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>Archaeology, Anthropology, and History of the Greater Southwest!
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>Sunday June 23, 2002
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>AL SUR
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>http://www.sltrib.com/06222002/nation_w/747448.htm
>Columbus lost nine ships during his four expeditions to the New World.
>A private group backed by U.S. investors who call themselves "treasure
>hunters" is excavating one find. Marine archaeologists, however, say the
>group already has badly bungled the recovery, carelessly yanking up
>artifacts,
>and perhaps destroying evidence that could solve the mystery of the ship's
>identity.
>
>MEXICO
>
>http://www.canada.com/ottawa/ottawacitizen/specials/business/story.html?id={0FEF15A0-9BDB-43A4-A62B-66474879E485}
>A digital archiving company has finalized a deal to digitize all of the
>newspapers in Mexico. The company will now electronically scan more than
>20 million pages of Mexican newsprint dating back to the 1600's and make
>that content available on the Internet.
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>CALIFORNIA
>
>http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/f_headline.cgi?bw.062102/221720168
>Twenty-one fourth grade students throughout California were honored as
>winners of a statewide poster contest sponsored by the California Missions
>Foundation and 21st Century Insurance. Their artwork was unveiled at
><www.i21.com>.
>All fourth grade students are required to study the history of California's
>missions. Winning students each received $100. Each teacher of the winning
>student received $200 and the school received $500. CFM is dedicated to
>the preservation, protection and maintenance of California's 21 historic
>missions <www.missionsofcalifornia.org>.
>
>ARCHAEOLOGISTS
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>http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/display/inn_news/news03.txt
>This summer, a team of archaeologists is in Deadwood to unearth those
>long-buried
>clues and get a glimpse of Chinatown's history. The team is guided by old
>photos, city records and published accounts about Chinatown. Perhaps the
>archeologists' most indispensable tool is the series of Sanborn insurance
>maps of Deadwood's Main Street. These detailed drawings show the size,
>shape and location of each building along Main Street at various times
>from 1891 to 1948. Founded in 1867, the Sanborn Map Company of Pelham,
>N.Y., regularly published insurance maps of 12,000 North American cities.
>Insurance companies used the maps to assess risks when writing fire-insurance
>policies.
>
>PRESERVATION
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>http://www.voanews.com/article.cfm?objectID=3330D6FE-E55B-4AB7-B70A7FD4F53B6DAE&title=Artifacts%20from%20Sunken%20Slave%20Ship%20on%20Display%20in%20New%20York&catOID=45C9C784-88AD-11D4-A57200A0CC5EE46C
>An African slave ship
>
>http://www.zawya.com/Story.cfm?id=171w5813&Section=Industries&page=Legal&channel=Legal%20News&objectid=3E0BC7FE-EA12-11D4-867D00D0B74A0D7C
>Courts around the world are beginning to recognize ownership claims that
>nations make on what they see as their cultural heritage, even when the
>claims are challenged by powerful collectors and dealers who say they go
>against long-standing assumptions about property rights. Archaeologist
>Ellen Herscher credits growing support for curbing trade in antiquities
>to growing public awareness. Herscher chairs an Archaeology Institute of
>America committee that tracks legal trends surrounding cultural items.
>
>TOOLS AND TECHNOLOGY
>
>The Florida Memory Project has put their collection of Spanish land grants
>at <www.floridamemory.com/Collections/SpanishLandGrants/>.
>
>http://www.jsonline.com/news/wauk/jun02/52574.asp
>Establishing a bond program to pump more money into upkeep are among the
>recommendations by a commission studying ways to increase attendance and
>better preserve buildings and artifacts. Reform could mean the creation
>of a non-profit, state-authorized corporation to allow individual sites
>to directly receive donations from people wanting to earmark money for
>a specific purpose at a specific site. The objective is to move away from
>centralized control.
>
>http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/ptech/06/22/balloon.wireless.ap/index.html
>Space Data Corp. wants to create a wireless network by putting disposable
>transmitters on government weather balloons. A trial run is slated for
>this summer. The official launch of the messaging service would begin
>nationwide
>by the end of 2003. Since the chance of finding a balloon once it falls
>back to earth is remote, the company isn't counting on getting any equipment
>back once launched.
>
>Editor's Note:
>Given trouble with locating cell towers and historic preservation, and
>poor coverage in Indian Country and the rural West, this is an interesting
>idea. I've seen SDC's balloon sonding devices and they are cheap and clever,
>though, I am concerned about the disposable end product.
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