July 2020

• Lisa Baldwin Selected as Superintendent of Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument
• NPS Park NAGPRA Program Celebrates New Internal Website
• Program Trains Military Veterans for World of Archeology
• National Museum of Natural History scans NPS Fossils
• The Federal Archeologist’s Bookshelf: American Antiquity
• SLIGHTLY OFF TOPIC: will be back soon

June 2020

• African American Cemetery Found Under Florida Parking Lot
• Smithsonian Museum Launches 'Talking About Race' Portal
• Message from the Archeology E-Gram Staff
• Helicopters Threaten Archeological Resources at Montezuma Castle National Monument
• Pecos Conference 2020 Cancelled
• Tribal Leaders Protest Move to Virtual Consultations
• Call for Editor: Advances in Archaeological Practice
• Videos on Stone Tool Manufacture Available
• Archiving the Archaeologists
• International Archaeology Day 2020
• SLIGHTLY OFF TOPIC: Archaeological Conservancy is 40

May 2020

• National Park Service Announces Cotter Award Winners
• Passing of NPS Anthropologist Fred York
• Vandals Deface City of Rocks National Reserve
• Bureau of Land Management Extends Deadline for Greater Chaco Comments to September 25
• The Federal Archeologist’s Bookshelf: Carbon dating, the archaeological workhorse, is getting a major reboot
• SLIGHTLY OFF TOPIC: Contagious Films

April 2020

• Stephen Potter Receives Holmes-Gardner Medal
• Archeologist is Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument Superintendent
• Try Parkeology Activities for Kids at Home!
• New Guidance Available for Permits for Archeological Investigations
• The Federal Archeologist’s Bookshelf: Archaeology, Climate, and Global Change
• Archaeology Channel Film Festival Offered Online!
• A New E-Gram Feature: Climate Change
• Preserving Cultural & Wilderness Resources: Achieving Common Ground
• SLIGHTLY OFF TOPIC: Archeologist Weaves Turkey Feather Blanket

March 2020

• Department of the Interior Consulting Archeologist Accepts New Position
• The Federal Archeologist’s Bookshelf: will be back soon
• Grand Jury Indicts Two on Charges of Defacing archeological Sites
• A Message from the Archeology E-Gram Staff
• NAGPRA Grants Now Available for FY20
• National Park Service Offers Innovative Photography Techniques for Archeologists
• Workshop on Archeology of Firearms: Insights into the Human Past
• SLIGHTLY OFF TOPIC: will be back soon

February 2020

• Archeology Program at Manzanar National Historical Site Receives Governor’s Award
• Forest Service Finishes Repairs to Trail of Tears
• News from the Society of American Archaeology
• Department of the Interior Finalizes Plans for Extraction in Former National Monuments
• The Federal Archeologist’s Bookshelf: Shipwrecks and the Maritime Cultural Landscape of the Gulf of the Farallones
• John L. Cotter Award- Call for Nominations
• National Park Service and National Park Foundation Offer Women In Parks Grants
• NAGPRA Grants Now Available for FY20
• National Park Service Offers Innovative Photography Techniques for Archeologists
• National Park Service Offers Wilderness Training
• Workshop on Archeology of Firearms: Insights into the Human Past
• Field School Opportunity at Kaibab National Forest
• SLIGHTLY OFF TOPIC: Will Climate Change Promote Archeological Looting? An Example from Old Detroit, Oregon

January 2020

• Archeologist is New Superintendent of Biscayne National Park
• Retired NPS Archeologist Jack Walker Passes
• Archeologist Named Executive Director of Canyon of the Ancients NM Friends Group
• NPS Archeologist Aids Tallahassee to Locate Enslaved Cemetery
• St. Augustine Lighthouse Archaeological Maritime Program, Inc, Receives NPS Grant
• Site Destruction in North Cascades National Park
• The Federal Archeologist’s Bookshelf: Will be back soon
• Provisions for Cultural Resources in Federal 2020 Appropriations
• Ozark National Scenic Riverways to Eliminate Feral Swine to Protect Archeological Sites
• John L. Cotter Award- Call for Nominations
• Schoodic Institute Offers Workshop on Citizen Science for Cultural Resources
• National Park Service and National Park Foundation Offer Women In Parks Grants
• NAGPRA Grants Now Available for FY20
• Wilderness Training
• Workshop on Archeology of Firearms: Insights into the Human Past
• OFF TOPIC: When Nature Calls in the Backcountry, It’s a Problem

December 2019

• Anthropologist Richard K. Nelson Passes
• Anthropologist Alan Boraas Passes
• National Park Service Awards Grant for Ruff’s Mill Battlefield Project
• Forest Service Archeologist Locates Forgotten Cemetery
• World Heritage and Historic Preservation Grants Training in Insular Areas
• The Federal Archeologist’s Bookshelf: 3-D radar imaging unlocks the untapped behavioral and biomechanical archive of Pleistocene ghost tracks
• Bureau of Land Management Awards Grant for Museum Study
• ACHP Advisory Council on Historic Preservation issues Technical Guidance for Consultations
• Section 106 Streamline Activities for Facility Managers and Section 106 Coordinators Webinar
• FY2020 NPS Albright-Wirth Grants Available
• SLIGHTLY OFF TOPIC: Home Fires Burning at Mesa Verde National Park

November 2019

• Society for American Archaeology Changes Bylaws to Address Harassment
• Wyoming Names New State Archeologist
• The Federal Archeologist’s Bookshelf: Dynamic Communities on the Mesa Verde Cuesta
• ARPA for Cultural Resources Professionals
• SLIGHTLY OFF TOPIC: Message From the Archeology E-Gram Staff

October 2019

• Archeologist Jim Harmon Retires
• Finland to Return American Indian Human Remains and Artifacts to Mesa Verde National Park
• National Park Service Branch of Wildland Fire Helps Cultural Resources in Parks
• International Archaeology Day a Success!
• E-Mail for the E-Gram
• FEDERAL NEWS: will be back next month
• The Federal Archeologist’s Bookshelf: SAA Archaeological Record. Vol. 19:4
• Archeologists Needed to Host Television Project
• SLIGHTLY OFF TOPIC: will be back soon

September 2019

• Preserving Historic Projectiles at Gulf Islands National Seashore
• Pipe sales ending at Pipestone National Monument
• Archeology Contributes to Better Understanding of Race Riot
• Grant helps Minnesota State University Moorhead professor study of 3,000-year-old Poverty Point
• Historic Spring on Parklands at Risk from Border Wall Construction
• Construction to Impact Archeological Sites in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument
• September is Suicide Prevention Month
• E-Mail for the E-Gram
• Climate impacts on Mesa Verde National Park Already Apparent
• First People in the Americas Came by Sea, Site on Bureau of Land Management Land Suggests
• The Federal Archeologists Bookshelf: will be back soon
• Renovated Fort Hall Greenhouses to Bolster Area's Native Culturally Significant Plants
• National Park Service Awards Grants for Tribal Projects
• Fort Sumter NHP Offers ARPA Training for Cultural Resources Professionals
• SLIGHTLY OFF TOPIC: Protecting Cultural Resources from Wildfire: How to Wrap a Cliff Dwelling 101

August 2019

• Archeologists at Pipestone National Monument Conduct Fieldwork
• National Park Service Releases Guidance on Responding to Harassment
• E-Mail for the E-Gram
• Arthur Lazarus, Lawyer in Landmark Sioux Court Case for Black Hills, Passes
• Mdewakanton Community Opens Cultural Center and Museum
• The Federal Archeologists Bookshelf: will be back soon
• National Park Service Awards Grants
• US Forest Service Offers ARPA Training
• Bevinetto Fellowship Open
• Wilderness Cultural Resource Training
• Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area offers Cultural Resource Awareness Training
• SLIGHTLY OFF TOPIC: Marking the Introduction of Slavery into North America

July 2019

• Archeologist Vergil Noble Retires from NPS Midwest Archeological Center
• Passing of Retired NPS Amistad National Recreation Area Archeologist Joe Labadie
• Pipestone National Monument Conducts Post-Controlled Burn Archeology Project
• ICOMOS Releases Report to Increase Engagement of Cultural Heritage in Climate Action
• Integrated Coastal Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment at Colonial National Historical Park
• Retired Bureau of Land Management Archeologist Honored
• Senate Confirms Jorjani as Chair of Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
• Ceremonial Shield to be Returned to Acoma Pueblo
• Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Investigates Shipwrecks
• The Federal Archeologists Bookshelf: Encountering Hopewell in the Twenty-first Century, Ohio and Beyond. Volume One: Monuments and Ceremony
• Yellowstone National Park Offers ARPA for Cultural Resource Professionals
• Luce Indigenous Knowledge Fellowship
• E-Mail for the E-Gram

June 2019

• Passing of Retired NPS Archeologist Larry Aten
• Disabled Combat Veterans Dig for Battle Stories at Revolutionary War Site: Correction
• E-Mail for the E-Gram: A New E-Gram Feature
• Archeologist is New NPS Pacific West Region CESU Research Coordinator
• Archeologist is New NPS National Capital Region Section 106 Coordinator
• Virginia’s Rappahannock River’s Fones Cliffs Property to be Preserved
• The Federal Archeologists Bookshelf: Preparing for the Future Impacts of Megastorms on Archaeological Sites: An Evaluation of Flooding from Hurricane Harvey, Houston, Texas
• Webinar to Introduce a New Interpreter’s Discussion Guide
• Nominations Open for Stanton-Horton Award for Excellence in National Park Service History
• Nominations Open for Natural Resource Conservation Achievement Awards
• SLIGHTLY OFF TOPIC: Will be back next month

May 2019

• Former Chief of National Park Service Midwest Archeological Center Cal Calabrese Passes
• National Park Service 2019 Cotter Award Winners Announced
• Bob Sonderman Receives Lifetime Achievement Award for Historic Preservation Excellence
• National Park Service Midwest Archeological Center Celebrates 50 Years
• National Park Service Sponsors Winning Poster
• Disabled Combat Veterans Dig for Battle Stories at Revolutionary War Site
• Last American Slave Ship Discovered
• National Park Service Ranger Monitoring Program Helps Protect Archeological Sites
• Interior Places Moratorium on Leasing in Greater Chaco Region
• Community Engagement on African American Research at Colonial National Historical Park
• Middle School Students Help to Protect Rock Art Near Utah Lake
• Lonnie Bunch III, Director of National Museum of African American History and Culture, New Smithsonian Secretary
• Virtual Archaeology Museum Opens
• BLM offers reward for information on Shinob Kibe vandalism
• Finding History Along Federal Highways
• The Federal Archeologists Bookshelf: Magnetic detection of archaeological hearths in Alaska: A tool for investigating the full span of human presence at the gateway to North America
• Man Sentenced for Damaging Archeological Site
• NPS Offers Preservation and Treatment of Park Cultural Resources
• Joint ACHP-Smithsonian Institution Cultural Heritage Fellowship
• Gloria S. King Research Fellowship in Archaeology
• Tribal Heritage Grants Available
• SLIGHTLY OFF TOPIC: SAA Policies on Sexual Harassment

April 2019

• National Museum of Natural History Curator Dennis Stanford Passes
• NPS Oral Historian Given the Pogue Award
• Divers Hunting for Sunken Slave Ship in Biscayne National Park
• New Mexico Protects Chaco Culture National Historic Park
• Glen Canyon National Recreation Area Mystery Coins
• Three Sentenced in San Antonio Missions National Historical Park Graffiti Case
• Looting at Lewis and Clark National Historical Park
• U.S. Forest Service Investigates Negro Fort at Prospect Bluff
• General Accounting Organization Releases Report on Tribal Consultation
• Bureau of Land Management Closes Calico Early Man Site
• Congressional Hearing Explores Impacts of Air Pollution on Sacred Sites
• Two Classes of ARPA for Cultural Resource Professionals Offered
• Monthly Webinars on National Historic Preservation Act Section 106
• Opportunity to View In Effigy
• 2019 Archaeology Channel International Film Festival
• Archaeological Violation Investigation Class
• SLIGHTLY OFF TOPIC: Health and Safety in Archeology

March 2019

• Archeologists Find Hidden Tunnels Below Alcatraz Prison
• National Park Service Staff Talk About Enslavement in the US Virgin Islands
• Entry fee eliminated at Casa Grande Ruins National Monument
• African Burial Ground National Monument Participates in United Nations' Exhibit Opening
• Interior Department Museum Program Finalizes Collection Guidance
• National Endowment for the Humanities Funds Exhibit of Archaic Paintings
• Looter Sentenced
• The Federal Archeologist's Bookshelf: Cougar Creek: Quantitative Assessment of Obsidian Use in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem
• National Museum of the American Indian Focuses on Missing Indigenous Women
• Government Accountability Office Releases Report on Native American Cultural Property
• Cotter Award Deadline Extended
• Fire Archeology Training Courses
• NAGPRA for Archeologists: Methods, Dialogue, and Technologies
• 2019 Park NAGPRA Training Series
• Roger Kennedy National Parks Fellowship Program Accepting Applications
• National Park Service Offers Basic Museum Documentation Training
• SLIGHTLY OFF TOPIC: Your Favorite Archeology Podcasts

