Archaeology with Google’s 3D Mapping Project Tango Phone
Archaeological research could benefit from Google's new 3D modeling device. But are archaeologists ready to explore its potential uses?
I’m sure it has come to no surprise that the demand for technologically trained archaeologists has...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
Digging Deeper: La Salle Archaeological Projects
Digging Deeper is our new blog series that revisits the sites and stories covered in previous issues of American Archaeology Magazine.
In our first installment of American Archaeology Magazine in 1997, we reported on the discovery...
How Archaeological Sites Are Preserved
Preservation Standards
In much of the literature concerning Archaeology in America, the words preservation and conservation appear often. Most people understand these words in terms of resources – we need to conserve water, or we...
Tribes, Archaeologists Appeal Government Over Amity Pueblo Desecration
by Mark Sanders - guest author
Almost a year ago to the day, the Phoenix New Times reported on large-scale site disturbances at Amity Pueblo, a long-abandoned Native American settlement located in the eastern Arizona village...
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...
What the Federal Shutdown Means for Cultural Resource Protection
The United States entered into its first federal shutdown in 17 years at midnight after Congress failed to agree on the terms of a new fiscal year budget. As a result, all non-essential federal...