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The Archaeological Conservancy is the only national non-profit organization dedicated to acquiring & preserving the best of our nation's archaeological heritage. This American Archaeology magazine is the only popular magazine devoted to the excitement and mystery of archaeology in the United States, with additional coverage of Canada and Latin America.
American Archaeology Magazine
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The Conservancy has preserved a large Pueblo I village site near Cahone, Colorado. The new preserve was purchased from landowner Sidney Knuckles, who discovered stacked stone and pottery fragments while...
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Archaeological Conservancy
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On a wooded slope above Tom’s Creek sits a quarry that bears its name, though you might not know one was even present if you didn’t know how to read...
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By Tracy Loe Human life on Georgia’s rivers stretches back 17,000 years and the riverbanks have witnessed it all—from small nomadic bands of hunter-gatherers in the Paleo-Indian and Archaic periods...
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American Archaeology Magazine
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An additional 29-acre parcel was recently acquired by The Archaeological Conservancy, expanding the Hedley Pueblo Preserve in southeastern Utah to a total of 200 acres to encompass previously unprotected archaeological...
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American Archaeology Magazine
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By David Malakoff “Every time I turn around these days, there’s a new question rising up with regard to New Netherland,” said Pipes, a consultant and adjunct professor at the...
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Archaeological Conservancy
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The Stones Are Speaking is a feature-length documentary about the Gault Archaeological Site, a Conservancy-owned preserve in Central Texas. It is the most prolific Clovis site in North American archaeology...
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Archaeological Conservancy
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Conservancy staff in the Eastern region placed two granite markers on preserves in North Carolina last winter to honor individuals who deeply supported the organization’s mission. At the Contentnea Creek...
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By Elizabeth Lunday Archaeologists have widely varying specialties and interests, but most share one critical experience: field school. “It’s such an intense experience,” said archaeologist Laura Heath-Stout of Stanford Archaeology...
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American Archaeology Magazine
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The Archaeological Conservancy recently acquired property in Camp Wood, Texas, that contains archaeological deposits related to Mission San Lorenzo de la Cruz, a small 18th century Spanish mission site located...
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American Archaeology Magazine
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By Tamara Jager Stewart Following the attack on Pearl Harbor and the United States’ entry into World War II, President Franklin D. Roosevelt authorized the removal of residents of Japanese...
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