Cultural Heritage Management: In response to increasing concerns over the looting of cultural resources, including sites containing human remains and funerary objects, many states and tribes have enacted legislation and codes to protect burial sites. These laws and codes often require special treatment of burial sites and objects and many have penalties for failure to comply. This project is a compilation of existing state and tribal cultural resource laws and codes and we encourage you review, comment, and suggest additional information and web links.
http://www.nathpo.org/State_Laws/State_Laws_Map.htm
- Native Leaders Support NAGPRA Review: Senate Committee on Indian Affairs leaders support a federal investigation aimed at strengthening the implementation of a top cultural preservation law involving tribes. Sen. Byron Dorgan, D-N.D., plans to soon call for a report and study by the U.S. Government Accountability Office to explore federal government compliance and enforcement of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, is set to join Dorgan in his call for a GAO study, according to her staff. She serves as the committee’s vice chairwoman.
http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/29791944.html
- Archaeology Cafe (Tucson): Ancient Astronomy of Northern Arizona. At the Center’s second Archaeology Café, learn more about archaeoastronomer Ken Zoll's meticulous study of rock art and what it may reveal about ancient calendars and astronomical observation in the Southwest. Enjoy delicious tapas and cool beverages on the patio of Tucson’s own Casa Vicente, 375 S. Stone Avenue. We meet on the first Tuesday of each month at 6:00 p.m.; presentations begin at 6:15 p.m. This happy-hour style forum opens with a short, casual presentation, followed by questions and discussion. Tuesday, October 7, 2008 at 6:00 pm on the patio at Casa Vicente, 375 S. Stone Avenue, Tucson, AZ. Free and open to the community.
http://www.cdarc.org/pages/articles.php?req=read&article_id=690
- BLM Releases New Management Plan For Public Lands in Southeastern Utah: The Bureau of Land Management is touting its plan for managing 1.8 million acres of public lands in southeastern Utah as a means to protect important environmental values and sensitive resources "while allowing for an appropriate level of development."
http://deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,700256859,00.html
http://www.blm.gov/ut/st/en/fo/monticello/planning/draft_rmp_eis.html
- Kiva, the Journal of Southwestern Archaeology and History, Seeks Outstanding Works in Cultural Resource Management: In an effort to make the “gray” literature of the CRM world a little more black and white, Kiva, is instituting a new program to list outstanding CRM reports among their Book Reviews. This list will be published quarterly. In addition, the Book Reviews Editor will solicit the best and the brightest of these reports to be reviewed by experts in the field. If your company is interested in having publications listed, please contact Anna Neuzil, Kiva Book Reviews Editor at aneuzil@ecoplanaz.com. You will need to provide a bibliographic reference and short summary (no more than 100 words) for each report listed, as well as information on where each report can be obtained. This opportunity is available only to companies who practice archaeology or conduct research in the Greater Southwest. Determination of which reports are listed and reviewed is at the discretion of the Book Reviews Editor.
- AZSITE Open Meeting Scheduled for Wednesday October 22. The AZSITE Advisory Committee Open Meeting will be held on Wednesday October 22, 2008, beginning at 10am, at the State Historic Preservation Office, 1300 West Washington, Phoenix, Arizona. Room to be announced, so check the website for full details. The current "Unofficial" tentative agenda is now posted on-line.
http://www.azsite.arizona.edu/meetings/advisoryAgenda.htm
- Casa Grande National Monument Seeks Public Comment on Visitor Center Replacement: Casa Grande Ruins National Monument hosts 90,000 visitors annually. Between 1910 and 1941, nine buildings were constructed within the known site boundaries of Compound A to house visitor services, staff and administrative functions. The Visitor Center was constructed in 1931 as an adobe block structure with detached bathroom facilities and an ornamental garden. In 2009-2011, the park will conduct analysis to determine the best use of existing space within the Visitor Center.
