Archeology E-gram Archive

December 2008 (.pdf)

• New Technical Brief on NPS Archeology Program website
• NPS Archeologist Ann Johnson Retires
• FWS Archeologist Wins Department Recognition
• WWII Valor in the Pacific National Monument Established
• Centennial of Wheeler National Monument
• Corps of Engineers (COE) Forensic Archeology Team in Iraq
• NPS 2009 Archeological Prospection Workshop
• Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) Grants Available
• 2009 Summer Employment Opportunities with HABS/HAER/HALS
• Nominations Open for 2009 National Trust Awards
• Tony Hillerman Dies
• Message from Editorial and Production Staff of Archeology E-Gram
• Projects in Parks: List of all PiP Reports

November 2008 (.pdf)

• A New Publication in the Studies in Archeology and Ethnography Series
• The National Archeological Database, Reports module has been updated
• Dr. Bennie C. Keel Receives the Southeastern Archaeological Conference's Highest Honors
• NAPA Report on NPS Park Cultural Resource Management
• National Trust for Historic Preservation Honors Mark Michel, Archaeological Conservancy, and Crow Canyon Archaeological Center with Awards
• NPS Units Participate in Archeology Month Events
• NPS Signs Programmatic Agreement
• Colorado Plateau CESU Welcomes New NPS Research Coordinator
• Two Indicted for Stolen Native American Artifacts
• Projects in Parks: Of Adobe, Lime, and Cement: The Preservation History of the San José de Tumacácori Mission Church—Part 3

October 2008 (.pdf)

• NPS Assists State Department in Training of Afghan Cultural Resource Specialists
• U.S. Preservationist Elected President of ICOMOS
• ICOMOS General Assembly Adopts Ename Charter
• NPS Assists in Development of Conservation and Historic Preservation Institute in Iraq
• NPS Initiates Survey of Historic Property Inventories
• NPS Regional Survey Plans Online
• U.S. Ratifies Treaty to Protect Cultural Property in Time of War
• Convention on the Protection of Underwater Cultural Heritage to Go into Effect
• Larry Van Horn Retires
• Proposals sought for Park NAGPRA Internship Program
• New Archeological Resource Protection Training Offered by FLETC
• Grants under $10,000 from the National Park Foundation
• Projects in Parks: Of Adobe, Lime, and Cement: The Preservation History of the San José de Tumacácori Mission Church—Part 2

September 2008 (.pdf)

• Bennie Keel to Retire
• Homestead Act Records Available Digitally
• New Historic Preservation Award
• Navajo Nation seeks control of Canyon de Chelly
• Energy Companies Mitigation Money May Protect Sites
• NPS Hosts Training in Interpretation of Archeological Resources
• Projects in Parks: Of Adobe, Lime, and Cement: The Preservation History of the San José de Tumacácori Mission Church—Part 1

August 2008 (.pdf)

• Tumacácori NHP Celebrates Centennial
• Mark Schoepfle Goes to DOI
• NPS Archeology Program Hosts Interns
• Bandelier NM on NPR
• Nineteenth Century Whaling Ship Found in Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument
• AAM Releases Archeological Material and Ancient Art Standards
• Projects in Parks: 16th-Century Cross-Cultural Encounters in Point Reyes NS

July 2008 (.pdf)

• New “Visit Archeology” Web Feature
• Archeology on NPR
• CESU Network Available for Cultural Resources Projects
• NPS Training for Afghan Cultural Resources Managers in Department of State Journal
• NPS Announces Battlefield Preservation Grants for 2008
• SVBF Preserves Battlefield Land in Cedar Creek & Belle Grove NHP
• New World Heritage Sites Inscribed

June 2008 (.pdf)

• 16th Century Artifacts Uncovered at Fort Raleigh NHS
• Federal Chief Archeologists Meet
• NPS Releases Report to Congress on Preservation of Revolutionary War and War of 1812 Sites
• Fitch Foundation Offers Grants
• Pecos Conference to be Held in Flagstaff
• HUD Develops Consultation Tribal Directory
• George B. Hartzog, Jr. Award to Richard Sellars
• Projects in Parks: Clay Tobacco Pipes at Fort Union NHS

