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Archaeologists Investigating the Fox Farm Site Are Trying to Understand Why THE ACT THAT CHANGED ARCHAEOLOGY • SUMMER TRAVEL • INVESTIGATING A LEGENDARY BATTLE SITE american archaeologySUMMER 2016 a quarterly publication of The Archaeological Conservancy Vol. 20 No. 2 Desperate Rituals In Maya Caves $3.95 US/$5.95 CAN Welcome to the ArchAeologicAl conservAncy! 1717 Girard Boulevard NE Albuquerque, NM 87106 • (505) 266-1540 he Archaeological Conservancy is the www.americanarchaeology.org only national nonprofit organization that identifies, acquires, and preserves Board of Directors the most significant archaeological Gordon Wilson, New Mexico CHAIRMAN sites in the United States. Since its Cecil F. Antone, Arizona • Carol Condie, New Mexico beginning in 1980, the Conservancy Janet Creighton, Washington • Jerry Golden, Colorado has preserved more than 505 sites W. James Judge, Colorado • Jay T. 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All rights reserved. give.org American Archaeology does not accept advertising from dealers in archaeological artifacts or antiquities. 2 summer • 2016 SUMMER 2016 americana quarterly publication of The Archaeological archaeology Conservancy Vol. 20 No. 2 COVER FEATURE 12 A TIME OF DESPERATION BY KRISTIN OHLSON Evidence in Belizean caves reveals how the Maya 19 pleaded with their gods to end a drought that coincided with their collapse. 19 THE MYSTERY OF THE FORT ANCIENT TRANSFORMATION BY LINDA VACCARIELLO At the beginning of the 15th century the Fort Ancient peoples’ lifestyles underwent profound changes. Archaeologists investigating the Fox Farm site are trying to understand why. N O 26 SEEING ARCHAEOLOGICAL WONDERS NS IN OUR NATIONAL PARKS BY TAMARA STEWART ART DICKI ART A tour of five parks and monuments provides a sample of what the National Park System has to offer. 32 THE STORY OF HOLY GROUND 38 THE ACT THAT CHANGED ARCHAEOLOGY BY MIKE TONER BY WAYNE CURTIS Having found a 19th-century battle site that was lost The National Historic Preservation Act turns 50. for two centuries, archaeologists are finding out what took place there. 45 new acquisition SAVING A MULTICULTURAL SITE The Kipp Ruin contains evidence of several 26 Southwest cultures. 46 new acquisition THIRTY-FIVE YEARS IN THE MAKING The Conservancy acquires a Chaco outlier it first pursued in 1981. 48 point acquisition A SUCCESSFUL COLLABORATION The Conservancy joined forces with the Stillaguamish tribe to preserve a significant site. 50 FiELD NOTES NPS 52 REVIEWS 2 LAY OF THE LAND 54 EXPEDITIONS 3 LETTERS 5 EVENTS COVER: This Late Classic (A.D. 750 - 850) jar likely contained 7 IN THE NEWS perishable food that the Maya offered to their gods in hopes that the gods would reciprocate with rain. The jar was found • Remains Of De Soto’s Cross Found? in situ in Actun Tunichil Muknal Cave in Belize. • Kennewick Man Said To Be Native American • Paleo-Indian Art In Texas CREDIT: Jaime Awe View more images of our feature articles online at www.archaeologicalconservancy.org american archaeology 3 Lay of HY the Land P HOTOGRA The Success Of The National Historic Preservation Act P EZ ifty years ago, the Johnson Over the past 50 years the NHPA P Administration and the Congress has caused thousands of archaeologi- LIZ LO Fenacted the National Historic cal sites throughout the nation to be Mark Michel, President Preservation Act of 1966 (NHPA), which preserved, or at least studied. In the projects in the United States are now committed the Federal government to process, it changed the practice of related to the NHPA. work to preserve the nation’s archaeo- archaeology in our country. Hundreds Of course, when archaeologists logical sites and historic structures and of archaeologists have been employed impact large construction projects, sites (see “The Act That Changed Archae- to survey areas affected by construction some people object. “Why let these old ology,” page 38). No longer could tax projects in which the federal govern- things get in the way of progress?” they dollars be used to destroy the nation’s ment is involved—highways, schools, ask. Yet few doubt that the National heritage without a thorough study of military facilities,
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