http://parkplanning.nps.gov/projectHome.cfm?parkId=36&projectId=21653
- New Mexico's Fort Bayard Faces an Uncertain Fate: Fort Bayard sprang to life in August of 1866 because early settlers, miners and folks trying to get across New Mexico to California were having problems with Apache Indians. The fort was build near what are today Santa Clara and Bayard. Today the 142 year-old fort faces an uncertain future. "About four years ago the department of health decided they didn't want to be a landlord anymore," sighed Bell. Heat from the hospital plant steam plant was cut off to the century old homes. "This had become a haven for all employees of Fort Bayard," she said. "The rent was cheap, their water and heat was provided. The minute you take people out of houses ... what happens? What happens when you turn off the water and heat?" The once elegant homes are rotting. The laughter of children has been replaced by the sound of gnawing rats. "Decay, deterioration ... if something breaks, it doesn't get fixed," Bell said.
http://www.cdarc.org/page/73l5 - Las Cruces Sun News
- Research and Archaeology of Historic Downtown San Diego: For the past five summers, San Diego State anthropology students have been rewriting San Diego County's history. Their main accomplishment has been correcting the story of local legend Nate Harrison, San Diego's first African-American resident. Students have been heading up to Mount Palomar to excavate the site where Harrison used to live, uncovering Harrison's puzzled life.
http://www.cdarc.org/page/kntr - San Diego Aztec
- Is Economic Downturn Driving Increased Incidents of Archaeological Looting? Walking along a creosote-dotted bench a few hundred yards above the Rio Grande, archaeologist Mark Hungerford suddenly stops and points to something lying among the rocks in the shadow of a creosote bush. "There's a potsherd," he said, picking up the black-and-white, triangular relic, once part of a pot created by the Mimbres people who lived here more than 1,000 years ago. Moments later, Hungerford finds two more shards, including the alabaster lip of another pot. A few feet away, dozens of filled-in holes provide stark evidence of what is missing: The site has been picked over by looters. "They did some real damage," Hungerford said. "It's all ruined."
http://www.eenews.net/ll/
- Petroglyph Theft Near Colorado City: The federal Bureau of Land Management says an ancient petroglyph has been chiseled from the face of a sandstone cliff in northern Arizona. BLM officials announced a $5,000 reward for information leading to the culprit's arrest and conviction on Wednesday.
http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/97636.php
- Lecture Opportunity (Tucson): Tuesday, October 7, 2008, "Welcome to the Anthropocene", an illustrated talk by William Debuys, award-winning author and conservationist from the college of Santa Fe, 7 p.m. At CESL auditorium 103. Enjoy a post-lecture reception at Arizona State Museum. Anthropocene refers to the most recent period in the Earth’s history, beginning in the late 18th century, when human activity first began to have an impact on global climate and ecosystems. The landscapes of the Southwest, for example, while seemingly timeless and unaffected, have experienced enormous change over the past century. These human-induced changes are becoming harder to predict, harder to live with, and for many, harder to accept. Left unchecked, a warming and increasingly variable climate promises to usher in a period of unprecedented impact.
- Lecture Opportunity (Tucson): Wednesday, October 1, 2008. "Getting into the Battle: Hughes and Munds, Arizona Suffragettes." Presented by Historian Reba Wells Grandrud, Ph.D. Two determined and talented women found common ground in the Women's Christian Temperance Union as they fought to bring about voting rights for women in pre-statehood Arizona. Lecture presented as part of the Arizona Historical Society Wednesday Evening Lecture Series, "Women at Work: Pioneers of the Modern Age." Arizona History Museum Auditorium. 949 E. 2nd St. Tucson, Arizona 85719. Lectures begin at 7:00 p.m.; doors open at 6:30 p.m. Cost: $8.00; $6.00 for AHS members.
http://www.cdarc.org/page/9dd5 - Arizona Historical Society (PDF)
- Peopling of the Americas - Update on 14,000 Year Old Human Coprolite Evidence: University of Oregon archaeologist Dennis Jenkins and his students started digging where no one had dug before. What the team discovered in an alcove used as a latrine and trash dump has elevated the caves to the site of the oldest radiocarbon dated human remains in North America.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26819601/
Thanks to Gerald Kelso, Brian Kenny, and Adrianne Rankin for contributions to today's newsletter.