May 2008 (.pdf)

• OMB approves Application Form for Permit for Archeological Investigations
• NPS Archeologist Joe Labadie to Retire
• Archeology Day at Kingsley Plantation, Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve
• Nominations Sought for 9th Annual Appleman-Judd-Lewis Award
• New Heritage Areas Created
• Pre-proposals Solicited for DoD Legacy Program Grant
• George B. Hartzog, Jr. Award to Richard Sellars
• Archeology E-Gram to Launch New Series
• Projects in Parks: Archiving Archeological Records in Gates of the Arctic NP&P

April 2008 (.pdf)

• Archeologist Chosen as Glacier NP Superintendent
• Anthropologist Chosen as Intermountain Region Associate Director
• Ronald Wilson selected as NPS Chief Curator
• Passing of Brenda Lanzendort
• Passing of Bruce Anderson
• Bill Butler Retires
• Applications Solicited for FY2009 Albright-Wirth Grant Program
• DOI and NPS to provide training in Managing Museum Property
• Cultural Resource Training Courses
• Projects in Parks: The Archaeology of Buffalo Soldiers and Apaches in the Southwest

March 2008 (.pdf)

• Natural Bridges National Monument Celebrates Centennial
• Vandals Sentenced in Looting of Archeological Sites in Buffalo National River
• NPS Cultural Resources GIS Facility developing Spatial Data Standard
• Projects in Parks: Multiple Lines of Evidence: Searching for the Sand Creek Massacre Site

February 2008 (.pdf)

• Application Form for Permit for Archeological Investigations
• Historians Race Vandals to Identify Shipwreck in Cape Cod NS
• University of New Mexico hosts NPS Hibben Center for Archeological Research
• Independence NHP Achieves Re-Accreditation by the American Association of Museums
• Richard Sellars Retires
• Mark Barnes Retires
• NPS Special Agent Part of Raid on Museums
• 3D radar-computer 'digs' for Lost Colony in Fort Raleigh NHP
• Haleakala National Park acquires 4,100 acres of Campbell land
• Federal Student Curation Internships Available
• Projects in Parks: Thirty Years of Historical Archeology in Skagway, Alaska

January 2008 (.pdf)

• Jewel Cave NM, Established by the Antiquities Act, Celebrates Centennial
• NPS Submerged Resources Center Receives Award
• Carving from First European Expedition in Utah Found at Glen Canyon NRA
• Special NOAA Exhibition Highlights Shipwreck Exploration and Discovery
• New U.S. World Heritage Tentative List
• Contractor Convicted in ARPA Case
• Robert Wilson, Supervisory Archeologist, NPS SEAC, Retires
• Allen Bohnert, Chief, Museum Services, Southeast Region, Retires
• Fort Vancouver NHS Celebrates 60 Years with Calendar
• NPS Searches for Lincoln’s Boyhood Home

December 2007 (.pdf)

• National Monuments to Celebrate Centennials
• NPS to Renew Archeology Permit forms
• NPS 2008 Archeological Prospection Workshop
• Summer Jobs with HABS/HAER/HALS
• HAER Maritime Documentation Internship
• Archeology in the NPS "Travel Itinerary Series"
• Message from Archeology E-Gram Staff
• Projects in Parks: List of all PiP Reports

November 2007 (.pdf)

• Fresh look for the NPS Archeology Program home page
• Park Archeologist Part of IC Team for Oil Spill
• Tonto NM Celebrates Centennial
• Contractor Karolyn Kinsey Departs the NPS Archeology Program
• U.S. World Heritage Tentative List offered for public comment
• ARPA Violators Sentenced
• FLETC offers Archeological Resources Protection Training
• ACHP Releases Course Schedule for CY2008
• NPS Solicits Sponsor Proposals for Diversity Internships
• DOI and NPS to provide training in Managing Museum Property
• ICOMOS Executive Committee Approves Ename Charter
• RPA Amends Code of Conduct
• New CRM Journal Available in March 2008
• Projects in Parks: The Montana-Yellowstone Archeological Project

October 2007 (.pdf)

