NewsPronto

 
The Times


.

USA Conversation

The Conversation USA

The Conversation USA

America's archaeology data keeps disappearing -- even though the law says the government is supposed to preserve it

  • Written by Keith Kintigh, Professor, School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University
A fragment of an ancestral Pueblo jar dating to c. A.D. 1150.Keith Kintigh, Arizona State University, CC BY

Archaeology – the name conjures up images of someone carefully sifting the sands for traces of the past and then meticulously putting those relics in a museum. But today’s archaeology is not just about retrieving artifacts and...

Read more: America's archaeology data keeps disappearing -- even though the law says the government is...

More Articles ...

  1. How monitoring local water supplies can build community
  2. Meet AICAN, a machine that operates as an autonomous artist
  3. Open-source hardware could defend against the next generation of hacking
  4. Free trade isn't dead yet – despite Trump's threats to the system that upholds it
  5. A Great Lakes pipeline dispute points to a broader energy dilemma
  6. We tested women and men for breast cancer genes – only 18 percent knew they had it
  7. ¿Reactivará la economía argentina un rescate internacional de 50.000 millones de dólares?
  8. The mosques that survived Palu's tsunami and what that means
  9. Is exercise still important to weight loss? Absolutely, a doctor says
  10. When the line between machine and artist becomes blurred
  11. How scientists are fighting infection-causing biofilms
  12. Evolution is at work in computers as well as life sciences
  13. Arms and influence in the Khashoggi affair
  14. How the polls could have caught 'surprise' victories like Trump's
  15. Masacres, desapariciones y 1968: los mexicanos recuerdan a las víctimas de la ‘dictadura perfecta’
  16. Fixing a broken process for nominating US Supreme Court justices
  17. Why is it so hard to get an accurate vote count?
  18. Migrant money could be keeping Nicaragua's uprising alive
  19. Taxing carbon may sound like a good idea but does it work?
  20. Eating royal poop improves parenting in naked mole-rats
  21. More college students expected to vote in 2018 midterms
  22. Dispatches from the morgue: Toxicology tests don't tell the whole story of the opioid epidemic
  23. Restocking wolves on Isle Royale raises questions about which species get rescued
  24. Americans spend $70 billion on pets, and that money could do more good
  25. Los jóvenes que viven en colonias de la frontera de Estados Unidos sufren pobreza y falta de atención médica
  26. Argentina bets 60 percent interest rates – and $50B international bailout – will revive its economy
  27. Hidden hunger affects nearly 2 billion worldwide – are solutions in plain sight?
  28. Why is it fun to be frightened?
  29. Why doesn't the U.S. bury its power lines?
  30. Out of Matthew Shepard's tragic murder, a commitment to punishing hate crimes emerged
  31. 'Fortnite' teaches the wrong lessons
  32. Why the US needs better crime reporting statistics
  33. Kavanaugh confirmation could spark a reckoning with system that often fails survivors of sexual abuse and assault
  34. Solving the mystery of the wimpy supernova
  35. There are many types of obesity – which one matters to your health
  36. ¿Cómo apoyar a un hijo con depresión? Enséñale a ayudar a otros
  37. Reduced sentencing for nonviolent criminals: What does the public think?
  38. From Caesar to Trump: Immunity is a hard thing to give up
  39. Giant mosquitoes flourish in floodwaters that hurricanes leave behind
  40. Women with heart disease in sub-Saharan Africa face challenges, but stigma may be worst of all
  41. Why a large church group had little impact when it opposed Kavanaugh's nomination
  42. Neil Armstrong and the America that could have been
  43. Protecting wetlands helps communities reduce damage from hurricanes and storms
  44. Don't be afraid to talk about the costs of dealing with climate change
  45. Physical therapy important for women treated for breast cancer
  46. Being born in the wrong ZIP code can shorten your life
  47. Organic farming with gene editing: An oxymoron or a tool for sustainable agriculture?
  48. Resistance is a long game
  49. Hurricane Michael could bring more inland flooding to southeast states
  50. Youth living in settlements at US border suffer poverty and lack of health care