http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/44086517.html
The National Trust for Historic Preservation named Mount Taylor, near Grants, N.M., to its 2009 list of America’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places. This annual list highlights important examples of the nation’s architectural, cultural and natural heritage that are at risk of destruction or irreparable damage.Located in the southwestern corner of New Mexico’s San Mateo Mountains, midway between Albuquerque and Gallup, Mount Taylor, with an elevation of nearly 12,000 feet, is a startlingly beautiful, sacred place. Visible from up to 100 miles away, the mountain has been a pilgrimage site for as many as 30 Native American tribes, with special significance for the Acoma people...
The complete list of the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s 2009 Endangered Sites:• Mount Taylor, Grants, N.M.• Century Plaza Hotel, Los Angeles, Calif.• Miami Marine Stadium, Fla.• Dorchester Academy, Midway, Ga.• Lãna’i City, Hawaii• Unity Temple, Oak Park, Ill.• Ames Shovel Shops, Easton, Mass.• Memorial Bridge, Portsmouth, N.H. & Kittery, Maine• Human Services Center, Yankton, S.D.• Cast-Iron Architecture of Galveston, Texas• The Manhattan Project’s Enola Gay Hangar, Utah
"see link above for entire article"--aggie castronuevo
Showing posts with label archaeology site. Show all posts
Showing posts with label archaeology site. Show all posts
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Santa Teresa Archaeological Field School
This is an interesting project, not only because it is behind a Tyson Chicken Factory (oh my, the jokes!), but it is being excavated from within a building which formerly housed an old museum.
--aggie castronuevo johann
Friday, April 3, 2009
Oldest Stone Blades Uncovered
http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2009/402/2
"Paleoanthropologists working in Africa have discovered stone blades more than a half-million years old. That pushes the date of the earliest known blades back a remarkable 150,000 years and raises a question: What human ancestor made them?..."
"Paleoanthropologists working in Africa have discovered stone blades more than a half-million years old. That pushes the date of the earliest known blades back a remarkable 150,000 years and raises a question: What human ancestor made them?..."
Monday, August 18, 2008
Clovis found on Lincoln National Forest
News Flash!
While conducting a survey in the Guadalupe Mountains of southcentral New Mexico, Lincoln National Forest Archaeologists recently located the proximal portion of a Clovis projectile point. Diane White, commented "I've been doing archaeology for 20 years" and thought she would never find anything as important as a Clovis artifact. Shortly after recovering the stone point, LNF archaeologists suffered from a temporary scare as the Clovis point was discovered missing by Amanda Sanchez. It turns out that one of the staff members had set the artifact next to the office candy dish, where it was picked up by another conscientious archaeologist, and locked up for safekeeping.
The Clovis point fragment is made of tan chert. It measures 2.5cm in length, 2cm wide, and .5cm in width just above the flute. There is a distinct flute on one side, and what appears to be a partial flute on the obverse. The point was broken ~3mm beyond the full flute. There appears to be at least two separate breaks, one of which is hinged.
Archaeologists are yet unsure of the total significance of this recent find. The site appears large and boundaries have not been completely identified. At least one archaeologist, forest service SCEP and Graduate student at New Mexico State University, Agnes Castronuevo hopes to find more associated with the site, perhaps even mammoth bones! "Blackwater Draw anyone?"
While conducting a survey in the Guadalupe Mountains of southcentral New Mexico, Lincoln National Forest Archaeologists recently located the proximal portion of a Clovis projectile point. Diane White, commented "I've been doing archaeology for 20 years" and thought she would never find anything as important as a Clovis artifact. Shortly after recovering the stone point, LNF archaeologists suffered from a temporary scare as the Clovis point was discovered missing by Amanda Sanchez. It turns out that one of the staff members had set the artifact next to the office candy dish, where it was picked up by another conscientious archaeologist, and locked up for safekeeping.
The Clovis point fragment is made of tan chert. It measures 2.5cm in length, 2cm wide, and .5cm in width just above the flute. There is a distinct flute on one side, and what appears to be a partial flute on the obverse. The point was broken ~3mm beyond the full flute. There appears to be at least two separate breaks, one of which is hinged.
Archaeologists are yet unsure of the total significance of this recent find. The site appears large and boundaries have not been completely identified. At least one archaeologist, forest service SCEP and Graduate student at New Mexico State University, Agnes Castronuevo hopes to find more associated with the site, perhaps even mammoth bones! "Blackwater Draw anyone?"
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