Results for keyword: Ruins
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Ancient archaeological secret is revealed
Archaeologists are thrilled about the state of Utah’s acquisition of Waldo Wilcox’s Range Creek Canyon ranch, site of a thousand-year-old Frement Indian settlement
by Dan Wilcock, Aug 30, 2004 -
A Utah rancher’s secret was a gift to us
The writer praises a Utah man for keeping an ancient Native American village safe from vandals for half a century
by Jim Stiles, Aug 09, 2004 -
Following the Ancient Roads
On a 10-day walk through the northwestern New Mexico desert, the author follows an ancient road that leads him from silent Indian ruins into noisy, modern gas fields
by Craig Childs, Jun 21, 2004 -
Author says we'll 'match the scenery' whether we like it or not
In Soul of Nowhere, writer Craig Childs explores the rugged canyons of the southwest and the ruins left behind by past civilizations that did their best to "match the scenery" yet still perished.
by Adam Burke, Feb 17, 2003 -
Entrepreneur shovels trouble
Archaeologists are appalled at Anasazi Digs, a family-owned business near Monticello, Utah, that plans to sell the right to dig and keep artifacts from prehistoric ruins on private land.
by Sarah Wright, Feb 18, 2002 -
Monument status could wreck ruins
Archaeologists fear that without more funds to manage tourism, the ruins in newly designated Canyons of the Ancients National Monument, Colo., will suffer from increased visitors.
by Gail Binkly, Apr 23, 2001 -
Easement saves artifacts
A new kind of easement, put together by the Montezuma Land Conservancy and landowner Don Dove, will protect ruins and buried artifacts on archaeologically rich land near Cortez, Colorado.
by Gail Binkly, Feb 12, 2001 -
A park all their own
In Arizona, two businessmen plan to turn the former Paulsell Ranch, an archaeologically rich site bordering Petrified Forest National Park, into a privately owned park they are calling the International Petrified Forest.
by Katherine Drouin Keith, Jun 07, 1999 -
Walking the path between light and dark
Physical anthropologist Christy Turner's controversial theories that the Anasazi practiced cannibalism leave the writer pondering the balance of good and evil that existed in the no-longer idealized past as well as in the present.
by Art Goodtimes, May 24, 1999 -
A family preserves the West
The Anasazi Heritage Center in Dolores, Colo., displays the century-old photos and records kept by pioneer, amateur archaeologist Tom Wetherill and his family.
by Staff, Jun 08, 1998
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