>
>Got CALICHE?  http://www.swanet.org/caliche.html
>Wednesday October 27, 1999
>
>
>MEXICO
>
>http://www.oweb.com/newslink/international/MexicoFloodsP0241.html The
>Carlos Pellicer Anthropology Museum, which fronts the river, was partially
>flooded but none of its pieces from the ancient Olmec culture were damaged.
>
>TEXAS
>
>http://expressnews.com/pantheon/news-bus/hendricks/2701ehendricks10-27-99nz.
>shtml A cluster of five buildings occupy the future hotel site. The San
>Antonio Conservation Society researched the buildings for any historic
>value, but no one will discuss the findings in detail. Plans being drawn up
>are aimed at balancing the needs of historic preservation, the River Walk
>and economic viability. The Conservation Society and the city's Historic
>Design and Review Commission will have a big say in whether those needs are
>balanced.
>
>NEW MEXICO
>
>http://www.abqjournal.com/news/17news10-27-99.htm An archaeology conference
>about the origin of human life in North America could dig up trouble by
>bringing together strange bedfellows: private artifact collectors and the
>state museum system. Some experts are avoiding the conference. The critics
>argue that public institutions and responsible archaeologists should not
>participate in an event that may inflate the value of private collections
>and glorify the work of "potdiggers," slang for profit-seeking artifact
>hunters and traders. The conference was organized during the past two years
>by Forrest Fenn of Santa Fe, the self-educated collector who owns half of
>the 160-acre San Lazaro Pueblo ruins southeast of Santa Fe.
>
>ARIZONA
>
>http://www.azstarnet.com/public/dnews/milestone.htm Geronimo was still
>roaming the countryside and Tucson was a wide-open town for gambling, drink
>and prostitution the year the Methodists came to town. Tucson's oldest
>continuous Protestant church - is celebrating its 120th anniversary in a
>town considerably tamer.
>
>http://www.azstarnet.com/public/dnews/065-7620.html Outlaws, Bandits and
>Murderers Lecture. Virginia Culin Roberts, who wrote "With Their Own Blood:
>A Saga of Southwestern Pioneers," discusses violence in early Arizona, 7-9
>p.m., at the Arizona Historical Society, 949 E. Second St. $6; discounts
>available. 628-5774
>
>UTAH
>
>http://www.desnews.com/dn/view/1,1249,125011461,00.html? An early pioneer
>register, carved in rock in the narrows of Capitol Gorge, is one of eight
>historic sites in Capitol Reef National Park that has recently been named
>to the National Register of Historic Places.
>
>THE NEEDLE AND THE DAMAGE DONE
>
>http://news.excite.com/news/r/991025/18/ny-crime-professor Ansley Hamid, an
>anthropologist, was charged in Manhattan federal court with theft of
>federal funds. If convicted, he faces up to 10 years in prison. Hamid
>embezzled and misapplied funds to buy heroin, take trips, and to pay
>employees to work on manuscripts for books that were unrelated to the grant.
>
>http://news.excite.com/news/uw/991026/university-100 Dartmouth student
>Monique Seguy could face penalties of up to $2,000 in fines and seven years
>in a state prison. Seguy is accused of taking a gravestone on October 9.
>The situation stems from a project for the Introduction to Classical
>Archaeology class. The class studied the graveyard to deduce how
>socioeconomic aspects of the community influenced the way the society
>represents the deceased. Removing the contents of the graveyard for closer
>study, however, was not in the syllabus.
>
>CYBERIA
>
>http://news.excite.com/news/uw/991026/university-72 Engler researches
>marginal landscapes, a term she coined as places of no or negative value
>where undesirables accumulate, such as industrial ruins, landfills or
>sewage plants. Her Mausoleum of Entropy, Museum of Rejects, contests the
>societal stereotype of museums by proposing a museum of garbage where
>people can view garbage specimens. She proposed that representatives from
>museums in neighboring cities come to the dump and take garbage back to
>their museums to leave out for display. The Archive of Subconscious
>Depositories involves the study of rejected goods people don't want to
>face. Engler proposed that archaeologists study what is buried in Hiriya's
>35 years of layers.
>
>http://www.ottawacitizen.com/entertainment/991025/3044131.html A treasure
>trove of photos found in the archives of the Museum of Civilization were
>taken by anthropologists working with the Canadian Geological Survey.
>Documenting ethnographic studies with photographs was unusual for the early
>part of this century.
>
>http://www.journalstar.com/archives/102499/loc/stox In March, a student
>came across 36 glass negatives while researching historic black landmarks
>in the city. A subsequent article stirred a memory about a box of 269 glass
>negatives. Keister is negotiating with the Nebraska State Historical
>Society on how to exhibit them nationally.
>
>http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/skul27.html How do we bring the
>resources of our world-class museum institutions into the classroom to
>fortify our schools?
>
>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPlate/1999-10/27/216l-102799-idx.html
>They wanted to landscape their local park, so an archaeologist in the
>historic preservation office steered the group to a grant program that
>would cover most of the costs of having the site excavated.
>
>http://www.charleston.net/pub/news/local/burial1027.htm  It could be the
>largest Confederate funeral in more than a century. Twenty-two Confederate
>sailors exhumed from beneath the Citadel football stadium will be reburied
>next month with full military honors.
>
>http://www7.mercurycenter.com/premium/world/docs/skull26.htm After two
>decades in storage, a fossilized cranium has now been identified by
>Brazilian scientists as the oldest human remains recovered in the Western
>Hemisphere.
>
>
Anita Cohen-Williams
Internet Trainer and Consultant
Listowner of HISTARCH, SUB-ARCH, SPANBORD
http://www.angelfire.com/ca/cohwill/index.html
[log in to unmask]
efax: 707-276-7914

=========================================================
Important Subscriber Information:

The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ museum-l.html. You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes).

If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to
[log in to unmask] The body of the message should read "Signoff
Museum-L" (without the quotes).