Results for keyword: Anasazi
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Life among the Bluffoons
There may be only 200 people living in Bluff, Utah, today, but they cherish a history that goes back for centuries, along with the dramatic red-rock
by Andrew Gulliford, Jun 07, 2012 -
How to find a 13,000 year-old mammoth
After seeing a drawing of a wooly mammoth in a Utah cave, the author ponders on the possibility they existed along with the humans who inhabited the U.S. Southwest years ago.
by Andrew Gulliford, Jan 19, 2012 -
Teetering on the Edge of the Cedars
The Edge of the Cedars State Park Museum in Blanding, Utah, fights for its life as the state cuts funding.
by Adam Roy, Mar 20, 2011 -
Craig Childs walks with desert ghosts on the Navajo Nation
The author tries to walk like a ghost through a wild and haunted landscape.
by Craig Childs, Feb 20, 2011 -
Kicking and screaming, the BLM makes a deal
The petroglyphs at Nine Mile Canyon in Utah are finally receiving some protection from oil and gas development.
by Jodi Peterson, Jan 19, 2010 -
The missing puzzle piece
In southwestern Colorado’s Crow Canyon, archaeologists are working with Native Americans to solve the historical mysteries of the Four Corners area.
by Ernest Atencio , Dec 03, 2008 -
Leave it alone
Archaeology is, or at least ought to be, about more than just picking up artifacts to gather dust on the shelves of crowded museum storerooms.
by Jonathan Thompson, Apr 28, 2008 -
Pillaging the Past
Craig Childs explores the fine line that separates archeology from grave-robbing in the American Southwest.
by Craig Childs, Apr 28, 2008 -
Driven to fight
Retired BLM agent Lynell Schalk goes head-to-head with her former bosses over protecting southern Utah’s priceless archaeological sites from off-road vehicle traffic.
by Jen Jackson, Mar 19, 2007 -
Dear friends
Rick Craig wins Nelson Algren Award; visitors; Bill Frank Jr. and John Echohawk win Wallace Stegner Award; HCN is looking for good writers
by Jodi Peterson, Dec 11, 2006
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