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...
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...
Rock Shelters & Mounds: Dedication and Preservation in My Midwest
Introducing Our Midwest Regional Field Assistant: Josh McConaughy
As an undergraduate student at Ohio University I began to be attracted to archaeology after I participated in a field school that focused on a rock shelter...
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...
Economics & Archaeology: My Road to The Archaeological Conservancy
I was first exposed to Native Americans and ancient cultures in grade school during the early days of black and white television, when the shows were mostly about cowboys and Indians. And, my sixth...
Standing My Ground for Archaeology & Preservation
Introducing Our Assistant Editor of American Archaeology Magazine and Southwest Regional Coordinator: Tamara Stewart
Looking down the barrel of the 12-gauge shotgun, the tiny but intimidating Billie Russell was aiming at me, I feebly tried...
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...
Saving America’s Archaeological Treasures
Give Future Generations the Gift
of Archaeological Heritage!
Please help us save irreplaceable archaeological treasures threatened across the country. This year, The Archaeological Conservancy was able to save 23 extraordinary archaeological sites from damage and destruction....
Help Save A Chaco Outlier: Meet the Holmes Group Site
The Holmes Group Project is your chance to help preserve an endangered Chaco outlier archaeological site. Join us! Share the excitement of protecting this phenomenal piece of America’s Heritage. Without your support, the ancient...
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...