Southwestern Archaeology, Inc. (SWA) " Got CALICHE ? " Newsletter Archaeology, Anthropology, and History of the Greater Southwest! Friday April 9, 2004 ***************************************** TEXAS http://www.thc.state.tx.us/medallionmag/medallionPDFs/MD03-04.pdf Texas Historical Commission 2004 Annual Historic Preservation Conference, May 6-8. http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/mytexas/ The Texas State Historical Association announces the release of My Texas. http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/index.html The Handbook of Texas Online NEW MEXICO http://www.thedailypress.com/NewsFolder/4.6.1.html U.S. Rep. Stevan Pearce traveled to Grant County on Monday to present to the Fort Bayard Historic Preservation Society a red-lined copy -- one of only five framed on a red velvet-like fabric -- of the bill President George W. Bush signed into law creating Fort Bayard National Landmark. http://albarcsoc.org/newsletter.html Early Navajo Stone Tool Technology and a New Approach to Tracking Migrations, John Torres-Nez, Museum of Indian Arts & Culture April 20, 2004-7:30 pm. This talk explores Early Navajo stone tool technology, its origins, and evidence of its arrive in the southwest. It will also show how these unique technologies, in conjunction with computer modeling, can be used to support new approaches to migration theory and address the age-old questions of: When did the Navajo and Apache people arrive in the southwest, how did they get here, and by what route? From: Dorde Woodruff Among the 2004 tours scheduled by the Museum of New Mexico/Museum of Indian Arts & Culture is one including the famous Comanche Gap petroglyphs. This is almost the only way to see them, as the San Cristobal ranch is very protective of the land. Space is limited; register early. To reserve your spot call 476-1258, or see the complete registration form at www.miaclab.org/2004_trips.pdf. For more details call Adventures in Anthropology Coordinator John Pitts at 505-660-2747. Pueblos Largo and Colorado and Comanche Gap, May 14, 2004, with John Torres-Nez, Curator of Archeology From: Paul Reed Salmon Ruins Museum, New Mexico Endowment for the Humanities, Center for Desert Archaeology, and Farmington Public Library announce a public lecture and forum entitled Salmon, Aztec, and La Plata Revisited: A New Look at Pueblo Archaeology of the Four Corners. Date: Saturday, April 17, 2004, 2-4 pm, at the Farmington Public Library. The event is free and open to everyone. The lecture will involve presentations by three leading scholars in the fields of Chacoan and Puebloan archaeology: Linda Cordell, Wolcott Toll, and Gwinn Vivian. Each scholar will present a short lecture, followed by a forum/discussion on several topics with the opportunity for questions from the audience. For more information, contact Paul Reed, 505-632-0657; preed@cdarc.org COLORADO http://www.voanews.com/SpecialEnglish/article.cfm?objectID=CC4EDB7E-9A35-4B06-9D67E5DB9054898B John Otto was responsible for making sure this beautiful area became part of the United States National Park System. In 1911, President William Taft signed the documents making the area a national monument. Colorado National Monument is near the city of Grand Junction, Colorado, not far from the state border with Utah. ARIZONA http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/centralphoenix/articles/0407delmonte01Z4.html Del Monte Market has always been more than a general store. NEW JOB OPPORTUNITY (AZ) http://www.swanet.org/zarchives/jobs/jobs2004/epg040704.pdf http://www.swanet.org/jobs.html Current Opportunities Editor's Note: Send your volunteer positions and job announcements for posting! For-profit firms and not-for-profit organizations may post paid and volunteer position announcements at http://www.swanet.org/jobs.html NEVADA http://www.rgj.com/news/stories/html/2004/04/06/67939.php?sp1=rgj&sp2=News&sp3=Local+News&sp5=RGJ.com&sp6=news&sp7=local_ news Neal Cobb fears a two-story brick building overshadowed by high rise casinos won’t be saved by claims that it’s the city’s oldest structure and will be the next target for demolition in downtown Reno. CALIFORNIA http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/entertainment/8376988.htm Formally known as Mission San Francisco de Asis, Mission Dolores was founded in 1776 by Franciscan padres -- but built by Indians. It