January-February 2019

• National Park Service in Partnership to Discover the Story of the Sao Jose
• Lawmakers Propose New Bill Intended to Protect Unmarked African-American Burial Sites
• Senators Reintroduce Legislation to Preserve Battlefields
• South Lake Tahoe Man Sentenced to Prison for Destruction of Archeological Sites
• New Mapping Tool for National Park Units on Sea Level Rise
• Vandals Hit Tumacacori National Historic Park
• A Continuing Confluence of Archeological Research
• Department of Justice and Bureau of Indian Affairs Repatriate Items to Acoma Pueblo
• Once-Missing Petroglyphs to be Digitally Restored
• The Federal Archeologist's Bookshelf: Heroes of the Underground Railroad Around Washington DC
• NAGPRA Grants Available for FY2019
• John L. Cotter Award- Call for Nominations
• National Center for Preservation Technology and Training Offers Training in Archeology of Firearms
• Gloria S. King Research Fellowship in Archaeology
• SLIGHTLY OFF TOPIC: will be back next month, with your favorite archeological podcasts

December 2018

• Archeologist Caven Clark Retires from Buffalo National River
• Archeologist Staffan Peterson is Branch Chief at Lake Mead National Recreation Area
• National Park Service Cotter Award Winners Announced
• Nyman New NPS Northeast Region Archeology Program Manager
• 2018 is Centennial of Katmai National Park and Preserve
• Mather Training Center Sponsors Successful ARPA for Archeologists Training
• National Park Service 2019 Archaeological Prospection Workshop
• SLIGHTLY OFF TOPIC: Your Favorite Archeology Podcasts

November 2018

• Archeologist Branch Chief at Grand Teton National Park
• Climate Change Archeologist Resigns from National Park Service
• Find at Arlington House Connects to George Washington
• Former National Park Service Chief Archeologist on National NAGPRA Review Committee
• Teaching with Archeology
• Whiskeytown National Recreation Area and USGS Works on Imagery Analysis Using Drones
• Tooth from Bering Land Bridge National Preserve Linked to Alaska's Early Inhabitants
• National Park Service Tribal Historic Preservation Program Announces 25th Anniversary Report
• The Federal Archeologist's Bookshelf: Protective Shelters for Archeological Sites
• Message From the Archeology E-Gram Staff
• Federal judge blocks Keystone XL pipeline
• Archaeological Violation Investigation Class
• SLIGHTLY OFF TOPIC: The 1868 Treaty of Fort Laramie Goes on Public View

October 2018

• Passing of National Park Service Archeologist Steve Daron
• National Park Service Common Learning Portal Available
• National Park Service Incident Management Team Addresses Status of Archeological Sites
• Archeologist is National Capital Region History and Culture Program Manager
• SLIGHTLY OFF TOPIC: In Effigy Training Series Available to National Park Service Partners and Volunteers

September 2018

• Archeologist Thadra Stanton wins the National Achieving Relevance in Education Award
• National Park Service Recognizes Palo Alto National Historical Park Archeologist
• Retired National Park Service Archeologist Given Award
• Jeremy Sweat to Head National Park Service Intermountain Region's Planning & Compliance
• National Park Service Archeologist Experienced Plenty in 20-year National Guard Career
• Ocmulgee National Monument holds 27th Annual Indian Celebration
• Archeology Project Underway at Fort Union National Historic Site
• Students and Bureau of Land Management Staff Participate in Archeological Excavation
• Workshop for Advanced 3-D Imaging and Morphometrics for Archeology
• Workshop for Ground Penetrating Radar
• Workshop: Working Together- Fire Managers & Archaeologists
• SLIGHTLY OFF TOPIC: How to Collect Samples to Get the Best C14 Dates?

August 2018

• SciGirls and National Park Service Archeologists spends Archeology Day at MagLab
• Casa Grande Ruins National Monument Celebrates Centennial
• Federal Historic Preservation Laws Publication Available
• Vandal at Biscayne National Park Convicted
• Bandelier National Monument Seeks Vandals
• Volumes from Maritime Cultural Landscape Symposium Available
• International Archaeology Day in October
• Bureau of Land Management Researchers Seek Descendants of La Parida
• Bureau of Reclamation Finds Mammoth in Buffalo Bill Reservoir
• Bureau of Land Management Opposes Allegations of Posting Sensitive Archeological Data
• Joint Mexico-US Exploration Project Searches for Ships Sunk by Cortés
• Changes at the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
• National Park Service Park NAGPRA Program Offers Assistance!
• Advanced 3-D Imaging and Morphometrics for Archeology
• Archeological Resources Protection Act (ARPA) for Archeologists
• National Park Service African American Civil Rights Grants Application Open
• Archeological Violation Investigation Class
• American Battlefield Protection Program 2018 Planning Grant Awards
• SLIGHTLY OFF TOPIC: New Spanish Site in Kansas

July 2018

• Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument makes Historical Photographs Available
• Historic Jamestowne Battling Sea Level Rise
• Trio Accused of Vandalism at Missions Face Federal Charge
• Court Decision Stands in Wilderness Watch vs. Creachbaum
• Department of the Interior Ignores Archeological Resources in Decision-Making
• SLIGHTLY OFF TOPIC: Bureau of Land Management Accidentally Releases Site Locations

June 2018

• Montezuma Castle and Casa Grande National Monuments Win Heritage Preservation Honor
• Remains of Civil War Soldiers Found at Manassas National Battlefield Park
• Western Kentucky Man Sentenced to Prison for Federal Archeological Violations
• New Mexico State University Studies Oregon Mountains- Desert Peaks National Monument
• US Tribe Displays Artifacts Loaned from London
• The Federal Archeologist's Bookshelf: Climate change and the deteriorating archaeological and environmental archives of the Arctic
• Two Internships at Chaco Culture National Historical Park
• New Database on Archeological Ethics Available
• SLIGHTLY OFF TOPIC: Scholars Solve Mystery of Oregon Coast's 'Beeswax Wreck'

June 2018

• Lauren Blacik Selected as Superintendent of Pipestone National Monument
• Fort Laramie National Historic Site Commemorates 150th Anniversary of Treaty
• Changes to Application for Permit for Archeological Investigations on Federal Land
• Ocmulgee National Monument hosts 1,700 4th graders for Every Kid in a Park
• Society for American Archeology Issues Statement About Federal Participation in Conference
• New Mexico Senators Want to End Oil, Gas Leasing in Chaco Region
• Social Science Perspectives on Climate Change Workshop Papers Available
• National Park Service Awards Maritime Heritage Grants

June 2018

• Former National Park Service Archeologist Ruthann Knudson Passes
• Sara Dolan Chief of Integrated Resource Management at San Juan Island National Historical Park
• New Superintendent of Chaco Culture National Historical Park, Aztec Ruins National Monument
• Junior Archeologist event at Harriet Tubman National Historical Park
• National Park Service Archeologists Excavate at Home of Author of Conan the Barbarian
• New National Park Service Resource Stewardship and Science Website Launched
• Fossil footprints 'unique in the world' show a human chasing a giant sloth
• Arizona May Put People With Minimal Training in Charge of Identifying Archeological Sites
• Utah's San Juan County Files Claim Over Access to Recapture Canyon
• Judge Dismisses Historic Preservation Claim in Drilling Case
• SLIGHTLY OFF-TOPIC: Archeology in the Palm of Your Hand

March 2018

• Zinke Cancels Chaco Canyon Lease Sale
• NPS Archeologist to be Next Archaeology Society President
• Updates to the NPS Archeology Guide: Archeology Outreach Module
• Western National Parks Foundation Funds Archeology at Casa Grande Ruins National Monument
• Archeology Rack Cards Now Available for Download
• Stolen Artifacts Recovered by NPS Special Agents Repatriated to Belize
• World War II Carrier "Lady Lex" Found Two Miles Under Sea
• Updates to Interpreting Archeology: A Shared Competency for Archeologists and Interpreters
• Help Identify Archeology Training Needs!
• SLIGHTLY OFF-TOPIC: Printing the Past: 3D Artifact Replicas Aid in Research, Education

February 2018

• Joanne Westbrook New Curator at the National Capital Region Museum Resource Center
• NPS Staff Release New Website on Trench Warfare
• Nature Conservancy Transfers 222 Acres to Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park
• The Federal Archeologist's Bookshelf: Late Modernity and Community Change in Lattimer No.2: The American Twentieth Century as Seen through the Archaeology of a Pennsylvania Anthracite Town
• Archeology Internship at Grand Canyon National Park
• The Center for American Archeology Presents Annual Flintknapping Workshop
• Archeological Resource Protection Training Offered
• Fire Archeology Training Course at Lassen National Forest
• Resource Advisor Training Course at Big Bend National Park
• SLIGHTLY OFF-TOPIC: Ancient Kids' Toys Have Been Hiding in the Archaeological Record

January 2018

• National Park Service Teaching with Historic Places Offers New Lesson
• Housing and Urban Development Moves Tribal Directory Assessment Tool
• The Federal Archeologist's Bookshelf: From Landscapes of Meaning to Landscapes of Significance in the American Southwest
• Advisory Council on Historic Preservation Offers Internships
• SLIGHTLY OFF-TOPIC: India Loses Important Monuments

December 2017

• Brenda Todd Selected as Superintendent of Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site
• Trail of Tears National Historic Trail Celebrates 30 Years of Partnerships
• National Park Service Accepting Proposals for the Save America's Treasures Grant Program
• National Park Service 2018 Archaeological Prospection Workshop
• National Park Service Park NAGPRA Program Offers Recorded Webinars
• SLIGHTLY OFF-TOPIC: Archeologist Challenging Idea that Prehistoric People in the Southwest Relied on Corn

November 2017

• Glen Canyon NRA Archeologists Present Poster on Looting and Vandalism at Pecos Conference
• Wounded Veterans Find Healing at Lake Mead National Recreation Area
• New National Park Service Archeology Podcast
• U.S. Department of the Interior Fines County Park for NAGPRA Infringements
• The Federal Archeologist's Bookshelf: International Approaches to Climate Change and Cultural Heritage
• Connecting Historic Preservation and Wilderness Stewardship
• Message From the Archeology E-Gram Staff
• SLIGHTLY OFF-TOPIC: Five Myths About American Indians

October 2017

• Passing of NPS Anthropologist Eileen Devinney
• Archeological Investigations at Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park
• Mississippi Residents Convicted for Illegally Searching and Removing Native American Artifacts
• Tlingit Cultural Items Return to Tribes
• Chaco Culture NHP Hosts Astronomy Festival
• Tribes Seek Reparation Over Destroyed Oregon Site
• The Federal Archeologist's Bookshelf: Sand Creek Massacre Books – A Must-Read for Cultural Resource Specialists!
• SRI Announces Coalition for Archaeological Synthesis Offers Grants

September 2017

• Glen Canyon NRA Archeologists Present Poster on Looting and Vandalism at Pecos Conference
• Mesa Verde National Park Launches Archeology Podcast Series
• Citizen Science Volunteers Help Restore Shoreline at De Soto National Memorial
• NPS Park Cultural Landscapes Program Posts Introduction to Cultural Landscapes
• Call to Action #3-History Lesson Team Develops, Shares Resources
• National Park Service Finalizes Guidance on Plant Gathering Regulation
• National Park Service Awards Historic Preservation Grants to Native American Groups
• Yucca House National Monument Expansion Gets County Approval
• Ancestral Connections at Guadalupe Mountains National Park
• Chiricahua National Monument Celebrates Buffalo Soldiers
• New Archeological Sites in Alaska
• Interagency Fire Planning Committee Releases New Resource Advisor Guide
• Archeologists Call for More Protection for Chaco Region
• The Federal Archeologist's Bookshelf
  Aquatic Adaptations and the Adoption of Arctic Pottery Technology: Results of Residue Analysis
• International Archaeology Day
• SLIGHTLY OFF-TOPIC: New Experiment Reveals Secret Behind 200,000-Year-Old Neanderthal Glue

August 2017

• Archeological Investigations at Saint Croix Island International Historic Site
• Interns Focus on Interpretation at Cowpens National Battlefield
• Preservation work underway at Tumacacori National Historical Park
• NPS Park NAGPRA Program Launches New Site on InsideNPS
• National Park Service Awards $1.2 Million in Battlefield Planning Grants
• National Park Service Releases Additional Historic Preservation Funds
• New Guidance for Working for Non-federally Recognized Tribes
• The Federal Archeologist's Bookshelf: The July issue of American Antiquity offers two articles related to the NPS!
• National Park Service Offers Webinar on Archeological Site Condition Assessment App
• Advisory Council on Historic Preservation Offers New Training
• SLIGHTLY OFF-TOPIC: Researchers Discover Earliest Evidence of Wild Potato Use in North America

June-July 2017

• Stephanie Toothman Retires
• Ancient Site Discovered at Channel Islands National Park
• Plateau-Style Long Tent on Exhibit at Whitman Mission National Historic Site
• Urban Archeology Corps at Frederick Douglass National Historic Site
• Mesa Verde National Park Posts Vandalism Pictures on Facebook
• Senior Pass for Senior Archeologists
• Interior Department Awards Maritime Heritage Grants
• Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Releases Cultural Resource Guidance
• Update on Application Form for Permit for Archeological Investigations
• National Park Service Intermountain Region Develops Cultural Resource Personnel Directory
• Celebrate International Archaeology Day
• Guidelines Developed for Drilling Near Chaco Canyon
• BLM Travel Plan Suits Resolved but Conflict Persists
• Legislation to Prohibit Trafficking of Native American Items Reintroduced in Congress
• National Park Service Park NAGPRA Program Offers Training
• National Center for Preservation Technology and Training Offers NAGPRA Training
• SLIGHTLY OFF-TOPIC: Passing of Anthropologist Alice Dewey

