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In Midwest Saving Important Ohio Historical site part of the Northwest Indian War.

Update from the Midwest Regional Office The Conservancy recently closed on an exciting new property, helping to save an important historical site to Ohio and the Northwest Indian War. At the end of 2014, we...
Left to right: Robert Prospere, Jessica Crawford ( SE Regional Director), and Smokye Joe Frank

The Right Team: Our Eyes and Ears on the Ground

Update from the Southeast Regional Office: Continuing on the subject of how we find sites to acquire from our Eastern Regional Office update last week, one of our most important resources are Conservancy members themselves....

Update on Archaeological Preserve of Kings 4 in California

Update from Western Regional Office On the very foggy morning of January 14th, work was done on the Site of the Kings 4 Archaeological Preserve for which monitoring was required. The Southern California Edison Company...
Aerial photo New Philadelphia by Tommy Hailey using powered parachute funded by The National Center for Preservation Technology and Training, National Park Service)

In Celebration of African-American History Month: Preserving Heritage through Archaeology

A Look at TAC’s African-American Historical and Archaeological Preserves in the Midwest Broadly speaking, the mission of The Archaeological Conservancy is to acquire sufficient sites to create a representative sample of the archaeological record of...
Petroglyph archaeological sites near Petrified Forest National Parkin Arizona

Update from SW: Visiting Remarkable sites in Arizona

Update from the Southwest Regional Office From Chaz Evans, Southwest Regional Office Asst. Director Last month I got to explore some truly remarkable archaeological sites near Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona, as well as check on...
Archaeologist Ernie Boszhardt demystifying the HSS deposits

Update MW: Silver Mound Preserve Significant Sites Protected

Archaeological Conservancy Expands Ownership of National Historic Landmark The Archaeological Conservancy acquired an additional 40 acres of the Silver Mound archaeological site and National Historic Landmark in Jackson County, Wisconsin. Silver Mound is a unique geological...
From left to right: George Hamell, Curator of the Rock Foundation Collection,  Andy Stout, Eastern Regional Director of the Conservancy, and Martha Sempowski, Archaeologist at the Rochester Museum and Science Center.

Update East: New York Archaeological Preserves

Field Update from TAC’s East Region Just before the start of  this very snowy winter, TAC’s Eastern Office took a week long trip across the state of New York to visit potential sites and check...
BLM Archaeologist George Kline by one of the trenches

Update West: A Visit to World War II Desert Training Center (DTC).

At the beginning of March, personnel from TAC’s western office met up with BLM archaeologist George Kline to explore a potential acquisition project.  They toured part of an archaeological district in the California desert related...

Looking Back at Blanchard Mounds: A Very Close Call

There are some days when the importance of preserving archaeological sites is painfully evident. An example of this occurred not too long ago in the Southeastern region. The story begins back on a cold...
Fort Adams Preserve Flooded by Frozen River.

Update Midwest: Winter Surprise at Fort Adams

Recently returning from a trip to eastern Indiana to negotiate the acquisition of the Yorktown Enclosure, Midwest Director Paul Gardner stopped by TAC's Fort Adams preserve in western Ohio. Unfortunately winter had not loosened...