Archaeology

Southwest Life

BLM designates special management areas

3 areas of critical environmental concern total over 14,000 acres

February 22, 2020

Local News

Southwest Colorado Canyons hires new director

has background in education, museum studies

January 14, 2020

Local News

Canyons of the Ancients museum adjusts hours

schedule coincides with visitation trends

October 22, 2019

Local News

Ceremony held for Mesa Verde’s early boosters

sign dedicates women’s club that lobbied to protect ruins

October 1, 2019

Local News

Crow Canyon seeks answers to humanity’s biggest questions

Nonprofit CEO charts course toward relevancy

September 30, 2019

Regional News

Team to study historic inscriptions at New Mexico ruins

Fred Blackburn and his team will study the lengthy messages, or graffiti, left at the Aztec Ruins National Monument to…

September 29, 2019

Local News

Fourth graders explore ancient Colorado life through real artifacts

Arrowheads, atlatls help explain life 13,000 years ago

September 22, 2019

Local News

Amid calls for preservation, CDOT says archaeological sites can’t be saved

U.S. Highway 550 realignment to destroy ruins south of Durango

September 10, 2019

Local News

Colorado Welcome Center hosting open house

invited to reacquaint themselves with center, see changes

August 23, 2019

Local News

Trove of archaeological ruins unearthed south of Durango

Well-preserved Native American artifacts are in path of realigned Highway 550

August 23, 2019

Southwest Life

Access to ruins-rich public land near Mesa Verde explored

Protecting relics on 7,300-acre parcel a priority

August 4, 2019

Southwest Life

Archaeologists find new sites at Lone Mesa State Park

could help prepare the area to open to the public

July 25, 2019

Local News

Visitors to Yucca House Monument encounter no-trespassing sign

Rancher removes sign, requests passers close gate

April 21, 2019

Local News

Funerary objects will be returned to Native American tribes

of Southwest Studies will repatriate artifacts collected in mid-20th century

April 5, 2019

Southwest Life

A race against time to document Native American shelters

Project aims to record historic Ute structures in Southwest Colorado

March 14, 2019

Southwest Life

Bill would expand Yucca House National Monument

donation also offers access solution

March 6, 2019

Local News

BLM releases report on special management areas

ACECs are not well-known to the public, said Steven Hall, BLM communication director, and are mainly a management tool to…

February 22, 2019

Southwest Life

Lowry Pueblo gets 3D treatment

The project used Light Direction and Ranging (LiDAR) scanning and close-range photogrammetry to thoroughly document the above-ground, standing prehistoric architecture…

February 13, 2019

Local News

Canyons of the Ancients manager set to retire

Marietta Eaton had 39-year career in public lands, archaeology

December 23, 2018

Local News

Eaton retires from Canyons of the Ancients post

had 39-year career in public lands, archaeology

December 18, 2018

Books

New book from Crow Canyon’s Kari Schleher wins ‘Best of 2018’ award

Author’s work focuses on Pueblo San Marcos

December 8, 2018

Southwest Life

Mesa Verde to offer free admission on five days in 2019

Spruce Tree House complex in Mesa Verde National Park.Durango Herald file They are: Jan. 21: Martin Luther King Jr. Day.April…

November 21, 2018

Food

How old is cacao? New research pushes back date

Tests indicate traces of cacao on artifacts from an archaeological site in Ecuador, according to a study published Monday. That’s…

November 2, 2018

Local News

Canyons of Ancients monument gets more site stewards

Education and site steward programs support monument

November 2, 2018