Saturday, September 20, 2008
The Rabbit-Hunting Clovis Culture, New Mexico Archaeology Fair
Southwestern Archaeology Making the News - a Service of the Center for Desert Archaeology
- Were the Clovis Hunting Megafauna or Rabbits? Clovis points are the hallmark of one of America's earliest cultures: the Paleoindians. Since archaeologists found Clovis points lodged in the skeleton of a mammoth, they have viewed Paleoindians as big-game hunters par excellence. Nearly every book on the subject includes an image of a brawny hunter thrusting his spear into the side of a trumpeting mammoth. This macho view of Paleoindian prehistory has prevailed even though surprisingly little evidence exists to support it.
http://www.cdarc.org/page/boem - The Columbus Dispatch
- Preserve America Program Conducting Preservation Survey: The Expert Panel Examining the Structure of the Federal Historic Preservation Programs would like input from the historic preservation community. Please go follow this link to complete a survey. The survey asks for your preferences on the structure of the federal historic preservation programs.
http://survey.preserveamerica.gov/
- Associated Press Corrects Detail in Last Week's Story on the Navajo Nation and Canyon de Chelly: In a Sept. 11 story about the Navajo Nation seeking full control of Canyon de Chelly National Monument, The Associated Press erroneously reported that Canyon de Chelly is the only national monument entirely on tribal land. According to the National Park Service, nine national monuments are within Indian reservation boundaries.
- New Mexico Archaeology Fair to be Held Sept 26th and 27th: "Habia una vez ... Once upon a time ..." That's the theme as tales of conquistador Juan de Oñate and his expedition crossing the Rio Grande, life in Chaco Canyon and the Civil War Battle of Peralta come alive next week as the New Mexico Archaeology Fair comes to Los Lunas. The event, which features lectures, tours, fun for children and a matanza, will be held on Friday and Saturday, Sept. 26 and 27. The fair's main exhibits will be located at Daniel Fernandez Park on N.M. 314, with programs and lectures at the historic San Antonio Chapel in Los Lentes and at the new Los Lunas Transportation Center. All events are free of charge.
http://www.news-bulletin.com/news/83319-09-20-08.html
- New Mexico Archaeology Fair by Train: or the first time in its 15-year history, the New Mexico Archaeology Fair can be reached by train. The state's Historic Preservation Division announced the fair, the highlight of New Mexico Archaeology Week as proclaimed by Governor Bill Richardson, will be held in Daniel Fernandez Park just one block from the RailRunner commuter train stop in Los Lunas. The fair dates are Sept. 26-27. “One of the features of this year's fair is the transportation routes that passed through the Los Lunas area, including El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro and Route 66 along with Los Lunas early railroad history when it was an important hub for moving livestock, supplies and general merchandise,” said Glenna Dean, former New Mexico State Archaeologist who recently resigned the post to work with the Northern Rio Grande National Heritage Area.
http://www.cibolabeacon.com/articles/2008/08/25/news/news7.txt
- Call for Papers, The George Wright Society Conference: In March 2009, the George Wright
Society (GWS) Conference will be held in Portland, OR. The GWS Conference
is held every other year at various locations across the United States. The GWS is a non-profit organization "dedicated to the protection, preservation, and management of cultural and natural parks and reserves through research and education." The Conference is an
"interdisciplinary professional meeting on parks, protected areas, and cultural sites."
October 3rd, 2008 is the deadline for submitting presentation proposals and applications for Native and Student travel grants. Registration simply to attend the conference does not have a deadline.
http://www.georgewright.org/gws2009_nptg.html
- Call for Papers, Arizona Preservation Conference: We are pleased to announce the 2009 Historic Preservation Partnership Conference Call For Proposals. This is an opportunity for professionals from the public and private sector, along with students from Arizona's major universities and colleges to submit for consideration an outline for a paper or presentation to be offered at the upcoming conference in June, 2009 in Phoenix. Please read the specifications below for more information and a complete list of related topics and categories. If you know someone who may be interested, please forward this email right away. Submissions are due no later than November 15, 2008 for inclusion in the 2009 conference.
http://www.azpreservation.com
- Rosemont Mine Will Destroy Hohokam Village Site Near Tucson: The proposed Rosemont copper mine has been the focus of a huge amount of attention in the Tucson area, but one issue has largely evaded public concern so far: the impact of the mining operation on ancient Hohokam archeological sites in the area. The site of the mine contains the ruins of a Hohokam ball field and a large village, says Gayle Hartmann, an archeologist with the Arizona State Museum in Tucson. The earliest ruins on the property date back almost 1,900 years. “There’s lots of reasons why this mine shouldn’t be there, and this is certainly one of them,” she says.