May 2017

• Society for American Archaeology Gives Award to National Park Service Archeologist
• NPS Employee and Yarrow Mamout Archeology Project Wins Annual DC Preservation Award
• National Park Service Northeast Region Hires New Anthropologist
• National Park Service Wilderness Archeology Resource Management Guidance Released
• National Park Service Archeologists Continue International Partnership in Slave Wrecks Project
• National Park Service Submerged Resources Center Searches for World War II Aircraft
• Missing out on NPS Archeology News and Announcements?
• Alaska Archeology Month
• Cultural Sites Uncovered in Alaska Island Survey
• Beckley Mill Archeological Resources on National Register of Historic Places
• Man Indicted Under ARPA for Defacing Fort Sumter National Monument
• Oregon Man Sentenced for Damaging Archeological Site
• Islanders Oppose Archeology Field School in San Juan National Monument
• Lawmakers Want Canyon of the Ancients National Monument Left Intact
• The Federal Archeologist's Bookshelf
• Advisory Council on Historic Preservation's Releases FAQs on Protecting Sensitive Information
• Zinke Halts Plans to Transfer Bison Range Management
• NPS Park NAGPRA Training Series

April 2017

• National Park Service Cotter Award Winners Announced
• Passing of NPS Archeology Volunteer Edwin Day
• National Park Service and National Aeronautics and Space Administration Partnership
• National Park Service Celebrates Park Week with Junior Ranger Program
• Kevin Kilcullen, Fish and Wildlife Service Federal Preservation Officer, Retires
• 100,000 Pounds of Debris Removed from Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument
• Study Finds National Monuments Help Rural Economy
• Archeologist Needed for VISTA Position at Bandelier National Monument
• National Park Service Park NAGPRA Program Offers Webinars
• Advisory Council on Historic Preservation Offers Webinar Series on Section 106
• NPS Offers Wildland Fire Resource Advisor Training (N9042)
• SLIGHTLY OFF TOPIC: New Theory for 'Fluting' of Clovis Points

March 2017

• Archeologist Brandon Bies New Manassas National Battlefield Park Superintendent
• National Park Service Receives First Place for ArcheoBlitz Centennial Event
• The NPS Archeology Program is Moving!
• Archeology Organizations Ask Interior Secretary to Support Bears Ears National Monument
• The Federal Archeologist's Bookshelf
• NPS Vanishing Treasures Catalog
• SLIGHTLY OFF TOPIC: So Long for Now, A Sailor's Letters from the USS Franklin

February 2017

• NPS Tribal Preservation Program Chief James Bird Retires
• NPS Archeologist Jim Bradford Retires
• Kennewick Man Repatriated
• Archeologist Ivor Noël Hume Passes
• Margo Brooks New Resource Planning Specialist in the NPS Northeast Regional Office
• New Picture of Harriet Tubman Discovered
• Update on Dakota Access Pipeline
• 37TThe Federal Archeologist's Bookshelf
• Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) FY2017 Grants Available
• Advisory Council on Historic Preservation Offers Webinar Series on Section 106
• NPS Offers Wildland Fire Resource Advisor Training (N9042)
• SLIGHTLY OFF TOPIC: Tribes Plead with Bureau of Land Management for Protection of Chaco Canyon

January 2017

• NPS Archeologist Tom Lincoln Retires
• Opening of the African Burial Ground National Monument Library and Archives
• NPS Chesapeake Bay Indigenous Cultural Landscape Research and Outreach Through 2016
• President Obama designates National Monuments with Antiquities Act
• Court Rules in Favor of National Park Service in Wilderness Cultural Resources Case
• National Park Service Releases Cultural Resources Climate Change Strategy
• Four Archeology Sites Among New National Historic Landmarks
• Bureau of Land Management to Cut Solar Energy Program to Protect Cultural Resources
• Bureau of Land Management Sells Oil Leases in Chaco Region for $3 Million Despite Protests
• Landscape Scale Archeological Resource Management
• Online Training for American Indian Sacred Sites Now Available
• NAGPRA Grants Now Available for FY17
• National Park Service 2017 Archeological Prospection Workshop
• National Center for Preservation Technology and Training Offering Internships
• Maryland Archaeological Conservation Laboratory Offers Workshop
• Gloria King Research Fellowship in Archaeology - Application Deadline Extended
• SLIGHTLY OFF TOPIC: Archaeologies of Hair: The Head and its Grooming in Ancient and Contemporary Societies

December 2016

• Buffalo National River Hires New Archeologist
• Ocmulgee National Monument is National Treasure
• Leslie Peterson Retires
• Urban Archeology Corps- National Capital Parks-East
• New Website for NPS Office of Tribal Relations and American Cultures
• Rachel Adler Joins the Vanishing Treasures Program's Technical Team
• Centennial Find of Sprite Bottle Celebrating NPS 50th
• No Current Easement for Dakota Access Pipeline Crossing
• Department of Interior Proposes New Paleontological Regulations
• LGBTQ America, A Theme Study of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer History edited by Megan Springate
• Saint Regis Mohawk First Tribe to Take Down a Federal Dam
• SLIGHTLY OFF TOPIC: Forensic Technique Reveals Sex of Prehistoric Hand Stencil Artists

November 2016

• Angie Richman New Sitka National Historical Park Chief of Interpretation
• NAGPRA Grant Enables Repatriation
• Urban Archeology Corps in the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area
• Minute Man National Park Releases Archeology Report
• Restitution Made for Illegal Timber Harvest in Ozark National Scenic Riverways
• US Forest Service Federal Preservation Officer Michael Kaczor Retires
• 10,000-year-old Human Remains from Spirit Cave Returned to Tribe's Control
• Treasured Landscapes: National Park Service Art Collections Tell America's Stories edited by Joan Bachrach
• Zuni Crew Preserves Ancestor's Legacy At Chimney Rock National Monument
• US Cancels Energy Leases in Montana Area Sacred to Blackfeet
• National Center for Preservation and Technology Transfer Offer Archeological Modeling
• Nominations Accepted: Secretary of the Interior's Historic Preservation Award
• Maryland Archaeological Conservation Laboratory Offers Training
• SLIGHTLY OFF TOPIC: Message from Staff of the Archeology E-Gram

October 2016

• Pat Walsh Named Intermountain ARD for Resource Stewardship & Science
• Urban Archeology Corps in Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park
• National Historic Landmarks Committee Nominates Three Archeological Sites
• Special Agent Todd Swain Retires
• Yevingkarere Youth Camp Preserves Southern Paiute Culture at Parashant National Monument
• National Park Service Releases Theme Study With Archeology Chapter
• New Preservation Brief Targets Grave Markers
• DOI Secretary Announces Order Encouraging Tribal Land Management Role
• Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Disputes North Dakota State Archeologist's Report
• The Federal Archeologist's Bookshelf
• Society for American Archaeology Offers Free Online Seminar about Metal Detectorists
• Call for 2017 NPS Preservation Technology and Training Grants
• NPS Offers Metal Detecting for Archeologists
• Gloria S. King Research Fellowship in Archaeology
• SLIGHTLY OFF TOPIC: 60 Designers Create Posters for National Parks

September 2016

• New Superintendent Named for Anacostia Park, Historic Homes and Capitol Hill Parks
• 50th Anniversary of the National Historic Preservation Act Toolkit
• Emily Button Kambic Joins National Capital Region
• Urban Archeology Corps Program in Lawrence, Massachusetts
• Friends Group Receives Award from National Park Service for Archeology Project
• National Museum of African American History and Culture Opens in Washington DC
• New Mammoth Discovered at Channel Islands National Park
• Suicide Awareness Month
• President Obama Creates the Atlantic's First Marine National Monument
• 2017 Albright-Wirth Grant Application Period Now Open
• Advisory Council Offers Training
• SLIGHTLY OFF TOPIC: Giant Hail Killed More than 200 in Himalayas

August 2016

• Archeologist is Program Manager for Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument
• National Park Service Hosts Monmouth University to Excavate Sandy Hook Lighthouse
• Urban Archeology Corps Students Dig into History at Richmond National Battlefield Park
• Capulin Volcano National Monument Celebrates 100 Years
• National Historic Landmarks Committee to Consider Archeological Sites
• NPS Archeologist Featured in Scuba Article
• Bourne Pleads Guilty to Looting Native American Artifacts from Public Lands
• Arizona Man Must Pay $8,707 for Damaging Archaeological Site
• Bureau of Land Management Halts Sale of Land Near Chaco Culture National Historical Park
• Santa Elena Fort Found After Decades-Long Search
• The Federal Archeologist's Bookshelf
• Antiquities Act Expands Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument
• NPS Archeologist Position
• National Park Service Offers Training in Metal Detecting for Archeologists
• SLIGHTLY OFF TOPIC: Enforcing Law, Protecting Resources: A Day in the Life of a Ranger

July 2016

• Passing of Pioneer Gender Archeologist Joan Gero
• Stephanie Stephens Named Chief Curator of the National Park Service
• NPS Helping Tribes and Museums Repatriate Native American Remains and Objects
• Wendy Davis Selected as Superintendent of Keweenaw National Historical Park
• Young People Join Effort to Identify Slave Ship Guerrero at Biscayne National Park
• Join the IAD Celebrations this October!
• 3-D imagery of Native American Artifacts from Grand Teton National Park
• Final Regulations for Gathering Published
• Ex-Superintendent of Effigy Mounds National Monument Sentenced for Stealing Human Remains
• Congress Reauthorizes Army Corps of Engineers' Veterans Curation Program
• U.S. files Complaint to Recover Acoma War Shield
• Bureau of Land Management Partners with Amah Mutsun on Land Deal
• The Federal Archeologist's Bookshelf: Ancestors of Worthy Life: Plantation Slavery and Black Heritage at Mount Clare by Teresa S. Moyer
• SLIGHTLY OFF TOPIC: Solar Calendar in Wupatki National Monument

June 2016

• Mount Rainier National Park's Chief Archeologist Greg Burtchard to Retire
• National Park Service Archeologist George Fischer Passes
• Archeologist is Cultural Resources Program Manager for C&O Canal National Historic Park
• NPS Southeast Archeology Center Hosts Girl Scout Archeology Event
• Petersburg National Battlefield Investigates Looting in Park
• Acadia National Park Celebrates Centennial
• National Park Service Buys Powhatan Village
• National Park Service Alaska Region Co-Organizer of Alaska Archaeology Month
• Pottery Discovered at Cape Hatteras National Seashore Possibly Linked to the Lost Colony
• Cultural Resources Updates in 2015 National Park Service Wilderness Report
• NPS Awards over $1 Million to Preserve American Battlefields
• Secretary Jewell Honors Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Archeologist
• The Federal Archeologist's Bookshelf
• Archeologists Petition Obama for Bears Ears National Monument
• Quarrel's Quarrel with Federal Prosecutors Over Over ARPA Violation
• Native Americans Protest Planned Auction in France
• Planned Auction of Items from Reservations Raises Questions
• University of Northern Colorado Gets Bureau of Land Management Funding for Archeology
• Tribal Land Issues Prompt Change in Bakken Pipeline Work in Iowa
• Federal Law Enforcement Training Center to Offer ARPA Training
• NAGPRA for Archeologists: Methods, Dialogue, and Technologies
• Metal Detecting for Archeologists
• SLIGHTLY OFF TOPIC: How Climate Change Threatens Coastal Archeological Sites

May 2016

• ArcheoBlitz at Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site
• Archeologist Stephen R. Potter Receives Dedication Arrowhead from Office of Ranger Services
• National Park Service Cotter Award Winners Announced
• National Park Service Archeologist Receives Interior Department's Distinguished Service Award
• Michael Holt, New Chief of Resources, NPS Southeast Arizona Group
• Saratoga National Historical Park Announces Release of New Archeology Book
• New Burial Mound at Effigy Mounds National Monument
• National Park Service Southeast Archeological Center Assists in Site Protection
• Centennial Heartbeat Heard at Aztec Ruins National Monument
• Ocmulgee National Monument Hosts 1,750 Kids for Every Kid in a Park
• Durbin Seeks National Park Status for Cahokia Mounds
• NPS Cultural Resources Enterprise GIS Data Now Available
• Army Corps of Engineers Determines Kennewick Man is Native American
• BLM Wants to Pay People Who Help Find Looters and Vandals
• Be on the Lookout for Looters!
• Petroglyph Patrol Created To Prevent Vandalism in Utah
• BLM Steps Up to Protect Archeological Sites
• Bureau of Land Management Officials, Tribal Leaders Mark Access to Sloan Canyon
• Archeology Fair at Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument
• Archeological Aleutian Animal Bones Could Wind Up in a Canadian Dump
• SLIGHTLY OFF TOPIC: Will return next month!

