Southwestern Archaeology, Inc. (SWA) " Got CALICHE ? " Newsletter Archaeology, Anthropology, and History of the Greater Southwest! Sunday July 25, 2004 ***************************************** TEXAS http://www.hcnews.com/news/get-news.asp?id=8326&catid=1&cpg=get-news.asp Granbury’s emphasis on historic preservation doesn’t necessarily translate into money in the bank for one Granbury property owner. Ironically, what might be the oldest building in Granbury has kept Mary Downs, 89, from selling her property. NEW MEXICO http://www.abqjournal.com/venue/books/202413books07-25-04.htm Kokopelli is seemingly everywhere. The image of the fluteplayer in rock art first appeared in the Four Corners area about A.D. 800 and died out about A.D. 1600. COLORADO http://www.lamardaily.com/Stories/0,1413,121~7981~2292719,00.html Get Bent at the upcoming Santa Fe Trail Encampment, Friday through Sunday, July 30 through Aug. http://www.abqjournal.com/venue/travel/202382travel07-25-04.htm Mesa Verde's world-famous cliff dwellings -— there are more than 600 within the park boundaries -— represent the last 100 years of Anasazi occupation. UTAH http://www.thespectrum.com/news/stories/20040724/localnews/909777.html According to "Iron County History" (by Blaine S. Nay), Meesebats was the last survivor of the Tave-at-sooks band. She was the last living Paiute who had a clear recollection of when those settlers arrived in the area. Her band followed the Paiute traditions of living by planting and harvesting corn and pine nuts, hunting small animals, water fowl and mule deer. http://www.timesstar.com/Stories/0,1413,125~1486~2292159,00.html Simon Southerton ("Losing a Lost Tribe: Native Americans, DNA and the Mormon Church"): There's no evidence to support your Israelite ancestry. http://www.sltrib.com/utah/ci_2380815 A relic of Utah's role in the Cold War will begin moving to Wendover's Historic Airfield. NEVADA http://www.rgj.com/news/stories/html/2004/07/24/76367.php?sp1=rgj&sp2=News&sp3=Local+News&sp5=RGJ.com&sp6=news&sp7=local_news Archaeologists at the Gray’s Crossing site north of downtown Truckee found a history that stretches thousands of years from the ancestors of the Washoe tribe, to the Chinese camp and to modern times, when artifact hunters looted the site for pieces of the past. ARIZONA http://www.communitypapers.com/DAILYCOURIER/myarticles.asp?P=980719&S=400&PubID=12811 Mark Rey, undersecretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, traveled from Washington, D.C., this week to officially designate Prescott as a "Preserve America Community." So far, about 100 communities in the country have qualified for the Preserve America status, most of which are in the East. Prescott and Fort Apache in the White Mountains are the first such designations in Arizona, and among the first in the Southwest. http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/mesa/articles/0724ThistoricZ11.html http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/ahwatukee/articles/0724ThistoricZ6.html The Tempe Historic Preservation Commission recently listed Robert Gray's house, known as the Butler house, as a historic property. Tempe's relatively short list of historic properties is growing. CYBERIA http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/25/nyregion/25erasmus.html It's a Dirty Job, Connecting With the Past http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20040724/BKPLEN24/TPEntertainment/Books In The Birth of Plenty, William J. Bernstein argues that for nations to be prosperous, they must have property rights for individuals, scientific rationalism, functioning capital markets and efficient infrastructures for transportation and communication. States that don't satisfy the standards remain mired in poverty. Bernstein's four-factor theory of economic growth has been a long time arriving. ***************************************** Post letter mail and other media to: Southwestern Archaeology, Inc. P.O. Box 61203 Phoenix AZ, USA 85082-1203 602.697.5754 (cellular) Go ahead! 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