Help Save America’s Threatened Archaeological Treasures
Give Future Generations the Lasting Gift of Protected Archaeological Heritage!
& be the preservation hero we need...
Please help save irreplaceable archaeological treasures threatened across the country. Become part of one of the most important forces...
In Memoriam: Bliss Bruen, advocate & friend
With the sudden passing of Bliss Bruen the Conservancy has lost one of our dearest friends and greatest inspirations. Bliss was a genuine people person and made a point to befriend all of us...
Crowdfunding Helping to Save Endangered Sites – Last Day!
Today, superstores, fast food restaurants and parking lots take up an ever-increasing amount of our nation’s land and open space. Along with the natural resources that are consumed, such rapid, unchecked development also destroys...
Using Science to Revive Old Excavations
Guest Blog by Professor Bill Lipe Professor Emeritus, Washington State University; Member of the Board of Directors, The Archaeological Conservancy
The value (and excitement) of archaeological field work doesn’t end when the pits are backfilled,...
Excavating Newly Discovered Ruins at America’s Biggest Shaker Settlement
Coming This Summer From Our UK-based Friends DigVentures:
America’s Biggest Shaker Settlement To Be Unearthed With Help From Crowdfunders, US Military Veterans, and National Geographic
This summer, DigVentures is returning to Upstate New York on a...
Preserving History of and for the Chickasaw
Guest Blog By Richard Green, Retired Chickasaw Tribal Historian, Writer
As tribal historian of the Chickasaw Nation, I produced 19 quarterly issues of The Journal of Chickasaw History, from 1994-1999. Then, for a complete change...
Be A Preservation Hero! – Support The Archaeological Conservancy into 2018
Since 1980, we’ve permanently protected over 515 sites in 45 states – sites that otherwise might have been dug up by looters, razed for development, or simply damaged by neglect. We’ve established long term...
Stabilizing Archaeology: Engaging the Public in Architectural Preservation
By Larry L. Baker, Salmon Ruins Museum, San Juan County Museum Association
In 1974, I was hired by Dr. Cynthia Irwin-Williams for her research projects at the Salmon Ruins, near Bloomfield, New Mexico and the...
Help Save America’s Threatened Archaeological Treasures
Give Future Generations the Lasting Gift of Protected Archaeological Heritage!
& be the preservation hero we need...
Please help save irreplaceable archaeological treasures threatened across the country. Become part of one of the most important forces...
From Mohawk Ironworkers to Living the Ancient Southwest
By David Grant Noble
I came to archaeology unexpectedly, through a side door. The word, archaeology, never came up at home when I was growing up nor did I ever hear it at school. As...