April 2016

• Archeology Highlighted at NPS National Capital Region Conference
• Archeologists Locate Graves at Fort Larned National Historic Site
• Arkansas Post National Memorial Partners with Arkansas Archeological Survey for Study
• NPS Awards $2.58 Million for Maritime Heritage Education and Preservation Projects
• NPS American Battlefield Protection Program Grantee Discovers Confederate Shipwreck
• Archeology National Historic Landmark Nomination
• Navajos Win Court Ruling over Human Remains from Canyon de Shelly National Monument
• Delegate Holmes Norton Introduces Bill to Designate Washington DC National Park
• Teaching With Our National Parks
• Burnt Corn Pueblo Site Gets Federal Protection from Bureau of Land Management
• Fire Exposes Large Prehistoric Site in BLM Hi-Line District, Montana
• The CSS Gorgia Project Digital Archive
• BLM Awards $50,000 to Museums of West Colorado
• Artifacts Road Show returns to BLM Office, Billings, Montana
• Utah Governor Calls Special Session to Denounce Bears Ears Proposal
• Bureau of Land Management Utah seeks nominations to Resource Advisory Council
• NPS Park NAGPRA Program Offers Training
• SLIGHTLY OFF TOPIC: Oil-Eating Microbes Threaten Shipwrecks and Ocean Life

March 2016

• Archeologist Stanley South Dies at 88
• NPS Archeology Program Finishes Another Great Webinar Season
• Tumacácori National Historical Park Hosts International Earthen Architecture Workshop
• Conversation with an Archeologist: Stephen Potter
• Historic Preservation Grant Awarded to Park Partner
• Historic Prince Brothers Store Study Completed
• Sacred Site Pe' Sla Gains Indian Land Status
• Proposed Law Threatens Protection of Federal Archeological Resources
• US Cancels Oil and Gas Lease on Montana Land Sacred to Tribes
• NPS Offers Free Course on NPS Cultural Resources
• Advisory Council for Historical Preservation Offers Webinar Series
• SLIGHTLY OFF TOPIC: Animation Showcases the Pompeii Disaster

February 2016

• Robert Bryson Named NPS Midwest Region Associate Regional Director for Cultural Resources
• President Obama Uses Antiquities Act to designate Three New National Monuments
• Navy Sunken and Terrestrial Military Craft Permitting Guidelines Affect National Parks
• National Park Service Awards over $5.3 Million to Protect 1,640 Acres at 17 Civil War Battlefields
• Introduced Bill Will Expand Ocmulgee National Monument
• National Park Service Partners With Google
• Looting Prompts Closures at Mining Sites in Joshua Tree National Park
• Theodore Roosevelt National Park Initiates Study of Ancient Bison DNA
• Rogue Bison Pose a Quandary for Grand Canyon National Park
• Montana's National Bison Range May Revert to Confederated Salish/Kootenai Tribes
• Oregon Militia Standoff Spotlights Federal-Tribal Quandary over Artifacts
• Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Increased Corrosion of Shipwrecks
• Petrography for Archeologists
• Fort Vancouver National Historic Site Archeology Field School
• Wildland Fire Resource Advisor Training Course
• SLIGHTLY OFF TOPIC: Osage Nation Wins Bid for Turner Ranch – Bison Not Included

January 2016

• Passing of Former NPS Archeologist Robert Powers
• Cari Kreshak selected as Cultural Resources Training Manager
• National Park Service Celebrates Centennial at Society for Historical Archaeology Conference
• Bandelier National Monument Celebrates its Centennial
• Dry Tortugas National Park Initiates Ship Wreck Survey
• ArcheoBlitz at Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site
• Virtual Tour of Pu'uhonua o Honaunau National Historical Park Released
• Pueblo-Maya Youth "Find Their Park" at Chaco Culture National Historical Park
• Colorado River Runs Dry
• Utilities Company Disturbs Chinook Burial Site at Lewis and Clark National Historical Park
• Occupiers Have Access to Thousands of Ancient Artifacts
• Register of Professional Archaeologists Honor Congressmen
• Appellate court rules BLM must conduct inventory of artifacts
• Wildland Fire Resource Advisor Interagency Training Course
• Interdisciplinary Resource Protection & Law
• Maryland Archaeological Conservation Laboratory Offers Training
• SLIGHTLY OFF TOPIC: In North Dakota's Booming Oil Patch, One Tribe Beat Back Fracking

December 2015

• Archeologist Receives National Park Service Appleman-Judd-Lewis Award
• Technology Helps Pinpoint 1862 Battle Lines at Pea Ridge National Military Park
• Retired NPS Superintendent Pleads Guilty to Charges
• Conservationists Push to Protect Chaco National Historical Park
• Project Archaeology Investigates Migration
• Utah official gets 10 Days in Jail for ATV Protest on Federal Land
• SRI Press Announces 24 Technical Series Volumes Released as Open Access
• Interior Secretary Discusses Repatriation of Tribal Sacred Objects with French Authorities
• Judge Says No Excessive Force in Artifact Looting Arrest
• Archeological Resources Protection Training Program (ARPTP) Offered
• Wildland Fire Resource Advisor Training Course
• National Park Service's 2016 Archeological Prospection Workshop
• SLIGHTLY OFF TOPIC: 9 Tips for Preserving Important Sacred Sites

November 2015

• San Antonio Missions Archeologist Recognized for Superior Service
• National Park Service Chief Curator Ron Wilson Retires
• New National Park Service Deputy Associate Director for Cultural Resources, Partnerships, and Science
• McGilvray Joins Intermountain Region Historic Preservation Programs Team
• Death Valley National Park Continues to Dig Out from Devastating Flood
• New Travel Itinerary for Colonial Missions in Southwest
• International Archaeology Day and EKiP Passes at Aztec Ruins National Monument
• Archeologists Defining the Nez Perce Trail
• National Park Service Announces Regulation Affecting Unclaimed Human Remains and Objects
• Land and Water Conservation Fund Preserves Three Civil War Sites
• National Historic Landmarks Committee Nominates Two Archeological Sites
• New section of Cold Harbor Battlefield
• New Resource Stewardship Strategy Website Launched
• Cannons Conserved through Adopt-A-Cannon Program at Fort Sumter National Monument
• Department of Agriculture Recommends No Drilling on Badger Two-Medicine Area
• Judge Orders Recapture Canyon ATV Protest Riders to Pay $96K in Damages
• New Guidance on Sacred Sites Available
• National Park Service Offers Petrography Analysis Training
• Gloria S. King Research Fellowship in Archaeology
• SLIGHTLY OFF TOPIC: Archeologist Sarah Parcak Wins $1 Million for Tracking Down Looters

October 2015

• National Park Service Selects Chief Anthropologist
• National Monuments Celebrate Centennials
• Lake Mead National Recreation Area Launches Virtual Museum
• Archeologists Uncover Secrets of Revolutionary War Site
• New Lesson Plan Commemorates 50th Anniversary of the National Historic Preservation Act
• Antietam Battlefield Preservationists Celebrate Addition of 44 Acres
• Obama Administration Proposes Two New Marine Sanctuaries
• California Looter Indicted
• Inter-Tribal Coalition Calling For Bears Ears National Monument in Utah
• Archeologist Says He Has Found Mountain Meadows Massacre Graves
• Environmentalists Halt Grazing on Canyons of the Ancients National Monument
• Grijalva Pushes Creation of Monument in Far Northern Arizona
• Feinstein Asks Obama to Use Antiquities Act to Designate Monuments in the Mojave Desert
• Secretary of the Interior's Historic Preservation Award Nomination Period Extended
• National Park Service Grants Available for Battlefield Preservation Projects
• Fire Training Grants Available
• National Park Service American Battlefield Protection Program Hosts Free Workshop
• Four NPS-Funded FY16 Internship Programs
• George Melendez Wright Initiative for Young Leaders in Climate Change – 2016 Call for Proposals
• Spatial Archaeometry Research Collaborations Awards – Call for Nominations
• Smithsonian Offering Archeological Grants
• Archeology Scholarship for New Mexico Girls
• SAA Seeks Nominees for Historically Underrepresented Groups Scholarships

September 2015

• Teens Take on Preservation Work at National Monuments
• A By-the-Numbers Look at the Most Graffitied Western National Parks
• Native Americans Want Name Change for Wyoming's Devils Tower
• Kaibab Paiute Maiya Osife Shines at Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument
• International Archaeology Day in October
• National Park Service to Host Maritime Cultural Landscape Symposium
• Fort Davis National Historic Site Hosts Archeology Project
• Website Helps Identify Looters
• Badger Two-Medicine Hearing Draws Overwhelming Support
• Historic WW I Shipwreck Survey Underway
• Target Practice Spoiling Utah's Public Lands
• 2016 National Park Service Albright-Wirth Grant Program Applications Sought
• National Center for Preservation Technology and Training Offers Grants
• NPS Museum Curator Position Advertised
• Peace Corps Needs Archeologist in Palau

August 2015

• Jacqueline Ashwell to Lead Hawaii World War II National Monuments
• Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area Hosts Native American Youth Camp
• Research Project Leads to New Findings at Kenai Fjords National Park
• Fort Davis National Historic Site Hosts Archeology Project
• Workshop Held by National Park Service Southern Revolutionary War Sites
• Reed Robinson Head of NPS Midwest Region Office of American Indian Affairs
• National Park Service Studies Bricks to Unlock Secrets at Arlington House
• New Archeological National Historic Landmark Designated
• International Archaeology Day in October
• Historic Preservation Grants to American Indian Tribes and Alaskan Native Groups
• Native American Youth Crews Help National Parks, Bureau of Land Management Areas
• Two Tennessee Men Sentenced for Taking Civil War-Era Artifacts
• Archeologists Accused of Artifact Theft in Columbia County
• Federal Judge Denies Injunction in New Mexico Drilling Case
• Senator Patty Murray Introduces Bill to Return Kennewick Man to Columbia Basin Tribes
• Maritime Cultural Landscape Symposium
• SLIGHTLY OFF-TOPIC: National Park Service Joins International Slave Wrecks Project

July 2015

• Diving Program Created by NPS Archeologist Receives Historic Preservation Award
• Students in National Park Service Youth Program Excavate Site of Freed Slave Community
• Project Connects Students to Fort Vancouver National Historic Site's History
• National Park Service Gets New National Monument
• San Antonio Missions Becomes World Heritage Site
• Publication Issued On Student Research Scholarships
• National Park Service Evaluating Technologies for Archeological Site Surveillance
• National Park Service Awards $1.19 Million in Battlefield Planning Grants
• NAGPRA Consultation and Repatriation Grants Awarded to 15 Tribes and 16 Museums
• Did you #FindYourPark Yet?
• Public Servants Honored with Historic Preservation Awards
• Archeologists Advise National Geographic Channel on 'Diggers'
• Advisory Council on Historic Preservation Posts Section 106 Success Stories
• U.S. Grants Federal Recognition to Virginia's Pamunkey Tribe
• SLIGHTLY OFF-TOPIC: DNA links Kennewick Man to Native Americans

June 2015

• Eric Brunnemann Named Superintendent Of Guadalupe Mountains National Park
• Passing of Dan Murphy
• St. Croix CommunityWishes National Park Service Archeologists Farewell
• Submissions Sought for Society for American Archaeology Annual Meeting
• 100 for the 100th: 100 Ways that National Park Service Archeology Has Contributed
• Cultural Resources, Partnerships, and Science Directorate Chooses Cotter Award Winners
• NPS Midwest Archeology and Submerged Resources Centers Document Dam Resources in St. Croix National Scenic River
• Follow-Up to E-Gram Article "Archeology and Reality Television"
• Honoring Tribal Legacies Launched in National Park Service Midwest Region
• The Archeology of LGBTQ People, Places, and Events
• Students Look to Unearth History at Fort Vancouver National Historic Site
• National Park Service Aids in Investigation of Wreck of Slave Ship São José
• Ocmulgee National Park Bill Faces Another Hurdle
• NPS Archeologist Assists with Research at the Beckley Grist Mill,West Virginia
• Navajo Nation Sues National Park Service for Return of Human Remains
• Jemez Pueblo May Have Claim to Valles Caldera National Preserve
• Department of the Interior Fills Federal Preservation Officer Position
• UNESCO #Unite4Heritage
• Bureau of Land Management Project Archaeology: Investigating Nutrition
• US Forest Service in Dispute Over Sacred Land Near Glacier National Park
• Department of the Interior Revises Tribal Recognition Process
• Archeological Resources Protection Training Program (ARPTP)
• National Park Service Offering Park NAGPRA Training
• SLIGHTLY OFF-TOPIC: Etching Vandals Spotted in Grand Canyon National Park

May 2015

• Wayne Prokopetz To Head Big Thicket National Preserve
• Student Citizen Scientists Find Their Park At Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
• Award Given to National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom
• National Park Service Approves $11.28 Million to Renovate Fort Vancouver National Historic Park
• Virgin Islands National Park Hosts Research on the Atlantic Slave Trade
• National Park Service Special Agents Recover Folsom Point
• Lake Clark National Park & Preserve Holds Archeology Program in Alaska Village
• Former Superintendent Files Suit Against National Park Service
• Death of Sarah Bridges
• Environmental groups sue BLM over drilling near Chaco Culture National Historical Park
• USGS Offers New Way to View Historical Maps
• Jury Convicts Two, Acquits Two in ATV Protest Ride
• Fire Archaeology and Resource Advising Facebook Pages
• Fire and Drone Exposes Prehistoric Rock Formations
• Recent Proposed Cultural Resource Legislation
• SLIGHTLY OFF-TOPIC: Archeology and Reality Television