• Archeology Program updates “Research in the Parks”
• Gila Cliff Dwellers National Monument to Celebrate Centennial
• NPS releases guidance for Historic Preservation Commissioners
• Archeological Resources in Teaching with Museum Collections
• Archeologist Julie King reappointed to ACHP
• USGS Releases Biodiversity Images Website
• George Wright Forum Challenges NPS in Essay Series
• Projects in Parks: Identifying Contact Period Sites on St. John USVI

September 2007 (.pdf)

• NPS Archeologist Wins Appleman-Judd-Lewis Award
• President’s House Dig Temporarily Closed
• Federal Archeology Program Web pages Updated
• NPS SEAC Has History
• New Museum at Gettysburg To Open in Spring
• NPS Selects Archeologist for Cultural Resources Position
• Archeological Resources in “Teaching with Historic Places”
• New Finding Aid for NPS at National Archives
• Petroglyph Management & Protection
• FS Unveils Heritage Information Management System
• MMS Investigates 200 year old Shipwreck in Gulf of Mexico
• Draft of ICOMOS Interpretation and Presentation Charter Finished
• Project in Parks: Archeological Investigations at Canaveral NS

August 2007 (.pdf)

• Database Consultant Larry Karr loses his battle with cancer
• Departmental Consulting Archeologist Webpage Expanded
• North Cascades NP Archeologist Receives Appleman-Judd Award
• NPS Archeologist on NPR
• 60 Years of Archeology at Fort Vancouver NHS
• SEAC Archeologists Support Work in USVI
• Ocmulgee NM Mounds Vandalized
• Artifacts Stolen from Agate Fossil Beds NM Recovered
• MMS Archeology Project Gets Awards
• Forest Service Sponsors Archeological Damage Assessment Class
• Projects in Parks: Archeological Resource Protection at Buffalo National River

July 2007 (.pdf)

• Federal Archeology Web Pages Expanded
• Archeological Resources in NPS HABS/HAER/HALS
• Lake Mead NRA Opens Overton B-29 Site for Trial Period
• NPS Announces Battlefield Preservation Grants for 2007
• Conservation Groups Buy Prominent Hopewell Site
• High School Students Intern at Pecos NHS
• Projects in Parks: Is taking some time off and will return in August

June 2007 (.pdf)

• Forest Service’s Passport in Time Program now Multi-Agency
• Archeology at Voyageurs NP
• First Finds from Excavation of President’s House in Philadelphia
• NPS Southeast Archeological Center Receives Award
• Pecos NHP to host Pecos Conference
• Archeological Resources on NPS History Program website
• Speakers at Archeology Field School, Fort Vancouver National Historic Reserve
• Projects in Parks: Battlefield Archeology at Kings Mountain NMP

May 2007 (.pdf)

• SAA Award Given to NPS Archeologist
• Interagency Cultural Sites Stewardship Team Receives DOI Award
• New Technical Brief on Archeological Site Stewardship Programs
• Web Pages on the Secretary's Report to Congress on the Federal Archeology Program Expanded
• Sand Creek Massacre NHS Created
• NPS Offers Workshop for Developing Advanced GPS, GIS, and Geophysical Skills
• Internship in US/ICOMOS' Washington, DC Office
• Projects in Parks: Archeological Explorations in Nicodemus NHS

April 2007 (.pdf)

• Cultural Heritage Training for Afghan Heritage Specialists
• Independence NHP launches Archeology Lesson Plans
• National Monuments to Mark Centennial
• Independence NHP Launches New Excavation
• NPS hosting GIS Training
• BLM hosting Cultural Resource Training
• Curator of North American Ethnography, NMNH, William Sturtevant Dies
• Projects in Parks: Virgin Islands NP Hosts International Internship Program

March 2007 (.pdf)

• Newly Revised Archeological Technical Brief on Peer Review
• Middle Ford Ferry Tavern Project, Monocacy NB, Highlighted
• Federal Chief Archeologists Meet
• National Monument Celebrates Centennial
• Albright-Wirth Grant Program Applications Available
• ACHP Issues New Policy Statement about Burial Sites, Human Remains, and Funerary Objects
• NPS dedicates addition to Hawaiian Cultural Park
• ACHP offers NHPA Section 106 training
• Wayne Dance, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Retires
• Projects in Parks: Ceramic analysis at Fort Vancouver