http://www.cdarc.org/page/5jtv - Zonie News
- Video on Native American Heritage Will be One of the Longest Video Segments Ever Recorded: A2aMEDIA Inc., a privately-held next generation media company that designs, installs and operates large-scale LED media screens as transparent building facades, today announced the first US installation inside California State University, Fresno's new Henry Madden Library... The video installation, created by artist and architect Susan Narduli, is made possible by a $10 million donation by the Table Mountain Rancheria and will depict a master basket weaver at work. Filmed over a twelve month period, the video will show the artist weaving the basket from start to finish, making this one of the longest art films ever made.
http://www.centredaily.com/business/technology/story/844718.html
- What Should be Done with Fort Wingate? Perez, who is a Vietnam veteran, thinks a small portion of the Fort Wingate Depot land should be made into a veterans cemetery. A veterans cemetery that would be available for Navajo, Zuni, Anglo, Hispanic and anybody else who served in military service for the U.S. One of his concerns is the Navajo Code Talkers of World War II. “They’re buried here and there, and they should all be buried together,” Perez said. “Everybody I’ve talked to thinks it is a good idea, but nobody has done anything.” The Pueblo of Zuni has a Fort Wingate Project coordinator who said it is a 20-year cleanup that has only been worked on for two years. It will take years for all the ammunition and chemicals to be removed from the land.
http://www.gallupindependent.com/2008/09september/091708wingate.html
- Cochise Stronghold: This is Cochise Stronghold photographed in 1905 by Mollie Fly, wife of famed Tombstone photographer C.S. Fly. Note the young Apache posed high in the rocks aiming his rifle at an imaginary target. From his Stronghold, Cochise commanded a nearly impregnable landscape including a much-coveted fresh water spring at Apache Pass, between Dragoon and the Chiricahua Mountains. When the Butterfield Overland Mail sought permission to build a stage station there in 1858, Cochise agreed. A delicate peace followed.
http://www.willcoxrangenews.com/articles/2008/09/17/news/news12.txt
Thanks to Gerald Kelso for Contributions to Today's Newsletter.
- Were the Clovis Hunting Megafauna or Rabbits? Clovis points are the hallmark of one of America's earliest cultures: the Paleoindians. Since archaeologists found Clovis points lodged in the skeleton of a mammoth, they have viewed Paleoindians as big-game hunters par excellence. Nearly every book on the subject includes an image of a brawny hunter thrusting his spear into the side of a trumpeting mammoth. This macho view of Paleoindian prehistory has prevailed even though surprisingly little evidence exists to support it.
http://www.cdarc.org/page/boem - The Columbus Dispatch
- Preserve America Program Conducting Preservation Survey: The Expert Panel Examining the Structure of the Federal Historic Preservation Programs would like input from the historic preservation community. Please go follow this link to complete a survey. The survey asks for your preferences on the structure of the federal historic preservation programs.
http://survey.preserveamerica.gov/
- Associated Press Corrects Detail in Last Week's Story on the Navajo Nation and Canyon de Chelly: In a Sept. 11 story about the Navajo Nation seeking full control of Canyon de Chelly National Monument, The Associated Press erroneously reported that Canyon de Chelly is the only national monument entirely on tribal land. According to the National Park Service, nine national monuments are within Indian reservation boundaries.
- New Mexico Archaeology Fair to be Held Sept 26th and 27th: "Habia una vez ... Once upon a time ..." That's the theme as tales of conquistador Juan de Oñate and his expedition crossing the Rio Grande, life in Chaco Canyon and the Civil War Battle of Peralta come alive next week as the New Mexico Archaeology Fair comes to Los Lunas. The event, which features lectures, tours, fun for children and a matanza, will be held on Friday and Saturday, Sept. 26 and 27. The fair's main exhibits will be located at Daniel Fernandez Park on N.M. 314, with programs and lectures at the historic San Antonio Chapel in Los Lentes and at the new Los Lunas Transportation Center. All events are free of charge.
