Southwestern Archaeology, Inc. (SWA) " Got CALICHE ? " Newsletter Archaeology, Anthropology, and History of the Greater Southwest! Friday July 9, 2004 ***************************************** GREATER SOUTHWEST http://foia.fbi.gov/abbey.htm Here are the Edward Abbey FBI files. I especially enjoyed page 10 of http://foia.fbi.gov/abbey/abbey,%20edward%201b.pdf. TEXAS http://www.dmtimes.net/blog/News/_archives/2004/7/8/101654.html Ruidosa’s historic Mision del Sagrado Corazon, or Sacred Heart Mission, continues to be the focus of preservation efforts, as the Texas Historical Commission recently funded an evaluation of the structure. The conditions assessment of the church, conducted by two experts in historic adobe preservation, found that the structure could yet be preserved, but that the time re-maining to stabilize the church is limited. NEW MEXICO http://www.qcsunonline.com/engine.pl?station=quay&template=storyfull.html&id=1195 The new PBS documentary "The Neon Road in New Mexico" chronicles the restoration of 10 classic Neon Signs on New Mexico's Historic Route 66. COLORADO http://www.lamardaily.com/Stories/0,1413,121%257E7979%257E2260404,00.html Prowers County has received a $10,000 grant from the State Historical Fund to begin a structural and architectural assessment of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) era building. http://www.cortezjournal.com/asp-bin/article_generation.asp?article_type=news&article_path=/news/news040708_3.htm A January letter claimed mountain bikes and the rapid sprawl of new, user-made trails was threatening important cultural resources in the Sand Canyon area. http://www.crowcanyon.org/AboutUs/pr_6_15_04.html Crow Canyon Archaeological Center has begun its popular summer Day Program for archaeologists-at-heart. UTAH http://www.sanluisobispo.com/mld/sanluisobispo/news/nation/9106168.htm As word about the site has leaked out in recent weeks, some looting has started to occur. http://166.70.44.66/2004/Jul/07082004/utah/181891.asp The Skull Valley Band of Goshute Indians on Wednesday issued a statement questioning whether the land transfer of property in eastern Utah containing ancient Fremont Indian sites violated U.S. historic preservation laws. ARIZONA http://kvoa.com/Global/story.asp?S=2013569 A state historic preservation officer has sent the city a letter saying that the 90-year-old El Paso and Southwestern tracks are eligible. He says they retain enough integrity to convey the significance of historic rail transportation through Tucson and southeastern Arizona. CALIFORNIA http://www.fresnobee.com/state_wire/story/8810009p-9696781c.html A Northern California Indian band is asking visitors to pay more respect to a natural bridge 10 miles southeast of Hayfork, the site of an 1852 massacre in which at least 150 tribe members died. TOOLS AND TECHNOLOGY http://www.doi.gov/news/040708.html http://www.doi.gov/news/finalweb2.pdf Secretary Gale Norton said a record levels of funds are being invested to increase staff and improve facilities at America's national parks, including more than 4,000 improvement projects. http://www.tomshardware.com/hardnews/20040708_114933.html GB: I would say that I was totally surprised how people were using information and communication technology to support their religious practices. People were using their mobile phones in Malaysia to find Mecca. It is really rare for us to think of mobile phones as devices to support spiritual devotion. That is a completely different usage model and also implies a thinking of what technology should or shouldn't do. http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/0709/p18s04-hfks.html http://www.csmonitor.com/classroom/kidspace/2002/Apr0202.pdf Material Culture http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/ptech/07/08/talking.tombstones.reut/index.html Robert Barrows, of Burlingame, California has filed a patent application for a video-equipped tombstone that will display a video message from the grave's occupant. HISTORIC PRESERVATION http://www.miaminewtimes.com/issues/2004-07-08/art.html Gentrification is simultaneously denounced and defended by opposing sides of the political spectrum. There is a "production side" theory advocated by Neil Smith, professor of anthropology and geography at Hunter College, and a "consumption side" hypothesis espoused by Miami architect and urban planner Andres Duany, principal of Duany Plater-Zyberk & Company.... CYBERIA http://www.nunatsiaq.com/news/nunavut/40709_08.html One of the themes in the play involves a group of kids on a reserve who are visited by a group of anthropologists researching traditional legends. None of the elders will talk to the anthropologists, so instead, the kids told them the legends their grandparents had told them, in some cases making them up for 50 cents a legend. http://archaeology.about.com/cs/methods/fr/praetzellis.htm Adrian Praetzellis describes in deeply affectionate fashion some of the myriad ways that things go horribly awry -- and, pretty well, actually -- on an archaeological dig... http://www.peninsulaclarion.com/stories/070804/ins_070804ins004001.shtml " ... I tired of academic writing," she says in her introduction. "I became increasingly irritated with the uncanny ability of so many anthropologists to render, in stilted prose, the most interesting cultures hopelessly pedantic and unappealing..." http://www.thepanamanews.com/pn/v_10/issue_13/news_03.html Warren White became increasingly convinced that he had found the Vizcaina, which Christopher Columbus abandoned in 1504 during his disastrous fourth and final voyage of discovery. ***************************************** Post letter mail and other media to: Southwestern Archaeology, Inc. P.O. Box 61203 Phoenix AZ, USA 85082-1203 602.697.5754 (cellular) 602.372.8539 (digital fax) 603.457.7957 (digital fax) http://www.swanet.org (url) http://www.swanet.org/images/license.pdf SWA invites you to redistribute SWA's "Got CALICHE?" Newsletter. We also request your timely news articles, organizational activities and events, technical and scientific writings, and opinion pieces, to be shared with our digital community. 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