High Country News http://www.hcn.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 15. A lesson from the old ones at Mesa Verde http://www.hcn.org/wotr/15676 The writer walks where the Mesa Verde cliff dwellers walked, and wonders why they fled No publisher Rob Cordery-Cotter Ruins 2010-02-05T09:47:15Z News Article A Utah rancher’s secret was a gift to us http://www.hcn.org/wotr/14947 The writer praises a Utah man for keeping an ancient Native American village safe from vandals for half a century No publisher Jim Stiles Ruins archaeology ruins Fremont Indians vandalism 2010-02-05T09:43:14Z News Article The Pictograph Murders http://www.hcn.org/issues/313/16025 The Pictograph Murders by P.G. Karamesines, combines archaeology, witchcraft and murder in a chilling first novel set in Utah No publisher Staff Ruins P.G. Karamesines The Pictograph Murders archaeology murder mysteries Native Americans Indians archeological digs coyote witchcraft pot hunting thrillers 2010-02-05T08:56:29Z News Article Anasazi: What's in a name? http://www.hcn.org/issues/307/15815 The name "Anasazi" has fallen out of favor, but none of the other names now used for this vanished civilization are satisfactory, either No publisher Craig Childs Native Americans Indian Culture Ruins Anasazi Ancestral Puebloans Hisatsinom Hopi Zuni Acoma pueblo people Navajos archaeology names etymology 2010-02-05T09:26:30Z 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 Ancient archaeological secret is revealed http://www.hcn.org/issues/281/14960 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 No publisher Dan Wilcock Ruins Range Creek Canyon Utah Waldo Wilcox Fremont Indians archaeology prehistoric Native Americans Indian ruins Trust for Public Land Jerry Spangler Darin Bird looting pot-hunters conservation easements Utah Department of Natural Resources Bur 2010-02-05T09:20:56Z News Article Following the Ancient Roads http://www.hcn.org/issues/277/14815 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 No publisher Craig Childs Energy Oil And Gas Ruins Chaco Canyon Chaco culture Ancient Puebloan culture Anasazi ancient Indian roads ruins archaeology oil and gas industry gas wells drilling Native Americans gas production petroglyphs 2010-02-05T09:57:47Z News Article Author says we'll 'match the scenery' whether we like it or not http://www.hcn.org/issues/244/13743 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. No publisher Adam Burke Ruins 2010-02-05T08:41:45Z News Article Entrepreneur shovels trouble http://www.hcn.org/issues/220/11025 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. No publisher Sarah Wright Ruins 2010-02-05T08:51:46Z News Article Monument status could wreck ruins http://www.hcn.org/issues/201/10434 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. No publisher Gail Binkly Ruins 2010-02-05T08:34:42Z News Article Easement saves artifacts http://www.hcn.org/issues/196/10268 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. No publisher Gail Binkly Ruins 2010-02-05T08:33:47Z News Article A park all their own http://www.hcn.org/issues/156/5048 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. No publisher Katherine Drouin Keith Ruins 2010-02-05T10:11:10Z News Article Walking the path between light and dark http://www.hcn.org/issues/155/5036 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. No publisher Art Goodtimes Ruins 2010-02-05T10:11:04Z News Article A family preserves the West http://www.hcn.org/issues/132/4230 The Anasazi Heritage Center in Dolores, Colo., displays the century-old photos and records kept by pioneer, amateur archaeologist Tom Wetherill and his family. No publisher Staff Ruins 2010-02-05T09:37:04Z News Article