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...
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...
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...
Peoples of the Lower Mississippi Valley
~The Conservancy is running this fabulous tour again - This fall 2018! View Itinerary here ! To join us on this tour contact us at tours.tac@gmail.com or by phone at (505) 266-1540.
From Jessica Crawford,...
A “Road to Damascus” Moment
Introducing Our Midwest Regional Director, Part 2 of the Midwest Regional Office Blog
By Paul Gardner
Becoming the Midwest Regional Director for The Archaeological Conservancy exemplifies John Lennon’s saying that “Life is what happens to you while you’re...
Remembering The Public: Connecting Archaeology & Outreach
Introducing Our Eastern Regional Field Assistant: Kelley Berliner
As a kid, historical markers, antique malls, flea markets, steam engine tractor shows, and just about anything else that had to do with old things were mandatory...
Civic Pride and Conservation Archaeology
Introducing Our Eastern Regional Director: Andy Stout
My first memory of anything connected to archaeology was when I was a boy in the 1970’s, and while working in a community garden next to my childhood...
Surprises around Every Corner: Archaeology, the Parkin Site, and the Archaeological Conservancy
By Dr. Jeffrey M. Mitchem
By age 15, I had decided to be a veterinarian. I managed to get a job with a local vet in Lakeland, Florida, and worked there for the next five...
Anthropology, New Mexico Fieldwork, & The Archaeological Conservancy
The path to my spot on the Conservancy Board began early and ran a ragged course.
I was born in Provo, Utah, but since both of my parents grew up in small towns in southwestern...
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...