April 2015

• Students Illuminate Seip Earthworks at Hopewell National Historical Park
• National Park Service Conserves Ancient Southwestern Clothing
• Alaska Native-Owned Company Produces Documentary about NPS Archeology Site
• 1,000 Year Old Artifacts from Bering Land Bridge National Preserve Show Prehistoric Trade
• NAGPRA Grants Awarded to Eight Tribes
• National Park Service and Maritime Administration Give Grants for Maritime History Education and Preservation Projects
• Man Pleads Guilty to Misdemeanor ARPA and Resource Violations
• Texas Man Pleads Guilty to Felony ARPA Violation in Arkansas Post National Monument
• BLM Montana Office Holds Artifact Road Show
• Pechanga Band of Luiseño Indians to Get Artifacts from 1950s Excavation
• Native Americans Seek Accounting Of Massacre Reparations
• Project Archeology Summer Workshops Offered Across the Nation
• SLIGHTLY OFF-TOPIC: Social Media Contributing to Rock Art Vandalism, Artist Says

March 2015

• Virgin Islands National Park Opens Archeology Laboratory
• National Historic Landmarks Committee Recommends Archeological Site for Designation
• Heartlands Conservancy Wants Cahokia Mounds to Become National Park Service Unit
• NPS Chief Paleontologist Heads to Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument
• Tribes Supportive of Grand Canyon National Park Buffer Plan
• Advisory Council for Historic Preservation Archaeology Subcommittee Meets
• Eastern Oregon Dig Uncovers Ancient Stone Tool
• National Park Service's 2015 Archeological Prospection Workshop

February 2015

• Gettysburg National Military Park to Return Native American Human Remains
• Arkansas Man Sentenced in ARPA Case in Pea Ridge National Military Park
• Congressional Legislation Affects Cultural Resource Laws Citations
• New Strategic Plan for NPS Wildland Fire Management Program through 2019
• California Man Accused of Removing Native American Relics from Public Land
• Divers Begin Recovery of Civil War Ironclad
• NOAA to Enlarge Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary
• NPS Offers Introduction to Metal Detecting for Archeologists
• National Park Service Offers Archeological Resources Protection Training
• Slightly Off Topic: Monuments to America's Past, and Future

January 2015

• Archeologist Hester Davis Passes
• Archeologist Bob McGimsey Passes
• 2014-2015 NPS Archeology Program Webinar Series Recordings Available
• NPS Launches Online Travel Itinerary about U.S. World Heritage Sites
• British Memorial for Battle of New Orleans Proposed
• Historic Rifle Found Propped Against Tree in Great Basin National Park
• Two Charged With Removing Artifacts from Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area
• Public Support Sustains Federal Archeology
• Weapons Seized by Civil War General in Congaree River
• Introduction to Archaeological Digital Data Management
• NPS Offers Distance Learning: Interpreting Climate Change
• NPS Park NAGPRA Program Offers Training
• Wildland Fire Resource Advisor Training Offered
• Introduction to Metal Detecting for Archeologists Offered
• Desert Geomorphology for Archeologists Offered
• Slightly Off-Topic: Romantic Places in National Parks

December 2014

• Passing of Pat Parker
• Northeast Region Selects New Cultural Anthropologist
• NPS Commemorates Native American Heritage Month
• Archeologists at Mesa Verde National Park Rethink Purpose of Mummy Lake Ruins
• Zion National Park Reconnects Southern Paiute Youth with Homelands
• Site Cleanup Continues at Salt River Bay National Historical Park
• National Park Service Provisions National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2015
• BLM Silver Award for Excellence in Interpretation Goes to Archeologist
• Groups Protest Sale of Drilling Rights in Utah Archeological Areas
• Tribes Challenge California Solar Project
• Obama Pardons Man for 1996 Archeological Crime in Utah
• Navajo Nation Retrieves Masks from Paris Auction House
• Society of American Archaeology Government Affairs Update
• FLETC to Offer ARPA Training at Gettysburg National Historical Park
• NPS Offers Archeological Prospection Workshop

November 2014

• Death of Ronnie Emery
• Recipients Named for NPS Excellence in Archeology Award
• NPS Teaching with Historic Places Program Releases Archeological Lesson Plan
• Seip Mound Earthworks Transferred To Hopewell Culture National Historical Park
• NPS Proposes Deaccessioning Regulation for Archeological Collections of Insufficient Interest
• Conversation with an Archeologist: Emily Long, Archeological Technician, Sequoia &Kings Canyon National Parks
• National Association of Black Scuba Divers Gives Award to NPS Archeologist Dave Conlin
• The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation Issues New Section 106 Guidance
• Civil War Trust to Preserve Battlefields from Revolutionary War and War of 1812
• Projects in Parks: Message from Staff of the Archeology E-Gram

October 2014

• Successful Celebration of International Archeology Day at Fort Stanwix National Monument
• Webinars, Webcasts, and Videos!
• Archaeology Days At Washita Battlefield National Historic Site
• Lauren Meyer Will Head Intermountain Region's Vanishing Treasures Program
• Archeologists Help Flight 93 Fire Assessment
• Four Corners National Parks Host Pueblo-Maya Cultural Exchange
• National Park Service Awards $2.2 Million to Protect Four Civil War Battlefields
• Advisory Council on Historic Preservation Announces Section 106 Online Guidance
• FEMA Announces the Unified Federal Environmental and Historic Preservation Review Process
• Conversation with an Archeologist: Albert LeBeau, Cultural Resources Manager, Effigy Mounds NM
• Society for American Archaeology Urges Museums to Complete Survey
• Poverty Point Inscribed as World Heritage Site
• Archeology Site Added to National Register of Historic Places
• Stolen Artifacts Returned to Hopi Tribe
• BLM Plans for Future Oil and Gas Operations in Chaco Canyon Area Questioned
• Bureau of Reclamation Protects Items found in Emigrant Lake, Oregon
• New Online Exhibition of Printed British Pottery and Porcelain
• Society for American Archaeology Offers Online Workshops
• Competition Open for Gloria S. King Research Fellowship in Archaeology
• Archeology Field Technician Jobs at Poplar Forest
• Slightly Off Topic: Photo of Robert E. Lee's Housekeeper Identified

September 2014

• Fort Union National Monument Completes Investigation of the Civil War Star Fort
• New Shipwreck Surveys Completed at Isle Royale National Park
• Joint NOAA/NPS Shipwreck Survey Underway at Golden Gate National Recreation Area
• Live Civil War Cannonball Found at Richmond National Battlefield Park
• Lummi Nation Returns to English Camp, San Juan Island National Historical Park
• NPS Southeast Archeological Center Launches "15 Questions with an Archeologist"
• Conversation with an Archeologist: Erika Stein Espaniola, Superintendent, Kalaupapa National Historical Park
• Vandals Destroy Part of Petroglyph National Monument Trail
• NPS Awards $1.7 Million in Grants to Protect Four Significant Civil War Battlefields
• NPS Funds Investigations of Red Bank Battlefield Park
• International Archaeology Day
• New Video on Looting Released by PBS
• Bureau of Reclamation Asks Public to Leave New Melones Lake Artifacts Alone
• NPS National Center for Preservation Training and Technology Offers Grants
• Fiber Identification and Analysis for Conservation
• Projects in Parks: Berkeley Rockshelter Lithics: Inferences about the Prehistoric Use of Mount Rainier National Park
• Slightly off topic: Archaeology or Archeology?

August 2014

• Jennifer Leasor Joins the Midwest Archeological Center as Museum Curator
• Successful Third Year of Badlands National Park's Tribal Youth Intern Program
• Southern Paiute Youth Camp Held at Cedar Breaks National Monument
• Students Excavate Archeological Sites at Fort Vancouver National Historic Site
• Manzanar National Historic Site Releases Publication
• Teaching with Historic Places Lesson about Charlesfort-Santa Elena National Historic Landmark
• Inaugural Virtual Wildland Fire Resource Advisor Course Presented
• Mysterious Hotchkiss Cannon Shell Fragments Found at Scotts Bluff National Monument
• Trading Cards Commemorate Tragedy at Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site
• Ebey's Land National Historical Reserve Hosts Snakelum Canoe Restoration
• Yucca House National Monument Access Challenged by Landowner
• NPS Funds War of 1812 Research at Sackets Harbor
• NPS Awards $500,000 in Grants to Protect Four Civil War Battlefields
• NPS Grants Help Native Americans to Identify, Repatriate Human Remains, Cultural Objects
• National Preservation Institute Offers GIS Training
• Albright-Wirth Grant Program FY 2015 Cycle Now Open
• Society for History in the Federal Government Powell Prize Call for Nominations
• ICOMOS Condemns Irresponsible Excavation of Archeological Material in Popular Media
• Information Wanted by BLM on Rock Art Vandals in Utah
• NPS Settles with Employee Who Reported Missing Artifacts
• Slightly Off Topic: NPS Ranger Johnson onWhy Spending Time Outdoors Is Civil Rights Issue

July 2014

• Archeologist at Independence National Historical Park Awarded Grant for Ceramics Research
• Archeological Research at Chickasaw National Recreation Area Reveals Area's Past
• NPS Archeologists Searching for Lost 1565 French Fleet at Cape Canaveral National Seashore
• Conversation with an Archeologist: Jun Kinoshita, Yosemite National Park Fire Archeologist
• Beckley Grist Mill Study Receives Additional Funding
• Revolutionary War Cannon on Display at Fort Sumter National Monument
• Bureau of Reclamation Accused of Violating NAGPRA
• Park Acquires Significant Tract at Richmond National Battlefield Park
• NPS Awards $1.3 Million in Battlefield Preservation Grants
• Talking Totem Poles: Mobile Phones Aids Sitka National Historical Park's Interpretive Experience
• NPS Awards Historic Preservation Grants to Indian Tribes, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiian Organizations
• Suspects in Nine Mile Canyon Rock Art Vandalism Identified
• >Projects in Parks is taking a break this month

June 2014

• Retired NPS Archeologist Mark Lynott Passes at 63
• NPS Museum Curator David Kayser Is Retiring
• Poverty Point National Monument Designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site
• Prehistoric Footprint Found at Bryce Canyon National Park
• Drone Images Uncover Ancient Village Near Chaco Culture National Historical Park
• Unmanned Aircraft Prohibited in National Parks
• Gettysburg Archival and Museum Collections Now Online
• Civil War Human Remains off the Auction Block, Donated to Gettysburg National Military Park
• Werowocomoco, Powhatan's Seat of Power, May Become National Park Unit
• New Mobile Museum Visits Effigy Mounds National Monument
• NPS Awards $200,000 to Protect Two Civil War Battlefields
• Conversation With an Archeologist: is taking a break this month. We're all in the field!
• Former Superintendent of Effigy Mounds NM Faces Federal Investigation
• Conference Held to Initiate Theme Study, Identify NHLs for Reconstruction Era
• Archeology Informs NHL Designation Decisions at NPS Landmarks Committee Meeting
• Rock Art in Nine Mile Canyon Vandalized, Investigation Underway
• Library of Congress to Launch New Congressional Website
• NPS Offers Grants for Maritime History Education and Preservation Projects
• FLETC to Offer ARPA Training at Valley Forge National Historic Park
• Slightly Off-Topic: 86-Year-Old NPS Employee Recognized by Yosemite National Park
• E-Gram Guest Editor Leah Burgin
• Projects in Parks is taking a break this month

May 2014

• Rozanna Pfeiffer Has Retired
• Preston Fisher Is Retiring
• Duane Hubbard Named Superintendent of Tonto National Monument
• Archeologist Pei-Lin Yu Leaving NPS
• NPS Archeologist Rex Wilson Passes at 87
• Battle Bicentennial Draws Thousands to Horseshoe Bend National Military Park
• Hopi Tribesmen Intervene to Shore Up Hovenweep National Monument Ruins
• Students Gather to Outline Earthwork at Hopewell Culture National Historical Park
• Archeologists Unearth Remnants of Early Days at Booker T. Washington National Monument
• Poverty Point National Monument's World Heritage Site Status in Doubt
• Navajo Woman Petitions to Live at Wupatki National Monument
• Conversation With an Archeologist: Mary Carroll, Chief, Park NAGPRA Program
• National Park Service Awards $400,000 to Protect Three Civil War Battlefields
• NPS Announces Grants to Help Identify and Repatriate Human Remains, Cultural Objects
• NPS Awards Grants to Support Historic Preservation through Technology
• Former Superintendent Fired for Damaging Resources at Effigy Mounds National Monument
• Native American Activist Billy Frank Dies
• New Website Creates Access to Myriad Historical Publications of Parks Canada
• ATV Riders, Bureau of Land Management Clash Over Motorized Access to Recapture Canyon
• NPS Group E-Mail Address Lists
• Confederate Steamer Hijacked by Slaves Found off Coast of South Carolina
• E-Gram Guest Editor Leah Burgin
• Projects in Parks is taking a break this month

