High Country News http://www.hcn.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 15. Lake Mead's retreat leaves Nevada ghost town high and dry http://www.hcn.org/issues/45.4/lake-meads-retreat-leaves-nevada-ghost-town-high-and-dry The residents of St. Thomas were forced to leave their homes behind when Lake Mead submerged their town. But after decades under water, drought has brought it back to the surface. No publisher Kate Shaw St. Thomas, Nevada Drought Lake Mead Archaeology National Park Service 2013-03-08T16:42:43Z News Article Technology eases access to ancient ruins, for better or worse http://www.hcn.org/issues/45.4/technology-eases-access-to-ancient-ruins-for-better-or-worse A writer uses the Internet and GPS to find secret Ancestral Puebloan dwellings and other wonders on Utah’s Cedar Mesa, home of the country’s highest concentration of archaeological sites. No publisher Neil LaRubbio Don Simonis Cedar Mesa Artifacts Site-bagging Ancestral Puebloans Archaeology 2013-03-15T15:21:49Z News Article In search of camas, a Native American food staple http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.13/in-search-of-camas-a-native-american-food-staple Botanist Madrona Murphy traces long-lost edible wild plant gardens cultivated by the Pacific Northwest's Coast Salish. No publisher Eric Wagner Northwestern Indian diet San Juan archipelago, Washington Native American agriculture Skull Island Madrona Murphy Camas BLM Kwiáht Center for Historical Ecology of the Salish Sea Edible wildflowers Archaeology Coast Salish Ethnobotanists 2012-08-15T13:40:28Z News Article Historic plant cultivation in Northwest native tribes http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.13/in-search-of-camas-a-native-american-food-staple/historic-plant-cultivation-in-northwest-native-tribes Lying to rest a dispute over whether tribal reliance on fish meant they did not garden. No publisher Eric Wagner Northwestern Indian diet San Juan archipelago, Washington Native American agriculture Skull Island Madrona Murphy Camas BLM Kwiáht Center for Historical Ecology of the Salish Sea Edible wildflowers Archaeology Coast Salish Ethnobotanists 2012-08-02T19:14:47Z News Article Three days in the Four Corners http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.11/three-days-in-the-four-corners A loop around the Four Corners, where Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona and Utah meet, leads into a land of both historical and geological friction. No publisher Jonathan Thompson Road trips Aztec Ruins Durango Native Americans Navajo Nation Hovenweep Four Corners Southwestern Hispanic culture agriculture Archaeology De-Na-Zin/Bisti Wilderness Area 2012-07-06T17:53:54Z News Article Lessons from the mighty Maya http://www.hcn.org/wotr/lessons-from-the-mighty-maya Modern-day Americans could learn a lesson from the collapse of the ancient Mayan civilization. No publisher John Rember Pre-Columbian cultures Maya John Rember Western history Cultural collapse Human sacrifice Scarcity Archaeology Ancient civilizations 2010-02-05T08:50:59Z News Article The missing puzzle piece http://www.hcn.org/issues/40.22/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. No publisher Ernest Atencio Santa Clara Pueblo Ancestral Puebloans Crow Canyon Archaeological Four Corners Taos Pueblo Anasazi Archaeology Crow Canyon Archaeological Center 2010-02-05T09:20:30Z News Article The great giveaway http://www.hcn.org/issues/40.18/the-great-giveaway Brand-new resource management plans from Utah’s BLM welcome ATVs and energy development onto some of the state’s most fragile land. No publisher Emily Steinmetz Energy development ATVs Archaeology BLM Cedar Mesa, Utah Resource management plans SUWA Pueblo Indians 2010-02-05T10:05:11Z News Article Exodus http://www.hcn.org/issues/307/15807 The abandonment of the American Southwest by the Anasazi 700 years ago – and the destruction of New Orleans by Hurricane Katrina today – show that all civilizations are fragile, complex, and ultimately at the mercy of the climate No publisher Greg Hanscom Archaeology Ruins Communities in Transition Hurricane Katrina New Orleans Louisiana Anasazi Ancestral Puebloans civilization weather drought archaeology history Craig Childs environmental catastrophe human nature 2010-02-05T09:26:26Z News Article Out of the Four Corners http://www.hcn.org/issues/307/15806 Susan Ryan, a young archaeologist, has some unusual ideas about why the Anasazi left their homes in the Southwest, 700 years ago No publisher Craig Childs Native Americans Indian Culture Ruins Archaeology Anasazi Susan Ryan Ancestral Pueblos prehistoric American Indians pre-Columbian civilizations Four Corners pueblos ruins excavation Crow Canyon Archaeological Center Cortez Colorado Mesa Verde Hovenweep Chaco Canyon Southwester 2010-02-05T09:26:26Z News Article Suburbia blasts through a national monument http://www.hcn.org/issues/301/15614 A rocky western escarpment and the Petroglyph National Monument have long held back Albuquerque’s sprawl, but now the Volcano Heights development is coming, and a controversial road through the monument may be built No publisher Hilary watts Parks And Monuments Inholdings And Development Archaeology Petroglyphs Land Use And Planning Albuquerque New Mexico Petroglyph National Monument sprawl growth development Volcano Heights Paseo del Norte land use planning subdivisions Michael Cadigan real estate Dolph Barnhouse 1000 Friends of New Mexico National Historic Preservati 2010-02-05T09:25:25Z News Article BLM gags an archaeologist to get out the gas http://www.hcn.org/issues/278/14858 BLM archaeologist Blaine Miller says that a slew of new oil and gas projects could harm spectacular Indian rock art and ruins in Utah’s Nine Mile Canyon No publisher Jodi Peterson petroglyphs Blaine Miller Fremont Culture Bill Oil and Gas Mile thumper trucks Nine Mile Canyon BLM rock art oil and gas industry Indian ruins Nine Ute Indians Bureau of Land Management energy exploration Barrett Corp. West Tavaputs Plateau Archaeology 2010-02-05T09:58:04Z News Article Nine reasons why a river is good for the soul http://www.hcn.org/issues/328/16501 A writer on a river trip through canyon country muses on things like sand, rapids, ruins and time, as well as the joy that comes from being outside in the company of family and friends No publisher Paul Miller Archaeology Ruins Communities Human Beings and Nature Rivers River rafting Paul Miller river guides Colorado River Green River Anasazi Cataract Canyon Teapot Canyon rapids boating Grand Junction Colorado ruins rock art kayaks rafts geology sandstone stargazing Glen Canyon Dam Lake Powell friend 2011-12-09T17:58:03Z News Article Leave it alone http://www.hcn.org/issues/369/17664 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. No publisher Jonathan Thompson Craig Childs pothunters potsherds artifact collectors cliff dwellings Indian ruins Anasazi Archaeology 2010-07-26T22:46:27Z News Article Pillaging the Past http://www.hcn.org/issues/369/17663 Craig Childs explores the fine line that separates archeology from grave-robbing in the American Southwest. No publisher Craig Childs ancient Puebloans Native Americans Earl Shumway Archaeology pothunters potsherds artifact collectors cliff dwellings Indian ruins Anasazi Native American pottery 2010-07-26T22:57:38Z News Article