http://www.news-bulletin.com/news/83319-09-20-08.html
- New Mexico Archaeology Fair by Train: or the first time in its 15-year history, the New Mexico Archaeology Fair can be reached by train. The state's Historic Preservation Division announced the fair, the highlight of New Mexico Archaeology Week as proclaimed by Governor Bill Richardson, will be held in Daniel Fernandez Park just one block from the RailRunner commuter train stop in Los Lunas. The fair dates are Sept. 26-27. “One of the features of this year's fair is the transportation routes that passed through the Los Lunas area, including El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro and Route 66 along with Los Lunas early railroad history when it was an important hub for moving livestock, supplies and general merchandise,” said Glenna Dean, former New Mexico State Archaeologist who recently resigned the post to work with the Northern Rio Grande National Heritage Area.
http://www.cibolabeacon.com/articles/2008/08/25/news/news7.txt
- Call for Papers, The George Wright Society Conference: In March 2009, the George Wright
Society (GWS) Conference will be held in Portland, OR. The GWS Conference
is held every other year at various locations across the United States. The GWS is a non-profit organization "dedicated to the protection, preservation, and management of cultural and natural parks and reserves through research and education." The Conference is an
"interdisciplinary professional meeting on parks, protected areas, and cultural sites."
October 3rd, 2008 is the deadline for submitting presentation proposals and applications for Native and Student travel grants. Registration simply to attend the conference does not have a deadline.
http://www.georgewright.org/gws2009_nptg.html
- Call for Papers, Arizona Preservation Conference: We are pleased to announce the 2009 Historic Preservation Partnership Conference Call For Proposals. This is an opportunity for professionals from the public and private sector, along with students from Arizona's major universities and colleges to submit for consideration an outline for a paper or presentation to be offered at the upcoming conference in June, 2009 in Phoenix. Please read the specifications below for more information and a complete list of related topics and categories. If you know someone who may be interested, please forward this email right away. Submissions are due no later than November 15, 2008 for inclusion in the 2009 conference.
http://www.azpreservation.com
- Rosemont Mine Will Destroy Hohokam Village Site Near Tucson: The proposed Rosemont copper mine has been the focus of a huge amount of attention in the Tucson area, but one issue has largely evaded public concern so far: the impact of the mining operation on ancient Hohokam archeological sites in the area. The site of the mine contains the ruins of a Hohokam ball field and a large village, says Gayle Hartmann, an archeologist with the Arizona State Museum in Tucson. The earliest ruins on the property date back almost 1,900 years. “There’s lots of reasons why this mine shouldn’t be there, and this is certainly one of them,” she says.
http://www.cdarc.org/page/5jtv - Zonie News
- Video on Native American Heritage Will be One of the Longest Video Segments Ever Recorded: A2aMEDIA Inc., a privately-held next generation media company that designs, installs and operates large-scale LED media screens as transparent building facades, today announced the first US installation inside California State University, Fresno's new Henry Madden Library... The video installation, created by artist and architect Susan Narduli, is made possible by a $10 million donation by the Table Mountain Rancheria and will depict a master basket weaver at work. Filmed over a twelve month period, the video will show the artist weaving the basket from start to finish, making this one of the longest art films ever made.
http://www.centredaily.com/business/technology/story/844718.html
- What Should be Done with Fort Wingate? Perez, who is a Vietnam veteran, thinks a small portion of the Fort Wingate Depot land should be made into a veterans cemetery. A veterans cemetery that would be available for Navajo, Zuni, Anglo, Hispanic and anybody else who served in military service for the U.S. One of his concerns is the Navajo Code Talkers of World War II. “They’re buried here and there, and they should all be buried together,” Perez said. “Everybody I’ve talked to thinks it is a good idea, but nobody has done anything.” The Pueblo of Zuni has a Fort Wingate Project coordinator who said it is a 20-year cleanup that has only been worked on for two years. It will take years for all the ammunition and chemicals to be removed from the land.
http://www.gallupindependent.com/2008/09september/091708wingate.html
- Cochise Stronghold: This is Cochise Stronghold photographed in 1905 by Mollie Fly, wife of famed Tombstone photographer C.S. Fly. Note the young Apache posed high in the rocks aiming his rifle at an imaginary target. From his Stronghold, Cochise commanded a nearly impregnable landscape including a much-coveted fresh water spring at Apache Pass, between Dragoon and the Chiricahua Mountains. When the Butterfield Overland Mail sought permission to build a stage station there in 1858, Cochise agreed. A delicate peace followed.
http://www.willcoxrangenews.com/articles/2008/09/17/news/news12.txt
Thanks to Gerald Kelso for Contributions to Today's Newsletter.
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