Saturday, January 7, 2017
How Did People of Chaco Canyon Grow Their Food? Expert Says, They Didn’t
For more than a century, researchers have been studying the intricacies of Chaco Canyon — the cluster of settlements and multi-story “great houses” in northwestern New Mexico that, at its peak around the year 1100, may have been home to more than 5,000 people.
Recently, researchers have been at odds over a simple, central question in the history of this monumental community:
How did the people of Chaco manage to grow food in such an arid environment?
According to new research, the answer is even simpler.
They didn’t.
Western Digs
Monday, January 2, 2017
Kennewick Man to return to Native Americans for reburial
One of the oldest and most complete skeletons found in North America will be given back to American Indian tribes in Washington state for reburial.
Experts estimate the remains found in 1996 on federal land near the Columbia River are at least 8,400 years old. The discovery triggered a lengthy legal fight between tribes and scientists over whether the bones should be buried immediately or studied.
Archaeology News Network
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