February 2007 (.pdf)

• Projects on Assateague Island and Cape Krusenstern Highlighted
• New Technical Brief on Archeological Damage Assessment
• NPS Archeologist Receives Award
• AIA Recognizes Contributions by Patty Jo Watson
• New Colonial NHP Historic Jamestowne Visitor Center Opens
• DOI to provide training in Managing Museum Property
• NPS Announces Ocean Park Stewardship Action Plan
• NPS Archeologist Rob Hommon Retires
• Projects in Parks: The Middle Ford Ferry Tavern Project, Monocacy NB

January 2007 (.pdf)

• NPS Archeology E-Gram Now Available on Archeology Program Website
• Explore the NPS Archeology Program's New Distance Learning Course
• Homestead School Archeology Report Online on NPS Archeology Program Website
• Archaeological Institute of America gives Distinguished Service Award to Law Professor
• George Wright Society grants Cultural Resource Management Award to Archeologist
• NPS Archeologist John Ehrenhard retires
• Archeological Resources Protection Training in Las Vegas, NV
• "Oh, Ranger!" to be Updated; New Stories Wanted
• Projects in Parks: Chaco Culture NHP Intentional Site Reburial Program

December 2006 (.pdf)

• NPS Archeologist John E. Ehrenhard receives Department of the Interior Meritorious Service Award
• Archeological Research in the Parks pages added to NPS website.
• Cultural Resource Vacancies in NPS advertised: Chief, Historic Landscapes program, NCPTT; Assistant Director, Park Cultural Resources Programs; Chief Historian, NPS
• Teaching with Historic Places Posts new Archeological Lesson Plan, New Philadelphia: A Multiracial Town on the Illinois Frontier
• FY2007 Archeological Resource Protection Act (ARPA) Grants Program
• Discussion of the Value of Public Archeology in The SAA Archaeological Record
• Preserve America Summit reports available for comment
• BLM and UAF offer museum research grant
• U.S. World Heritage Tentative List Project
• Federal Archeologists Testify in Trial of Saddam Hussein
• Projects in Parks: Cape Krusenstern Beach Ridge Complex Survey

November 2006 (.pdf)

• Another important date for Antiquities Act Centennial Celebrations
• Progress on the Integration of Maintained Archeological Sites and FMSS
• Guidance on Archeological Resources and Fire Management begins development
• NPS 2007 Archaeological Prospection Workshop
• NPS Archeologists Dr. Francis (Cal) Calabrese Retires
• Projects in Parks: Spain loans artifacts to Assateague Island National Seashore

October 2006 (.pdf)

• NPS and Taiwanese experts meet
• NPS and Spanish experts meet and sign international agreement
• Government Perspective on Public Archeology in The SAA Archeological Record
• Fall Events at Archeology Lab, Independence NHP
• Plans to add land, archeological sites to Virgin Islands NP
• Projects in Parks: Prehistoric Archeology Research at C&O NHP

September 2006 (.pdf)

• NPS guidance on permits for archeological investigations available
• Updates to the Antiquities Act Centennial 1906-2006 web pages
• BLM Celebrates America's Priceless Heritage
• Devil's Tower NM celebrates 100th anniversary
• Antiquities Act Centennial Commemorations
• NPS Archeology Program staff assist delegation from Qatar
• NPS acquires 1000 new archeological sites
• Illegal Digging in Harpers Ferry NHP
• Projects in Parks: Archeology and History in Rock Creek Park

August 2006 (.pdf)

• NPS Archeologist and Historian Win National Cultural Resource Award
• NPS Archeologist Jeff Burton Honored
• USFS and NPS explore becoming PIT partners
• Presidio Launches California History and Archaeology Education Program
• Projects in Parks: Archeology at the U.S. Armory, Harpers Ferry NHP

July 2006 (.pdf)

• Site Assessment Guidance, ASMIS Database Updated
• Birds Point-New Madrid Archeological Peer Review Report Completed
• NPS AP Gives Cultural Resource Session for New Superintendent Training
• Public Archeology at Vancouver National Historic Reserve
• Martha Graham, NPS Archeology Program, joins TRC
• Projects in Parks: Colonial NHP Carries out Underwater Survey