April 2014

• Ala Kahakai National Historic Trail Restoration Project Recognized With State Award
• Pu'uhonua o Honaunau National Historical Park Recognized for Preservation Efforts
• New Report on Yellowstone National Park Archeology
• Keweenaw National Historical Park and Isle Royale National Park Sponsor Park Break Session
• NPS Archeologist at New River Gorge Nation River Helps Local Efforts to Protect Mill Site
• Conversation with an Archeologist: Mark Rudo
• NPS Archeologist Publishes Book on Civic Engagement and Archeology
• Push Underway to Make Cahokia Mounds National Park
• Missouri Man Convicted Of ARPA Violations at Ozark National Scenic Riverway
• Hantavirus Disease Health and Safety Update Now Available
• Manzanar National Historic Site Garden Restoration Earns National Award
• NPS Announces $6.5 million in Historic Preservation Grants for American Indian Tribes
• Pompey's Pillar Defacer Punished
• Congress Votes to Save Cultural Resource in Wilderness
• National Geographic Channel Pulls 'Nazi War Diggers' Series
• WAC Adopts Resolution on Archaeology and Custodial and Affiliated Communities
• Slightly Off Topic: Saving Cultural Heritage, One Tweet at a Time
• Projects in Parks is taking a break this month

March 2014

• The Archeology E-Gram is Ten!
• Fred York Has Retired
• NPS Archeology Resource Manual Chapter on Cultural Resources and Fire Online
• Bandelier National Monument Uses Laser Scanning to Record Pueblo
• NPS Investigates Disappearing Alaska Archeological Sites
• NPS Awards $525,000 to Protect Four Civil War Battlefields
• New Discovery at Petersburg National Battlefield
• Conversation with an Archeologist: Michael R. Peterson, Lithic Technology Specialist
• NPS Archeologists Author Book about Civil War Archeology
• Video News from The Archaeology Channel Focuses on National Parks
• US Forest Service Integrating Cultural Resources into Wilderness Management
• SAA Forms Task Force to Address Looting in Reality TV
• California BLM Nabs Man for Archeological Vandalism
• BLM Investigate Graffiti at Historic Hidden Cave in Nevada
• Slightly Off Topic: Star Wars dubbed in Navajo!
• Projects in Parks: is taking a brief hiatus and will return soon

February 2014

• NPS Archeology Program Posts Webinars
• Climate Change and Cultural Resources Video about Colonial National Historical Park Released
• Conversation with an Archeologist: Julie Steele
• Utah County Wants ATV Road Through Archeological District
• BLM offers $1,000 for information on archeological looting
• Archeological Resources No Justification for Monument Expansion
• Virginia Tribe to be First Federally Recognized in State
• FCC Proposes Alternative to Section 106 for Positive Train Control System
• New Yorker Publishes Article about Valley Fever
• Preserving history: $4.3M OK'd for NPS artifacts storage facility in Townsend, Tennessee
• Fort Vancouver National Historic Site Offers Field School
• Slightly Off Topic: Winter builds rare icy path to ice caves at Apostle Islands National Lakeshore
• Projects in Parks: High Alpine Lakeside Villages and Rock Art in the Brooks Range, Alaska

January 2014

• Museum Resource Center Director Selected
• New Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve Manager Hired
• Fire Program Cultural Resources Supporter Jeff Manley Retires
• Joint Research by NPS and Florida State University Benefits Archeological Resources
• NPS Funds Climate Change Research that Will Assist Archeologists
• Afghanistani Archeology Professor Presents her Work to NPS WASO
• Six Archeology Articles in Fall 2013 Park Science!
• NPS Partners and Employees Receive DOI Awards for Conservation Partnerships and Environmental Achievement
• NPS Awards $2.2 million in Historic Preservation Grants for American Indian Tribes
• NPS Awards $950,000 to Protect Seven Civil War Battlefields
• Two Guilty in Metal Detector Use at Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park
• SAA Government Affairs Update
• Secret Bids Purchase and Return Hopi Cultural Objects
• SAA Announces Scholarship for New Mexico Women
• Project Archaeology Offers Investigating Shelter to Teachers
• Archaeological Institute of America Offers Grants
• National Center for Preservation Technology and Training Offers Training in Mapping
• Interest in 2014 TICRAT?
• Call for Nominations: the John L. Cotter Award for Excellence in NPS Archeology
• Slightly Off Topic: Ask a Slave!
• Projects in Parks: Ice Patch Archeology and Paleoecology in Glacier National Park

December 2013

• NPS Team Studies Historic Sod House
• Cannon Returned To Saratoga National Historical Park
• Group Encourages People to Adopt Cannons at Forts Where Civil War Began
• Fort Vancouver National Historic Site Publishes E-Book
• University of Montana Publishes Second of Two Volumes on Yellowstone Archeology
• MOU Signed between Tribes, Federal Agencies and the State for Reburial of Native American Human Remains in Colorado
• NPS Wildland Fire Management Program Seeking Input
• NPS Museum Program Launches Facebook Page
• Site Stewardship Volunteer Receives Honor from BLM, Wyoming SHPO
• HUD Releases Tribal Directory Assessment Tool
• Congressional Bills Introduced
• The Digital Archeological Record Compiles, Offers, Antiquities Act Resources
• Adverse Effects to Amity Pueblo Still Unresolved
• ACHP 2014 Section 106 Training Schedule
• Yosemite National Park Offers Wildland Fire Resource Advisor Training
• Slightly Off Topic: Janet Stephens, Hairdressing Archeologist
• Projects in Parks: Message from Staff of the Archeology E-Gram

November 2013

• Lloyd Masayumptewa to Head Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site
• NPS Archeologist John Jameson Retires
• NPS Honors Employees for Cultural Resource Work
• International Archaeology Day Event at San Marcos de Apalache Historic State Park
• Watch Videos from the Urban Archeology Corps on YouTube
• Fluted Points Dating to 12,000 BP Found in Bering Land Bridge Preserve
• Bent's New Fort Dedicated
• Conversation with an Archeologist: John Knoerl
• BLM Reports Vandalism at Pompeys Pillar NM
• NPS Cultural Resources Diversity Internship Program call for 2014 Project Proposals
• Society for American Archaeology Offers Free Online Seminar
• 2014 Park Break Sessions will Explore Archeology
• Maryland Archaeological Conservation Laboratory Offers Fellowship
• Pigment Identification Workshop
• Petrographic Analysis for Conservation
• International Cemetery Preservation Summit
• NPS Offers Archeological Prospection Workshop
• Slightly Off Topic: Betty Reid Soskin
• Projects in Parks is taking a break this month

October 2013

• NPS Celebrates International Archaeology Day 2013
• AIA Requests Information about International Archaeology Day in Form
• Flint Knapping Demonstration at New River Gorge National River
• Archeology in Petrified Forest National Park
• Federal Shutdown Puts Archeological Resources in Parks at Risk
• New Addition to Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park Protects Historic Site
• New Podcast Series Highlights Shipwrecks at Biscayne National Park
• NPS Focuses On Structural Fire Prevention
• Conversation with an Archeologist
• Southern Paiute Youth Learn Lessons From The Past
• Rescheduled: Intellectual Property - How it Affects NPS Cultural Resources
• SAA Offers Online Seminar on Public Archeology
• TRB Offers Free Webinar: Successful Practices for Effective Tribal Consultation
• National Preservation Institute Offers NHPA Section 106 Training
• Projects in Parks: The Montana-Yellowstone Archeological Project at Yellowstone Lake

September 2013

• Cabrillo National Monument Celebrates its Centennial
• Dinosaur National Monument Celebrates its Centennial
• International Archaeology Day
• Latino History Research and Training Center Established
• Tribal Interns Reconnect to Public Lands at Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument
• Community Event Traces the 1877 Journey to Nicodemus
• New Tool Helps NPS Share History with Teacher and Students
• Newark Earthworks on track to clinch World Heritage Status
• Conversation With An Archeologist: Elaine Hale
• Archeology Positions in Federal Government Affected by Sequestration
• Chaco Digital Archives Adds 900 New Sites to Data Base
• SAA Launches New Research Journal
• California Man Convicted Of ARPA Violations
• First NAGPRA Training for Hawaii Parks Held at Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park
• Intellectual Property - How it Affects NPS Cultural Resources
• Projects in Parks: is taking a break this month

August 2013

• Bandelier National Monument Museum Technician Gary Roybal Retires
• Archeological Investigations in Kobuk Valley National Park
• Archeologists Discover Prehistoric Village at Tumacacori National Historical Park
• Tribal College Holds Archeological Field School at NPS Site
• Archeology Merit Badge at the 2013 Boy Scouts Jamboree
• NPS Director Signs MOU with UK on Management of HMS Fowey Archeology Site
• Joint Archeology Remote Sensing Project at Horseshoe Bend National Military Park
• Four New Members on NPS Cotter Award Committee
• Annual Children's Archeology Day Held at Effigy Mounds National Monument
• Chickasaw Students Explore Ancestral Homelands In Natchez Trace Parkway
• New Webinars Posted on NPS Archeology Program Website
• Conversation With an Archeologist: Vergil Noble
• Ninth Circuit Court Finds BLM Management Plan for Upper Missouri Breaks National Monument in Violation of Cultural Resource Law
• NPS Structural Fire Program Has Tips for Protecting Cultural Resources from Fire
• NPS Historic Preservation Grants go to Indian tribes, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Groups
• Albright-Wirth Grant Program Proposals Now Being Accepted
• Projects in Parks: Solving the Mystery of the English China Wreck at Biscayne National Park

July 2013

• Liza Rupp, New Park Representative on NPS GIS Council
• Denali National Park and Preserve Archeologists Leads Field School
• NPS Archeology Program Posts Webpages on Archeology for Scouts and Others
• NPS Archeologists Explore New Ground for Interpretation at Fort Smith National Historic Site
• Sitka National Historical Park Totem Poles Enters Digital Age
• Conversation with an Archeologist: Pei Lin Yu
• New Tools For Examining, Interpreting And Managing Fort Monroe National Monument
• NPS Awards Grants to Support Historic Preservation through Technology
• NPS Awards Battlefield Preservation Grants
• NPS Announces NAGPRA Grants
• Park NAGPRA Program Offers Training
• Symposium Offered on Battlefield Archeology: Global Perspectives in Research and Preservation
• SAA Offers Seminar on Laser Scanning
• Projects in Parks: Archeology at the Kuka'iwa'a Landshelf, Kalaupapa Historical Park

June 2013

• Erika Stein Selected as Superintendent of Kalaupapa National Historical Park
• Melissa Memory Selected As Fort Pulaski Superintendent
• Site Restoration at Bandelier National Monument Facilitated By Helicopter
• Vandals Inflict Major Damage On Petroglyphs at Lava Beds National Monument
• NAGPRA Repatriation Completed at Natchez Trace Parkway
• Historic Cannons Return to Fort Moultrie
• Whiskeytown NRC holds California Site Stewardship Program
• Park NAGPRA Program Presents Training Session for Alaska Region via Videoconference
• Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve Hosts Jicarilla Apache Cultural Youth Camp
• NPS National Capital Region Launches Archeology Website
• Significant John Smith Trail Site Preserved
• Government Affairs and International Government Affairs Update From SAA
• NPS Mather Training Center and WASO Learning and Development Offer NHPA Training
• NPS Mather Training Center Offers Cultural Resources Preservation and Treatment Class
• It's Time to Register for the Pecos Conference!
• Climate Change Threatens Historic Jamestowne
• Cultural Resources in the Climate Change Response Program
• NPS Climate Change Response Program Offers Cultural Resource Webinars
• Other informational resources on the Web about climate change
• Projects in Parks is taking a break this month

May 2013

• Joy Beasley Named Chief of NPS National Capital Region Cultural Resources
• 2013 Winners Announced for John L. Cotter Award for Excellence in NPS Archeology
• North Cascades National Park Archeologist Bob Mierendorf Retires
• Scott Tucker Named Superintendent at Lewis and Clark National Historical Park
• NPS Issues New Director's Order and Reference Manual for Wilderness
• Pueblo Stories in New Mexico Honored
• Saratoga National Historical Park Carries Out Archeological Survey
• Wildland Fire Forecast for Coming Summer Issued
• Museum Response Team Aids In Hurricane Recovery
• Cannibalism at Jamestown Settlement Confirmed
• San Jose de los Jemez Mission Becomes NHL
• Defense Department Announces Call for Legacy Program Pre-Proposals
• Projects in Parks is taking a break this month

April 2013

• NPS Archeologist Jeff Richner Retired
• Southwest Archeologist Linda Cordell Dies
• NPS Director Signs MOU with Spanish Government
• ArcheoThursday Webinars Available on NPS Archeology Program Website
• Archeological Survey of the Bark Canada, a Gold Rush Era Shipwreck
• NPS Announces a New Archeological Teaching with Historic Places Lesson Plan
• Grave Marker Preservation Project Completed
• Obama Administration Opposes Bills to Limit Antiquities Act
• Abandoned Mineral Lands Report Issued
• NPS Student Employee Network Launches Newsletter
• National Park Service's 2013 Archeological Prospection Workshop Reminder
• Navy Offers Advanced NHPA Section 106 Training
• Projects in Parks is taking a break this month

