Southwestern Archaeology Special Interest Group (SASIG) "Got CALICHE?" newsletter Sign up @ Sunday March 5, 2000 ****************************************** CYBERIA http://www.digitalmass.com/news/daily/03/03/jolie_croft.html Croft is a publishing magnate who travels to exotic locations to uncover and preserve ancient artifacts, facing danger and adventure along the way, like a female Indiana Jones. http://www.discovery.com/news/briefs/20000303/history_etruscans.html An Italian Etruscologist has partly cracked the intractable Etruscan language by studying a 12- by 18-inch bronze tablet broken into eight pieces. http://unisci.com/stories/20001/0303006.htm Revolution in science teaching makes use of protagonists, storytelling and ambiguity. The case-study approach is standard fare in schools of law, business and medicine. The grant also will provide for an annual conference on teaching science with case studies. The idea is to let students experience some of the ambiguity that all scientists have to deal with as they explore. VANDALS http://www.ohio.com/bj/news/docs/032196.htm Extensive vandalism and the desecration of graves at the Old Tallmadge Cemetery. About a dozen grave markers -- which date to the 1800s -- were destroyed. http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,155007635,00.html? The city is offering a $500 reward for information about vandals who damaged 60 headstones at the Provo City Cemetery. UTAH http://www.sltrib.com/03042000/religion/religion.htm In October 1843, Jane Manning James and eight family members set out for Nauvoo, Ill. Jane and her family joined the exodus West, reaching the Salt Lake Valley in September 1847. COLORADO http://www.durangoherald.com/1news2032.htm A Fort Lewis College study of Horse Gulch recommends that the school's land there be preserved. The study group lists a number of past, present and potential uses for Horse Gulch. They include field trips in anthropology, geography and geology. The area could also be used as a training ground for the proposed heritage-preservation minor being developed by the Anthropology Department, the report says. http://www.cortezjournal.com/1news315.htm Public comment is being sought concerning a plan that would protect 10,500 acres from development along the Red Mountain Mining District in the San Juan Mountains between Silverton and Ouray. Historical mining buildings and cabins from the heyday of the mining boom a century ago still dot the area. NEW MEXICO http://www.abqjournal.com/biz/1biz03-04-00.htm Acoma Pueblo will open one of the first federally funded centers in the state devoted to historical Route 66, the highway that changed the way America viewed travel and the West. The 3,321-square-foot center was designed in Pueblo-style architecture, with an open ceiling and exposed vigas. Acoma Pueblo has full-time staff to operate the center, which will display Acoma pottery, Native American jewelry and Route 66 memorabilia. http://www.thedailypress.com/NewsFolder/New%20from%20news61.html An effort is under way to place Fort Bayard on the state and national registers of historic places. Fort Bayard seems to be eligible for listing because of prehistoric archaeological significance, referring to former Mimbreņo dwellings in the area. Also cited: the well-preserved complex of buildings and landscape that reflects the fort's history as a 19th-century military installation, a turn-of-the-century Army hospital for tuberculosis patients, a Veterans Administration hospital and a World War II internment camp. ARIZONA http://www.azcentral.com/community/comstories/0304rivera.shtml Rivera grew up loving the oral history of his family. About 13 years ago he joined Tellers of Tales in Tucson, which was the founding organization of similar groups in the Phoenix area. Very quickly, Rivera became a professional storyteller. El Cuento tells stories from what he calls the Mexican Southwest, choosing from among nearly 100 stories that he knows. http://www.azcentral.com/news/0304morgue.shtml Maricopa County Medical Examiner's Office plans to use part of its still-on-the-drawing-board home for a museum that'll use death to teach and fascinate. Dr. Keen notes Arizona has a deep historical well from which to draw. Youu can help Keen plan the new center at an open house 6 to 9 p.m. March 22 at 411 N. Central Ave. http://www.azcentral.com:80/community/comstories/0304parks.shtml The Glendale Historical Society is helping plan Manistee Ranch Park, which is expected to open by September. Using a state Heritage Fund grant of $285,000, the city was able to buy the 4.3-acre date-palm grove and horseshoe driveway in front of the Manistee Ranch house in 1996. The site is on the National Register of Historic Places. http://www.kingmandailyminer.com/frnews3.htm The Army Airfield Historical society and Museum has requested $5,000 to fund a concept design for a museum at the Kingman Airfield. TEXAS http://www.amarillonet.com/stories/030400/new_regionalround.shtml The Hutchinson County Historical Museum will present three awards for historic preservation dubbed "Oil Boom Heritage Awards" at 3 p.m. in the museum. ****************************************** Thanks for reading SWA's 'Got CALICHE?' newsletter! Archaeology, Anthropology, and History of the American Southwest and Northern Mexico (an ethnographic look at applied scientific practices in the American Southwest). Southwestern Archaeology, Inc., a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization. PO Box 61203, Phoenix AZ 85082-1203. Cellular 602.510.2910; Fax 603.457.7957; E-mail: