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New Archaeological Areas open to the Public at Pompeii and Stabia
New Archaeological Areas open to the Public at Pompeii and StabiaBy Holly Willmotton August 5, 2015 | 7:10 am | 0 CommentIt was a great week for archaeology in Campania as 3 major initiatives were completed, and restored ruins were returned to the public at Pompeii and Stabia.At Pompeii, as part of the Grande Progetto […]
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11,500-Year-Old Bison Butchering Site Discovered in Oklahoma | Western Digs
11,500-Year-Old Bison Butchering Site Discovered in OklahomaPosted by Blake de Pastino on June 8, 2015 in anthropology, archaeology, bison, Clovis, hunting, Indians, news, Oklahoma, Paleoamericans, Paleoindians | 560 Views | Leave a responseA stretch of floodplain in northwestern Oklahoma, already known for its profusion of prehistoric hunting sites, has turned up new find: a scatter […]
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Video: Torn – Recovering California’s Stolen Cultural Heritage | Watch ViewFinder Online | KVIE Public Television Video
Torn – Recovering California’s Stolen Cultural Heritage+ADD Aired: 08/20/2014 27:10 Rating: NRIn the desolate Owens Valley, looters have been stealing or destroying ancient artifacts, including petroglyphs thousands of years old. Join archeologists, Native American tribal members, and federal land officials as they try to recover these priceless pieces of the past, while restoring and protecting […]
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Utah Friends of Paleontology Events
HOMEEVENTSSTATEWIDECHAPTERSPALEO INFO Upcoming EventsAugust 27, 2014Gastonia Chapter MeetingDr. Randall Irmis, Curator of Paleontology at the Natural History Museum of Utah will present Southeast Utah 300 million Years Ago: Life in a Coastal Desert, about field work on a Permian site in the Indian Creek area of San Juan County.6:00 PM at Zions Bank, 330 South […]
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Evidence of Hobbling, Torture Discovered at Ancient Massacre Site in Colorado | Western Digs
he site of a gruesome massacre some 1,200 years ago in southwestern Colorado is yielding new evidence of the severity, and the grisly intensity, of the violence that took place there. First excavated in 2005 near the town of Durango, the site known as Sacred Ridge was in some ways a typical early Pueblo settlement, […]
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Grisly Mass Grave in Utah Cave Is Evidence of ‘Prehistoric Warfare,’ Study Says | Western Digs
Nearly a hundred skeletons buried in a cave in southeast Utah offer grisly evidence that ancient Americans waged war on each other as much as 2,000 years ago, according to new research.Dozens of bodies, dating from the first century CE, bear clear signs of hand-to-hand combat: skulls crushed as if by cudgels; limbs broken at […]
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Recapping the Recapture Canyon ATV protest | Friends of Cedar Mesa
Posted on May 13, 2014 A first hand report by Executive Director, Josh Ewing Frustrated with years of delay from the BLM in deciding the fate of a proposed ATV trail in Recapture Canyon, protestors rode their machines into the Canyon on Saturday, May 10th. Because of recent events where BLM employees had been threatened […]
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Photo of the day: Doors, Chaco Culture National Historic Park
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Photo of the Day: Great Kiva, Chimney Rock National Monument, Colorado
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Photo of the Day: Hilltop Ruin, Grand Canyon National Park
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Aztec Ruins receives grant to help promote its World Heritage ranking – Farmington Daily Times
Aztec Ruins receives grant to help promote its World Heritage ranking – Farmington Daily Times.
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Photo of the Day: Moab Rock Art
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Photo of the Day: Grand Gulch Primitive Area, UT
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Panther Cave: Rock Art in Danger
Panther Cave: Rock Art in Danger Carolyn Boyd, executive director of the SHUMLA School, and noted expert on the rock art of the Lower Pecos, offers new interpretations of the region’s rock art based on the extensive research by the SHUMLA-led team. Carolyn Boyd, executive director of the SHUMLA School, and noted expert on the […]
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Aztec Ruins Vandalized
AZTEC — Last weekend, vandals entered Aztec Ruins and caused several thousand dollars’ worth of damage to the ancient site. At least two individuals entered the ruins and proceeded to climb over fragile walls and enter closed ruin rooms. In one area, they attempted to break into a locked hatch which protected original plaster and […]