Rancho along the Rio: preserving Spanish Colonial culture in northern New Mexico
Southwest Region | Santa Fe, New Mexico |
Camino Real Site is located in a remote region south of Santa Fe near the Santa Fe River. The site contains the ruins of a Spanish Colonial...
Crowdfunding Donors Helping to Save Endangered Chaco Site
Thank you so much to all our 94 Fantastic Crowdfunding Donors who are helping make it possible to Save this Endangered Chaco Outlier, The Holmes Group Site. Learn More about the Site. You have...
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...
Historical Cabin Discovered Near Slide Fire
As of May 27, the Slide fire burning near Oak Creek Canyon in Arizona has consumed over 20,328 acres and is 35% contained.
Firefighters sought out the help of archaeologists after discovering a previously unknown...
Interesting Discoveries at Adair Cabin
On May 29th, we reported on the beginning of an excavation project at Adair Cabin in Kansas. Today, we learn about the findings from the field school:
Silver-plated fork with the initials FBA (Florella Adair...
Donation made of significant Chaco Site: Now Saved the Dein Ruin
Albuquerque, New Mexico – March 1, 2018 – The Archaeological Conservancy recently acquired the Dein Ruin near Aztec, New Mexico. This significant early twelfth-century archaeological site sits on a rocky terrace overlooking Aztec Ruins...
Major Archaeological Pueblo Site Debuts New Website
New Website Includes Photographs, History, Research On Arroyo Hondo Site from 1300s
About 1300 C.E., a small pueblo located minutes south of present day Santa Fe, New Mexico, rapidly transformed from a 100-room hamlet to...
Wyoming Cultural Trust Fund Awards Grants
Cultural organizations throughout the state of Wyoming have recently been awarded with a combined $165,590 to fund preshistoric, historic, and cultural preservation and education projects.
This round of grants was very competitive - there were...
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Be a part of saving the past for the future! Make your gift to the Conservancy go even further by joining the Friends of the Conservancy, our monthly...
Planned Arizona copper mine would put a hole in Apache archaeology
Summary of Planned Arizona copper mine would put a hole in Apache archaeology  and of  Apache tribe distressed by privatization of sacred land
Native American Tribes, especially the Apache, archaeologist and other conservationists are upset about...