Windover (Florida)
Around 8,000 years ago near the east coast of central Florida, a group of Archaic people lived by a small pond. Eventually they died, and their remains were buried in the pond. Their existence...
Meyer Pottery Kiln (Texas)
After emigrating from Germany to Texas in 1884, William Meyer began working in a pottery workshop in Bexar County. After marrying the daughter of a fellow worker, Meyer and his new father-in-law, Franz Schultz,...
Update West: Preserving a Legacy of Water in the Desert at Mound Spring Site,...
The Western Region recently acquired the remaining portion of the Mound Spring Site in Pahrump, Nevada. The mound is bisected by a property line that basically splits it in half. The Conservancy acquired the...
Garoga (New York)
The Garoga site is perched on a hilltop overlooking Caroga Creek, a meandering tributary of the Mohawk River. Also referred to as Garogo, or Castle Hill, it contains the remains of a 16th-century Mohawk...
Virgin River Village (Utah)
Three years ago Gaylord Robb brought the Virgin River Village, five-acre prehistoric site located in southwest Utah, to the Conservancy’s attention. At the time, the Conservancy was in the process of acquiring Paragonah Mounds...
Sally Warren Mounds (Louisiana)
According to Louisiana state site files, the Sally Warren Mounds consist of “a large rectangular shaped mound” known as Mound A, and a “conical shaped burial mound” known as Mound B. Their presumed function...
Terrarium Site: A Window into The Pomo World of 2,000 Years Ago
The Conservancy is working to preserve a remarkable Central Pomo site in California. Populated about 2,000 years ago, the Terrarium site has the potential to yield new and important insights into the proto-Pomo expansion...
Roland H. Wiley Preserve (Nevada)
The Conservancy is acquiring the 63-acre Roland H. Wiley Archaeological Preserve, located in the desert of southwestern Nevada. The preserve is part of the historic Hidden Hills Ranch and is situated in the Pahrump...
Koon’s Landing (North Carolina)
For decades the exact location of Catechna, an 18th-century Tuscarora settlement, eluded historians and scholars who relied on historical documents to find the site. Conflicting information and differing interpretations of historical maps had led...
Donkey Drama on Stallings Island
Donkeys and goats were introduced on this Conservancy site in 2008 to control plant overgrowth. Recently, an ill-mannered male donkey had to be removed from the island – and it was no small feat....