March 2013

• New NPS Chief Anthropologist Named
• NPS Intermountain Region (IMR) Hires Archeologist as Assistant Regional Director
• CEQ Releases Handbooks on Improving Efficiency of Federal Environmental Reviews
• 2013 NPS Diving Intern Selected
• Restoration Begins on the Shenandoah Valley's Bloodiest Battlefield
• Workshop Helps Preserve Shared Resources along the Mexican Border
• Presidential Proclamations Establishes Five National Monuments
• National Park Service Awards Civil War Battlefield Land Acquisition Grants
• National Register Program Requests Comments on Identifying, Evaluating, and Documenting Traditional Cultural Properties and Native American Landscapes
• Training Offered on Preservation Planning and Policy Development for Historic Roads

February 2013

• Secretary of the Interior Historic Preservation Award Given to BLM Archeologist
• NPS Albright-Wirth Grant Program Award Recipients Announced
• President Appoints Lynne Sebastian to Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
• Federal Archeologists Meeting Held
• Museum Management Program Re-launches Web Catalog
• National Preservation Institute Offers Two Seminars on Cemetery Preservation
• Resource Specialists Needed for Post-Wildfire Response Teams
• Francois Deloeuil website launched
• Man Pleads Guilty to Removal of Cultural Resources at Glen Canyon NRA

January 2013

• NPS Archeologist Mark Lynott Retires
• NPS Chief Archeologist Receives Award
• Passing of Physicist John Weymouth
• NPS Launches New Cultural Landscapes Webpage
• John L. Cotter Award for Excellence in NPS Archeology Call for Nominations
• Interior Departmental Consulting Archeologist Requests Data for Federal Archeology Report
• Section 106: Agreement Documents Seminar
• NPS Archeology Program Posts More Webinars on Current Topics in Archeology

December 2012

• NPS Vanishing Treasures Program Manager Virginia Salazar-Halfmoon Retires
• Glacier NP Superintendent Chas Cartwright Retires
• Message from Editorial and Production Staff of Archeology E-Gram
• Fiesta at Tumacácori National Historical Park Draws Thousands
• 150th Anniversary of USS Cairo Sinking Commemorated at Vicksburg National Military Park
• Mesa Verde National Park Opens New Visitor and Research Center
• Cultural Resources in NPS Climate Change Webinar Series
• Training Offered for Petrographic Analysis for Conservation
• Projects in Parks: List of 2012 PiP Reports

November 2012

• Dava Davy McGahee Announces Her Retirement
• Physicist Given National Honor for Archeological Geology
• New Archeologist at NPS National Center for Preservation Technology and Training (NCPTT)
• NPS Archeology Program Sponsors Webinars on Current Topics in Archeology
• Festival at Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park Focuses On Hawaiian Culture
• Petroglyph Boulder to be returned to Capitol Reef National Park
• Students Participate in Workshop at Navajo National Monument
• 2012 Cultural Resource Activities at Carlsbad Caverns National Park
• New NPS Website Provides Information for Native Americans
• Hands-on Archeology Programs at Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park
• Man Punished for Removing Human Remains from Wilson's Creek National Battlefield
• Chief Archeologist of Albanian National Park visits Fort Stanwix National Monument
• NPS Park NAGPRA Workshop in Southeast Region Open for Registration
• National Park Service's 2013 Archeological Prospection Workshop
• Projects in Parks: is taking a break this month

October 2012

• Retired NPS Archeologist Honored by Plains Anthropological Society at 2012 Meeting
• Digital Survey of Fort Matanzas Completed
• NPS National Capital Region Office of Communications Produces Archeology Youtube Videos
• NPS Celebrates National Archaeology Day
• Teacher Workshops Held At Effigy Mounds National Monument
• Interior Designates 27 New National Landmarks - Landmarks Honor Nation's Cultural and Natural Heritage
• Petersburg National Battlefield History Club Brings Communities Together
• Interior Department Honors 2012 "Partners in Conservation" Award Winners
• Hopewell Culture National Historical Park Uses Resource Damage Settlement for Archeology
• Prosecutions Continue In Operation Artifact
• Lowell National Historical Park Hosts Centuries Old Southeast Asian Ceramics Tradition
• NPS Awards Civil War Battlefield Land Acquisition Grants
• Projects in Parks: Projects in Parks needs you!

September 2012

• NPS Archeologist Richard Waldbauer Retires
• Partnership Achievement Award Named For NPS Employees
• New Departmental Consulting Archeologist Named
• National Park Service Honors Employees for Cultural Resource Work
• Glen Canyon National Recreation Area Reconnects Native American Youth with Resources
• Five Convicted for Disturbing Artifacts on TVA-Managed Land
• It's Not Too Late! National Archaeology Day Reminder
• Projects in Parks: Hawaiian Presence at Fort Vancouver National Historic Site

August 2012

• Passing of Former NPS Archeologist Jim Thomson
• Archeological "After Hours" Event at Cowpens National Battlefield
• Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site Celebrates Native American Culture
• DOI Secretary Salazar and NPS Director Jarvis Announce $1.66 Million in NAGPRA Grants
• Urban Archeology Corps at Anacostia Park Holds Community History Day
• The E-Gram is Illustrated!
• Top Scientists Examine Resource Stewardship in National Parks
• Elwha Tribe Wants Uncovered Legendary Creation Site
• Archeological Resources in NPS HABS/HAER/HALS
• Projects in Parks: Is taking a break

July 2012

• NPS Archeologist Tom Burge Retires
• Lynch Knife River Flint Quarry National Historic Landmark Dedicated
• Students Participate In Hands-On Projects at Hopewell Culture National Historical Park
• Upcoming PBS History Detectives Episode Features Battlefield
• Casa Grande Ruins National Monument Opens New Visitor Center Theater
• Cherokee Cultural Heritage Weekend Held at Fort Necessity National Battlefield
• National Archaeology Day Reminder
• NPS Awards Battlefield Preservation Grants
• Archeological Resources in the NPS "Travel Itinerary Series"
• 2013 Albright-Wirth Grant Program Launched
• Projects in Parks: Mapping an Armory Grounds Tailrace in Harpers Ferry National Historic Park

June 2012

• Passing of Archeologist Bill Rathje
• NPS Archeologist Remembers Bill Rathje
• New NPS Climate Change Adaptation Coordinator for Cultural Resources
• Visitors Peer Into Past at Archeological Open House at Hopewell Culture National Historical Park
• NPS Awards Civil War Battlefield Land Acquisition Grants
• San Antonio Missions Cleared by Department of the Interior for World Heritage Nomination
• National Park Foundation Awards $658,000 to 2012 America's Best Idea Grant Recipients
• Archeological Resources in "Teaching with Historic Places"
• National NAGPRA Launches On-Demand Training Video Series
• NPS History Program Offers Training in Oral History
• Registration for 2012 Pecos Conference
• Mount Vernon's Mystery Midden
• Projects in Parks: Projects in Parks is taking a break this month

May 2012

• SAA Honors Former NPS Archeology Program Employee Bennie Keel
• NPS NCPTT Awards Funding for Three Archeology Projects
• Chaco Culture National Historical Park Dedicates New Visitor Center
• Effects of Fire on Cultural Resources and Archaeology Published
• Webinar on Writing Section 8 (National Significance) Nominations for Archeological Properties
• President Obama Signs Proclamation Designating Fort Ord National Monument
• Comments Requested on Traditional Cultural Properties and Native American Landscapes
• Park Science Publishes Articles on Cultural Resources Management in Wilderness Areas
• Teaching with Archeology: Spotlight on National Center for Preservation Technology and Training
• Antiquities Smuggler Sentenced
• FLETC Offers Archeological Resources Protection Training Program
• Projects in Parks: The Workers Who Built the C&O Canal

April 2012

• NPS Announces 2012 Cotter Award Winners
• Lynn Black, NPS Museum Management Program, Retires
• Yellowstone National Park Has New Park Archeologist
• SCA Interns Catalogue Collection at Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site
• Archeological Survey at Fort Stanwix National Monument Informs Preservation Management
• Tools for Wilderness Character Available for Review
• Teaching with Archeology: Spotlight on Project Archaeology
• More Convictions from Operation Antiquity
• Exchange Students Fined For Vandalism in El Morro National Monument
• Convicted Relic Hunter Sentenced To Jail Term
• Death of Southwest Archeologist David A. Breternitz
• Projects in Parks: NPS Archeologists Assist in Locating Graves at Vicksburg National Cemetery

March 2012

• Death of Archeologist Patrick Mullen
• Death of Southwest Archeologist David A. Breternitz
• Steamtown National Historical Site Celebrates National Park Week with Archeological Exhibit
• Interior Departmental Consulting Archeologist Requests Data for Federal Archeology Report
• Archeological Resources in "Teaching with Museum Collections"
• New Archeological National Historic Landmark Designated
• Archaeological Institute of America Organizes National Archeology Day
• Voice of America Offers Radio Archeology Program
• Fire READ Training Offered
• Submerged Resources Archaeological Damage Assessment Methods Offered
• Projects in Parks: New Archeological Discoveries at Moores Creek National Battlefield

February 2012

• Steve Pendery Retires from NPS
• Becky Saleeby Retires
• NPS has Repository for Tree-Ring Samples
• Archeologists Condemn Reality TV Shows
• The Federal Archeologist's Bookshelf: Uncovering History: The Legacy of Archeological Investigations at the Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument
• Submerged Cultural Resources Law Enforcement Training
• Archeological Resources Protection Training Program
• Archeological Damage Assessment Methods
• Submerged Cultural Resources Awareness Workshop at SAA Meeting in Memphis
• Petrographic Analysis for Conservation Workshop
• Projects in Parks is taking a break this month

January 2012

• NPS to Develop Guidance on Valley Fever for Archeologists
• Sue Renaud Has Retired
• Passing Of Diane Nicholson
• The Federal Archeologist's Bookshelf: Saugus Iron Works: The Roland W. Robbins Excavations, 1948-1953
• NPS Museum Database Goes Live
• Archeology Reveals History Of Stanton House at Women's Rights NHP
• Prescribed Fire Renews Traditional Practice at Pinnacles NM
• Interpol's Cultural Property Program Re-organizes
• Projects in Parks: In the Beginning: Archeology of George Washington's Birthplace

December 2011

• Early 19th Century Enslaved Cemetery Discovered at Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve
• Pu'uhonua o Honaunau National Historical Park Crews Repair Damaged Seawalls
• African Burial Ground National Monument Celebrates 20th Anniversary of Cemetery Discovery
• Pipe Spring National Monument Celebrates Native American Indian Heritage Month
• Ancient Way Fall Festival Brings the Past to Life at El Morro National Monument
• Southern Paiute Elders Teach Tribal Youth at Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument
• Wind Cave National Park Acquires Significant Archeological Resources
• Beringia Days Conference Held In Alaska
• NPS Historian Kevin Foster Has Retired
• Susan Trail Heads Antietam National Battlefield
• NPS Awards Civil War Battlefield Land Acquisition Grants
• NPS Emergency Support Function (ESF) #11 Responders Help States Preserve Cultural Resources
• NPS Northeast Museum Services Center Offers Social Media Policy
• Civil War Interpretive Guides Published
• NPS Oral History Training Session Held At Everglades National Park
• Legislative Activities Pertaining to Archeology — September-December 2011
• Senate Field Hearing at Mesa Verde National Park
• Archaeological Resource Protection Act (ARPA) Cases in the News
• Message from Editorial and Production Staff of Archeology E-Gram
• Projects in Parks: List of 2011 PiP Reports

September 2011

• Passing of Former National Park Service Director, Roger Kennedy
• Archeology Program Completes Study of NPS Civic Engagement
• NPS Archeology Program Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month!
• ARPA Prosecution Results In Guilty Plea at New River Gorge National River
• Secretary of the Interior honors Bureau of Land Management's Project Archaeology
• National Interagency Prescribed Fire Training Center to Offer Prescribed Fire Workshop for Resource Specialists December 4-9, 2011
• Compliance Archeology at Saratoga National Historical Park
• New exhibit at MNA features Grand Canyon Archeology
• Projects in Parks: Archeological Research at Salt River Bay NHP & EP, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands

August 2011

• NPS Selects New Chief Archeologist
• Anne Worthington Has Retired
• Passing Of Former NPS Archeologist George Cattanach
• NPS Updates "Strategies for Protecting Archeological Sites on Private Lands"
• Man Sentenced To Jail For Petroglyph Defacement
• Society for American Archeology Commends Federal Wildland Fire Fighters
• NPS Sessions at the Association for African American Museums
• Trail Of Tears Teachers Workshop Held
• Koosharem Band Of Paiutes Renew Ancestral Ties with Capitol Reef National Park Lands
• Special Issue of the SAA Bulletin Available
• New Director of ICOMOS
• Presidio Trust Offers Training on Cultural Resource Interpretation
• Projects in Parks: Projects in Parks is taking a break this month

July 2011

• Archeologist Named Superintendent of Klondike Gold Rush NHP, Seattle
• Passing of Ethnobotanist Richard Yarnell
• Workshop at Palo Alto Battlefield NHP Emphasizes Teaching with Artifacts
• NPS Offers Opportunities to Retired Archeologists
• Kingsley Plantation Hosts Archeology Workshop
• Great Sioux Nation Holds Treaty Conference at Fort Laramie NHS
• Researchers use 3D Technology to Study History at Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters
• Archeology in Workshop to Engage Youth at Fort Vancouver
• Secretary Designates New National Historic Landmarks
• New Archeologist ACHP Council Member Appointed
• Projects in Parks: Projects in Parks is taking a break this month

