Update W: Monitoring Amazing Oregon Archaeological Preserves

Monitoring Oregon Preserves with the Western Office: This past week, the Western Office staff traveled to Oregon.  The busy time spent in Oregon included  visiting the locations of a few new projects, and meeting with...
Aerial View of Serpent Mound

Update MW: Serpent Mound Vandalism, Vandal charged

When you ask someone what they know about archaeological sites in Ohio, earthworks are usually the first thing that comes to mind.  All over Ohio prehistoric people built earthworks that still remain with us...
Puebloan Period Petroglyph

Conservancy Protects 25-acre Addition to the Wells Petroglyph Preserve

The Archaeological Conservancy acquired a 25-acre tract adjacent to the Wells Petroglyph Preserve in Northern New Mexico on December 18th utilizing funds from our POINT emergency acquisition fund. The Wells Petroglyph preserve was established...
Montezuma Castle, Arizona. The Archaeological Conservancy Tour 2015.

Traveling the Southwest of The Ancient Cliff Dwellers’

This Fall 31 Archaeological Conservancy members participated in the Conservancy’s 10 day Cliff Dweller’s tour across northern Arizona and Southwestern Colorado. These sites rank among the most amazing archaeological sites anywhere: walls and windows, towers...
The remains of the Carrillo Abode, oldest domestic building in Santa Rosa, Ca.

Preservation in the works for Carrillo Adobe in Santa Rosa

This past week personnel from TAC's western office toured the remains of the historic Carrillo Adobe in Santa Rosa, California. The Carrillo Adobe was constructed in the 1830s and is said to be the oldest...
The Pamplin Pipe Factory Archaeological Preserve as it looks today. The original factory building burned in the early 1920s but remains preserved beneath the current structure.

Update E: Exploring Early Industry at the Pamplin Pipe Factory

In Central Virginia, near Appomattox, sits the small town of Pamplin, home to the Pamplin Pipe Factory Preserve, a Conservancy owned preserve since 2010. The site contains the remains of, what was at one...
Stunning Standing Stela at Copan

Traveling The Maya Highlands of Guatemala and Copán

One of the Conservancy’s most popular Central American tours is back again in March, 2018. We’ll be visiting the highlands of Guatemala and the incredible Mayan archaeological site of Copán in Honduras. Join us...
A depiction of the Erie Canal in Buffalo, New York. Mules were used to pull the barges

Update E: In Honor of Labor Day – A Look at Clinton’s Ditch &...

Taking A Look At Industrial Sites Here in TAC’s East office we thought it would be appropriate to highlight one of our preserves associated with early industry in honor of our most recently past American...

Update SW: Touring Chaco Canyon in Depth

Travelogue of The Chaco Canyon in Depth Southwest Conservancy Tour During the middle of September, Conservancy members explored the vast cultural system of Chaco Canyon and the extensive network of outlying communities that developed in...
The Biesterfeldt Site Archaeological Preserve, North Dakota. Lush grass, few neighbors, no problems.

Biesterfeldt Earth Lodge is A New National Historic Landmark

WASHINGTON – As the National Park Service enters its second century of service and strives to tell a more inclusive and diverse story of America’s history, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell today...