Parchman Site and My Road to The Archaeological Conservancy
Introducing Our Southeastern Regional Director: Jessica Crawford
People often ask me which of the sites in my region is my favorite. I nearly always have a different answer. It’s very easy to become attached to...
Help Support The Archaeological Conservancy into 2017
This past year has been a tremendous success with the help of generous donors like yourself. Because our amazing Conservancy members, we have preserved more than 23 sites from damage and destruction in 2016...
Coming Full Circle
Introducing our Western Regional Director, Cory D. Wilkins
I tend to describe myself as a desert rat. It seems that sagebrush and dust run through my veins. As a Native Nevadan, I am proud of...
In Memoriam Hester Davis – A National Treasure
We mourn the recent passing of Hester Davis, considered a national treasure by the archaeological community. She served as the Arkanas State Archaeologist from the creation of the position, in 1967, until her retirement...
Student Aims to Start a National Mobile Archaeology Lab
In case you haven’t heard of the term ‘crowdfunding’, it is a very successful way to raise money for a new business or project idea, and Archaeological projects are no stranger to the crowdfunding...
The Archaeological Conservancy Celebrates 35 Years of Preservation
This year we are celebrating the 35th anniversary of The Archaeological Conservancy’s founding. In 1980, a small group of preservationists and archaeologists, led by California physicist and businessman Jay T. Last, were determined to...
Site Saved 500th Site Pueblo: Incredible Chaco Outlier
Here at the Archaeological Conservancy as we celebrate 36 years of saving sites, we are about to purchase our 500th site!
The so named 500th Site Pueblo, is an amazing 45-acre Chaco outlier occupied from...
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...
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...