June 2006 (.pdf)

• Archeological Sites Reported in Good Condition
• Summer interns in the Archeology Program
• Park NAGPRA Guidance Notebooks Available
• Archeologist is New Superintendent at Nez Perce NHP
• Former NPS Archeologist Receives Law Enforcement Award
• NPS Archeologist Doug Campana Retires
• Projects in Parks: Antiquities Act Centennial

May 2006 (.pdf)

• Antiquities Act Centennial 1906-2006 web pages updated
• NPS Archeological Sites Working Group meets
• Antiquities Act Exhibit Opens at the Department of the Interior Museum
• Joshua Tree NP Park Ranger and Special Agent Receives Harry Yount Award
• NPS WACC Archeologist Receives Appleman-Judd Award
• NPS SEAC Archeologist Receives Sequoia Award
• Projects in Parks: Independence NHP Archeology at Franklin Court

April 2006 (.pdf)

• Peer Review of COE Birds Point - New Madrid Floodway Archeological Mitigation
• Katmai NP&P Publishes Book on Prehistory and History of Region
• 30 years of Service by NPS Archeologist Larry Nordby
• Projects in Parks: Chaco Digital Initiative

March 2006 (.pdf)

• Archeology Program adds African Burial Ground NM Profile to website
• NPS AP Antiquities Act webpage reviewed by Archaeology Magazine
• Correction to February Archeology E-Gram
• Effigy Mounds NM Case Study Added to AP Distance Learning Course
• NPS hosting Submerged Cultural Resources Law Enforcement Class
• NPS hosting Section 106 Training in Nebraska
• NPS Hosts Teacher Training at Independence NHP
• NPS Archeologist Roger Kelly Retires
• Projects in Parks: Katmai NP&P Excavates Site Threatened by Erosion

February 2006 (.pdf)

• More parks featured on the Archeology Program website
• New Archeological Technical Brief on Archeology Program website
• NPS Relocates Staff at Boott Mills
• NPS hosting Archeological Damage Assessment training
• NPS hosting Archeological Law Enforcement Training at SAA
• National Trust and ACHP announces nominations for Federal Partnership Award
• Coordination Meeting for Archeological Sites in Grand Canyon NP
• NPS MWAC Archeologist Tom Thiessen retires
• Projects in Parks: New Mexico SiteWatch assists NPS to care for archeological sites

January 2006 (.pdf)

• John Robbins takes job at National Gallery
• NPS MWAC Archeologist Douglas D. Scott retires
• AIA presents award to leaders in American archeological resource management and protection
• National Archeological Database (NADB) Reports Module Update
• DOA, Fort Hood, TX, hosting Archeological Damage Assessment training
• NPS sponsors Remote Sensing workshop
• Federal Archeologists featured in National Geographic
• Projects in Parks: Site Excavation in Katmai NP&P

December 2005 (.pdf)

• New Heritage Tourism Web Pages on NPS Archeology Program Website
• Presentation on Chaco Digital Initiative
• Presentation on Archeological Cyberinfrastructure
• Projects in Parks: NPS Archeological Site Assessments after Hurricane Wilma

November 2005 (.pdf)

• New "For Kids" web page on NPS Archeology Program website
• NPS Archeology Program updates Antiquities Act webpages
• NPS Archeology Program staff attend ACRA meeting, Washington DC
• The Archaeology Channel Features Videos on NPS Parks and Monuments
• Chief Archeologists' Meeting, November 17, 2005
• NPS SEAC Produces Calendar to commemorate Antiquities Act
• Projects in Parks: NPS Archeological Site Assessments after Hurricane Katrina

October 2005 (.pdf)

• New lesson plan: Tonto National Monument: Saving a National Treasure
• Visit Archeology Guide launched on NPS Archeology website
• Two NPS Archeologists Receive Albright-Wirth Grants
• NPS Special Agent publishes article in The SAA Archeological Record
• NPS Archeology Program updates Antiquities Act and other webpages
• Meeting at 2005 American Anthropological Association to discuss Antiquities Act centennial commemoration
• Projects in Parks: Documenting Tlingit, Russian, and American History at Sitka National Historical Park

