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Caliche (n) 1. A form of calcium carbonate found in thick stratigraphic accretions and thin depositional lenses, and widely dispersed in desert soils;
2. In prehistoric times, an economic mineral material mined by Native peoples of the American Southwest and Mexico and used for plaster in the construction of pit house floors, granaries, platform mounds, ball courts and other types of community infrastructure; 3. The bane of backhoe operators and gardeners when found in concrete-like deposits; 4. A gritty, powdery substance (not unlike industrial-gauge sandpaper) that shreds nasal mucous membranes and whipsaws and desiccates the exposed flesh of archaeologists; 5. Keyword-filtered journalism, short-lived news blurbs and timely press releases -- information about the archaeology, anthropology and history of the American Southwest -- received from individual contributors, and from media wire feeds and search bots crawling the World-Wide Web.
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"Got CALICHE?" newsletter is an "idea factory" for archaeologists, anthropologists and historians. The newsletter is dedicated to electronic potlatch and digital totemic increase rites that focus and multiply historic preservation activities in the Greater Southwest. The service encourages transparent governance and greater regional integration; applied scientific research and technology transfer; and, entrepreneurial value-added economic performance and individual and organizational transformation. Our goal is to create the culturally diverse micro-environments and open systems in which archaeologists can develop their talents and take the risks from which innovation, productivity, and social capital arise.
Note: After a ten-year publication run, the Got Caliche? newsletter ceased publication on April 20, 2005. The successor newsletter is Southwestern Archaeology Today, published by the Center for Desert Archaeology.
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