is one of 21 Spanish missions strung along Alta California. Galvan's appointment, made earlier this year, is stirring up some excitement. http://www.desertdispatch.com/cgi-bin/newspro/viewnews.cgi?newsid1081344238,208, A yellow Union Pacific locomotive emblazoned with the number 9950 was added to the collection of railroad artifacts on display at the Western America Railway Museum on March 6. HISTORIC PRESERVATION http://www.archaeological.org/pdfs/home/TCHP_Workbook.pdf NPS: "Teaching Cultural Heritage Preservation: Historic Preservation, Cultural Resource Stewardship and Related Fields." TOOLS AND TECHNOLOGY http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/504119/ A recent colloquium addressed the task of extracting meaningful and relevant information from largely unorganized data collections. Several of the papers describe ways to analyze article collections and map out landscapes that humans can view. Mapping Knowledge Domains colloquium web site: http://vw.indiana.edu/sackler03/ http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2004/04/040407081228.htm http://www.buffalo.edu/news/fast-execute.cgi/article-page.html?article=66490009 Tammy Dunlavey and colleagues are working on a computational method to morph fossils back to their original shapes by calculating and excising the deformation. The main program is called "MsWellman." MsWellman adapts an approach developed by a structural geologist named Wellman, and works on multiple rock slabs at once. http://www.the-history-of.net/index.html http://www.the-history-of.net/index2.html The history of all those things you’ve always wondered about. http://www.skype.com http://www.skype.com/help_faq.html Skype software enables "free" calls (and conference calls) to other Skype users. With the software, voice calls can use broadband access points (Wi-Fi hotspots) and the Internet to complete calls between Skype users. See www.fool.com/News/mft/2004/mft04040717.htm CYBERIA http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/07/international/europe/07france.html http://www.expatica.com/source/site_article.asp?subchannel_id=58&story_id=6396 http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2004/apr/08/yehey/top_stories/20040408top4.html A French underwater salvage team has discovered the remains of the plane piloted by Antoine de Saint-Exupery. The Lockheed Lightning P38 vanished July 31, 1944 during a wartime reconnaissance mission. "The Little Prince" is the third most widely sold book on the planet after "The Bible" and "Das Kapital". http://www.grandforks.com/mld/grandforks/news/columnists/dorreen_yellow_bird/8364218.htm German American Indian "hobbyists" have created a new kind of Indian based on some early prolific writers, who wrote grand, Old West-type stories about the escapades of American Indians though the writers never visited this country. http://human-nature.com/nibbs/04/love.html Ecocriticism is conducted with little or no understanding of biology, cognition, evolution, or behavioral ecology. "Practical Ecocriticism" is an attempt to rectify this situation. http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/267B9CB7-A6ED-4E4A-AFC4-410175CE392C.htm Heinrich Schliemann, apart from causing untold damage to the ruins with his haphazard methods, smuggled most of his finds out of Ottoman Turkey over a period of 15 years in the late 19th century. In 1945, the Trojan hoard, along with much else, disappeared from Berlin with the entry of the Russian army, not to resurface for more than 50 years. It was not until 1998 that Moscow admitted that its Soviet predecessor had looted the Berlin museum which had housed the collection, and then stored it in St Petersburg. Having admitted guilt, the Russians then flaunted it by putting the Trojan artefacts on display in Moscow's Pushkin museum, where they remain despite repeated requests from Ankara for their return. ***************************************** Contact the Newsletter Editor: archaeologist@rocketmail.com Restatement of Disclosure Notice posted at www.swanet.org: is a public e-mail address for SWA and the "Got CALICHE?" newsletter editor. Unless your e-mail is marked 'confidential' or 'not for publication' -- SWA actively presumes that your correspondence IS a 'letter to the editor' forwarded for publication consideration and public consumption. 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