September 2005 (.pdf)

• NPS Archeology Program webpages on Public Benefits of Archeology updated
• NPS Archeology Resource Protection Funding to Move
• BLM Celebrates Antiquities Act Centennial
• Projects in Parks: Glen Canyon National Recreation Area House Rules

August 2005 (.pdf)

• NPS Archeology Program website has a new look and a new address
• ASMIS upgrade
• Updates to NPS Archeology Program Library
• Projects in Parks: High Elevation Archeological Survey in Pacific Northwest Mountain Ranges

July 2005 (.pdf)

• Chief Archeologists' Meeting
• Projects in Parks: New Book on Northern Gold Rushes
• Forest Service Celebrates its Centennial at Smithsonian Folklife Festival

June 2005 (.pdf)

• Earliest American NHL Theme Study and new NHL web page
• NPS Archeology Program staff contribute to The SAA Archaeological Record
• Archeology E-gram launches new feature "Projects in Parks"

May 2005 (.pdf)

• NPS Archeology Program launches webpages: Public Benefits of Archeology, Archeology Law & Ethics, and Archeology Laws: A Guide for Professionals
• Scottish colleague visits Cultural Resource programs
• AAM session on the centennials of the Antiquities Act and AAM
• Sentencing in ARPA Case, Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park
• USFWS Cultural Resources program website

April 2005 (.pdf)

• NPS Archeology Program Meetings in the Regions
• Archeological Sites Management Information System (ASMIS) Trainings for Park Archeologists
• NPS Archeology Partnership with the Institut National du Patrimoine, France
• Antiquities Act Centennial Commemoration Activities Continue
• Symposia and Papers by NPS Archeology Program Staff at Professional Meetings
• Public Meaning of Archaeological Heritage training held; on-line material available
• Meaningful Interpretation and Archeology
• Iraq Cultural Heritage Preservation Voluntary Visitor Program, January 2005
• Oversight hearings on the National Historic Preservation Act

March 2005 (.pdf)

• "The Antiquities Act on the Eve of its Centennial"
• Antiquities Act centennial commemoration website launched
• John L. Cotter Award for NPS Park Archeology Excellence for 2005
• Jim Thomson retires
• New travel itinerary: Florida Shipwrecks: 300 Years of Maritime History
• Memorandum of Understanding between the U.S. and El Salvador
• Early Cities: New Perspectives on Pre-Industrial Urbanism

February 2005 (.pdf)

• President of the Archaeological Institute of America affirms support for public archeology in the U.S.
• NPS archeologists honored for outstanding service
• Conservation Service Award presented to NPS staff and other members of the Operation Indian Rocks Interagency Task Force
• National Park Service contributes to training on Iraq cultural heritage
• Upgrade to the Archeological Sites Management Information System (ASMIS)
• Tracking the maintenance and treatment of NPS archeological sites
• New book on evaluating archeological significance published
• Expertise provided on archeological curation for the state of South Carolina
• NPS Archeology Program archeologist provides expertise in Egypt

January 2005 (.pdf)

• NPS Archeology website receives award
• Coso Rock Art NHL District web feature launched
• Federal Archeology Program Report to Congress

December 2004 (.pdf)

• Public meaning of archeological heritage conference
• Public archeology in the United States: A Timeline web feature updated
• NPS Archeology & Ethnography Program changes
• Archeological Cyberinfrastructure

September 2004 (.pdf)

• 110,000+ Records added to NADB Reports module
• Online interpretation course launched
• 2004 Cotter Award cancelled

July 2004 (.pdf)

• New book published on curation of archeological collections
• Joshua Tree NP annual competitive research grant program
• La Casa de Robinson: Spanish Translation of web feature
• SAA and NPS Cultural Resources honor public service awardee
• New Technical Brief launched: Protecting Archeological Sites on Eroding Shorelines

April 2004 (.pdf)

• A survey of SHPO archeological report bibliographic systems
• A Brief Ethnography of Magnolia Plantation

March 2004 (.pdf)

• Studies in Archeology & Ethnography launched
• Request for nominations, John L. Cotter Award 2004