>
>"Got CALICHE?" newsletter
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>Tuesday January 11, 2000
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>
>CALIFORNIA
>
>http://www.modbee.com/yosemite/ Two events changed the course of history
>for Indians and whites alike. The discovery of gold attracted fortune
>hunters from all over the world. Then California became the 31st state in
>1850...
>
>NEVADA
>
>http://www.tahoe.com/appeal/stories.1.11.00/region/10074amnv011011Jan3155.ht
>ml  A judge ordered inspections of the Mapes Hotel on Tuesday to determine
>whether demolition work has so weakened the historic hotel-casino that it
>is too late to save it.
>
>UTAH
>
>http://www.deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,145018246,00.html? The Topaz
>Museum has received a $16,600 grant to inventory the site, prevent
>vandalism and expand interpretation efforts.
>
>ARIZONA
>
>http://www.csmonitor.com/durable/2000/01/11/text/p1s2.html A statewide poll
>shows solid public support - not only for the establishment of the Grand
>Canyon-Parashant National Monument, but also for a 40,000-acre Agua Fria
>National Monument in an archaeologically rich area north of Phoenix.
>
>http://www.azstarnet.com/public/dnews/000111AHSlecturesmain.html Arizona
>Historical Society’s spring lecture series: Making a Difference: Pioneering
>Southwestern Women.
>
>http://www.cia-g.com/~gallpind/todaysnews.html#anchor2 Native storytelling
>begins as snow blankets Mother Earth. Traditional wintertime stories
>explain the emergence of native people and provide insights to historical
>events. 
>
>NEW MEXICO
>
>http://www.abqjournal.com/biz/12biz01-10-00.htm The museum is a steward for
>the entire state's collections of artifacts. Over 40,000 students from the
>state come to the Palace of the Governors and the Museum of New Mexico
>every year to see some of New Mexico's heritage. Right now, they can't see
>the vast majority of what the museum has to offer.
>
>TEXAS
>
>http://dallasnews.com/texas_southwest/15396_LABELLE09.html Matagorda Bay.
>That's where a winter storm capsized her in January 1686. The ship, La
>Belle, was the last remaining vessel in an ill-fated expedition to explore
>and colonize the Gulf Coast. Now, the wayward beauty is being given the
>royal treatment, archaeologist-style.
>
>CYBERIA
>
>http://unisci.com/stories/20001/0111002.htm Back in the 1970s, the practice
>caught the attention of anthropologist Ben Orlove. Indigenous farmers in
>the high Andes have strategically applied El Niño forecasts for over 400
>years. These predictive techniques are intimately tied to spiritual and
>religious traditions.
>
>http://www.press.co.nz/2000/02/000111n10.htm An Auckland carpenter without
>formal qualifications in archaeology or astronomy publishes claims Celts
>before Maoris. He said New Zealand history appeared to be locked up and
>political correctness dictated mystical and euphoric fairy-tale themes that
>downplay violence and promote an idyllic quality of existence. Another
>local historian claims early New Zealand history is being hushed up to aid
>Treaty of Waitangi claims.
>
>http://www.eurekalert.org/releases/umim-bbt011000.html A population
>bottleneck jump-started the evolution of our species. That is the
>conclusion of a new University of Michigan study published in the current
>(January 2000) issue of Molecular Biology and Evolution that analyzes a
>broad range of genetic, fossil, and archeological evidence to decipher the
>most likely scenario for the start of human evolution.
>
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>History of the American Southwest and Northern Mexico. An ethnographic look
>at applied scientific practices in the American Southwest."
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