June 2011

• NPS Archeologist Mourns the Passing of Lewis Binford
• James "Doc" Price Has Retired
• Passing Of Carla Martin
• Archeological Workshop Attendees Investigate Earthworks at Palo Alto Battlefield NHP
• Death Valley Cultural Site Assessments
• Significant Archeological Discoveries Made In White Sands National Monument
• Gunaaxóo Kwaan Hold Historic Event At Dry Bay, Glacier Bay National Preserve
• Big Hole National Battlefield Camp Connects Youth to Tribal Culture and Battlefield History
• Kids Colonial Camp Held at Kings Mountain National Military Park
• Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve Receives Cultural Resource Award
• Pu'uhonua o Honaunau National Historical Park Celebrates its 50th Anniversary
• Historic Museum at Tuzigoot National Monument Reopens with New Exhibits
• Japan's Public TV to Feature Manzanar National Historic Site Gardens
• Landmarks Committee Recommends the Carrizo Plain Archeological District as a Potential NHL
• Archaeological Survey Technologies, Data Integration, and Applications Workshop and Seminar
• NPS NAGPRA Workshop in Intermountain Region Open for Registration
• National NAGPRA Webinar Offered
• NPS Offers "Effective Oral History" Course
• 2011 Summer Speaker Series at Fort Vancouver National Historic Site
• Civil War Commemorations
• Projects in Parks: The History of the Spring Enclosure, Fort Davis National Historic Site

May 2011

• NPS Archeologist William Hunt Retires
• Passing of Herbert Anungazuk
• Olympic NP Archeologist Honored by Washington State After Retiring
• Kendrick New Regional Archeologist for NPS Northeast Region
• NPS Archeologist Honored at Regional Conference
• Volunteers Needed for Archeology Project in San Francisco
• EPA Releases Native American Consultation Policy
• Micro Grants Offered For Modern-Day Mather Hikes
• August is Archeology Month at the National Register of Historic Places
• Civil War Commemorations
• Projects in Parks: Projects in Parks is taking a break this month. It will be back in June

April 2011

• NPS Archeology Program Website has a New Front Page
• NPS Awards Cotter Award to Douglas Wilson
• Special Agent Todd Swain Represents U.S. at International Conference
• NPS Archeologist Attends Training in Mexico
• Passing of Lewis Roberts Binford
• Junior Ranger Day at Historic Jamestowne
• NPS Archeology Program Updates Distance Learning Courses on Interpreting Archeology
• Man Sentenced for Vandalism to Important Petroglyph
• Hiker Pleads Guilty To ARPA Violation
• FCC Offers Training on Historic Preservation Compliance
• 2011 Pecos Conference
• The Archaeology Channel Offers News Stories
• Civil War Commemorations
• Projects in Parks: Thomas Cresap and Maryland's Colonial Frontier

March 2011

• Archeology Program Website has New Front Page
• Important Taino Petroglyph Discovered
• Natchez Trace Parkway repatriates to Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma
• Cultural Resources at the George Wright Society Meeting
• NPS Vanishing Treasures Superintendents Honor Toothman
• 3-D Film Comes to the NPS!
• New State Pages on NPS Website
• Rosie Pepito to Head Grand Canyon-Parashant NM
• Crow Canyon Archaeology Center Partners with Mesa Verde NP on Pottery Analysis
• Northeastern Native American Stonework Given Recognition in Film
• Professor Pleads Guilty in Artifacts Case
• Durango Artifacts Dealer Pleads Guilty in Trafficking Case
• Project Archaeology: Investigating Shelter -Archaeology of the Colonial Chesapeake
• New Archeology E-Gram Feature: Civil War Commemorations
• Projects in Parks: Surveillance and Control on a Plantation Landscape

February 2011

• The Archeology Program Celebrates African American History Month
• Grand Canyon National Park Celebrates Archeology Day
• Federal-Private Partnership Funds Historic Preservation and Conservation
• DOI Issues Scientific Integrity Policy
• NPS Seeking Archeology Program Manager
• FLETC Offers ARPA Training
• Upcoming NPS National NAGPRA Program webinars
• Resource Advisor Training
• Projects in Parks: Making Prehistoric Music: Musical Instruments from Ancestral Puebloan Sites

January 2011

• NPS Archeology Program Releases 2004-2007 Report on Federal Archeology
• NPS Archeologist Virgil Noble wins Ruppé Service Award from Society for Historical Archaeology
• Archeologist to Speak in NPS "Climate Change in America's National Parks" Webinar
• Former Chairman of Advisory Council on Historic Preservation Wins Archeology Award
• NPS Northeast Museum Services Center Offers Archeology Blog
• Archives Research Project Pays Off
• 2011 NPS Park NAGPRA Intern Projects Selected
• Fort Vancouver NHS Offers 2011 Artifact Calendar
• NPS Recruiting for Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER) Teams
• Visitor Caught Collecting Artifacts in Fort Bowie NHS
• Man Sentenced in Two Year Cultural Resources Sting
• NPS to Offer Oral History Training
• Summer Jobs with NPS HABS/HAER/HALS
• Projects in Parks: Historic Preservation and Resource Documentation at the Abó Painted Rocks Site

December 2010

• Rodman Cannon Mounted At Fort Jefferson, Dry Tortugas NP
• Indigenous Cultural Landscapes, Trail Planning, and Land Conservation in the Chesapeake Bay
• NPS Intermountain Region Offers Resource Advising Training
• National Park Service's 2011 Archeological Prospection Workshop
• New Conserve O Gram technical leaflets
• Student Loan Repayment Program Available to NPS Archeologists
• Message from Editorial and Production Staff of Archeology E-Gram
• Projects in Parks: List of 2010 PiP Reports

November 2010

• Students Excavate Ancestral Cherokee House
• Archeological Investigation Underway At Fort Mason
• Man Sentenced For ARPA Violation
• Cultural Resources Stolen from NPS sites are Recovered
• National Historic Landmarks Committee Recommends Two Archeological Sites
• Call for Papers for Park Science Volume on Wilderness
• Exploring the Past: Archeology in the Upper Mississippi River Valley
• National Trust for Historic Preservation has issued a major new report
• National Trust for Historic Preservation Launches Cultural Heritage Tourism Survival Toolkit
• The Archaeology Channel Interviews Tom King on NHPA and NEPA
• UNESCO approves a World Heritage Thematic Program on Prehistory
• Projects in Parks: An Ancestral Puebloan Community in Morefield Canyon, Mesa Verde National Park

October 2010

• New Date Set for Federal Archeology Program Data Call
• Archeological Excavations at Boston National Historic Park
• Archeological Collections Management Team, Northeast Museum Services Center has Stellar Year
• NPSArcheology Twitter Feed
• Role for Archeology in NPS Response to Climate Change
• New Website for the Chaco Digital Initiative
• NPS Announces Appleman-Judd-Lewis Awards
• NPS Announces 393rd Park: River Raisin National Battlefield in Monroe, Michigan
• Apply Now to Become a Preserve America Steward
• Archeology Events at the American Anthropological Association
• NHPA Section 106 Training Offered
• NEH Grant Competition
• Projects in Parks: Projects in Parks is taking a break this month

September 2010

• Back to School with Archeology!
• Alaska High Students Participate in Dig in Bering Land Bridge National Preserve
• David Yubeta Announces Retirement
• NPS National Register of Historic Places Celebrates Archeology Month
• Sauk-Suiattle Tribe Retraces Ancient Travel Route
• NPS Awards $2.1 million for Civil War Battlefields
• NPS Awards $1.3 Million in Preserve America Grants Projects in 16 States
• NTHP Report on Section 106 Released
• ARPA Cases in South Dakota Completed
• Archeologists Assessing Damage to a 1,000 Year Old Petroglyph in Northern Arizona
• 100th Anniversary of the Big Burn
• Projects in Parks: The Ceramics Assemblage from the Kingsley Plantation Slave Quarters

August 2010

• NPS “Archeology for Kids” Webpage Chosen as Site of the Month on Kids.gov
• New NPS Archeology Resource Manual Module
• Independence NHP Archeology Lab Designated Preserve America Steward
• Cultural Resource Survey Conducted At International Site in Maine
• NPS Crews Work Together To Repair Historic Site in Hawaii
• Slave Quarters Discovered at Monocacy National Battlefield
• Looter Caught at Chickamauga and Chattanooga NMP
• Chimney Rock National Monument Act Bill in Senate
• Army Corps of Engineers Veterans Curation Program Funding Proposal in House
• National Park Foundation Offers Impact Grants
• National Register/National Historic Landmark Workshop for Archeologists
• NPS to Offer Archeology Interpretation Workshop
• NPS Offers Training in Recording Oral Histories
• Advisory Council on Historic Preservation publishes Guide on Section 106
• Projects in Parks: Tree Ring Dating at Mesa Verde National Park

July 2010

• NPS Director’s Award for Natural Resources Given to Archeologist
• Archeologist Eric Brunnemann Selected As Superintendent of Badlands National Park
• Archeologists Find Washington’s Dining Hall at Valley Forge National Historic Site
• Archeological Excavations at Fort Raleigh National Historic Site
• New Exhibits Tell Native American Story of Glacier National Park
• Two Sentenced for Looting
• NPS Special Agent Reports on Agency Museum Theft
• Big Hole National Monument is 100 Years Old
• Volunteers needed for Archeology Event at Yosemite National Park
• USFS to Offer Archeological Violation Investigation Training
• ARPA Grants Available
• $1.2 million in 25 NPS Grants Awarded to Preserve Battlefields
• Newberry Library in Chicago Releases "Atlas of Historical County Boundaries"
• Projects in Parks: A New Vázquez de Coronado Site at El Morro National Monument

June 2010

• Stephanie Toothman Named NPS Associate Director, Cultural Resources
• Milford Wayne Donaldson New Chairman of Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
• Stephanie Meeks New President of the National Trust for Historic Preservation
• What's that in the sky? Is it a bird? A plane? No - It's an Archeologist!
• Nominations Solicited for the 2009 Appleman-Judd-Lewis Award
• Archeology Students Document Immigrant Trails
• Volunteers Needed for Archeology Project at Valley Forge NHP
• Cultural Objects Returned to National Park of American Samoa after Tsunami
• Defense Department Legacy Management Program Competition Open
• NPS Develops Oral History Directory
• Volunteers Help Reestablish Minute Man NHP Cultural Landscape
• New Noncompetitive Hiring Authority in Place
• FLETC to Offer Training in Archeological Resource Protection
• Projects in Parks: Projects in Parks is taking a break this month. We hope to bring you a new report in July

May 2010

• DOI Archeologists Work to Protect Sites During Oil Spill Response
• 2010 Wildland Fire Season Outlook: A Call to NPS Archeologists
• NPS Archeology Program Celebrates National Oceans Month
• Two Sentenced for Looting Yakama Nation Cultural Site
• DOI Secretary Approves Cape Wind Energy Project
• Registration Open for 2010 Pecos Conference
• CRM Journal Features Interview with Hester Davis
• NASA Offers Remote Sensing Training for Archeologists
• 2010 Biennial Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Units (CESU) Network National Meeting
• BOR Releases Film about Looting of Military Cemetery
• Federal Publications: Kingsley Plantation Ethnohistorical Study
• Projects in Parks: Archeology in Alaska Park Science

April 2010

• Two Join NPS Intermountain Region Archeology Program
• Lauren Meyer Joins NPS Intermountain Region Vanishing Treasures Program
• Two Convicted for ARPA Violations
• Native American Petroglyphs Vandalized
• NPS Archeologists Meet at the Society for American Archaeology Meeting
• Archeological Survey of Palo Alto BNHP
• Archeological Exhibits Bring Story of Pueblo in Grand Canyon NP to Life
• NPS Public Engagement in Science and History
• Fort Vancouver NHS Offers Historic Archeology Field School
• ACHP Preparing Principles on Tribal Consultation
• Apply Now to Become a Preserve America Steward
• Army Corps of Engineers Opens Veterans Curation Program Archeology Laboratories
• Projects in Parks: Exploring the Fire and Archeology Interface

March 2010

• Death of NPS Special Agent Susan Morton
• Lloyd Chapman to Retire
• Jeffrey Durbin Named as NPS WASO NHPA Section 106 Compliance Manager
• NPS Archeology WASO Welcomes Intern
• NPS Archeology Program Develops New Web Page
• Exposed Artillery Shell exposes Gateway’s Past
• Final NAGPRA Reserved Regulation Published
• Lake Mead NRA Offers Training in Underwater Cultural Resources ARPA Damage Assessments
• Save America’s Treasures Grant Applications Available
• 2010 PIT Projects Announced
• National Lab Day is Opportunity for Archeology
• Report on World Cultural Heritage Available
• Federal Reports: Where We Found a Whale: A History of Lake Clark National Park and Preserve
• Projects in Parks: Revelation in the Woods: Undocumented Cemeteries in Hot Springs National Park

February 2010

• David Conlin Named Chief of Submerged Resources Center
• Archeological Masonry Expert Retires
• Sitka NHP Celebrates 100th Anniversary
• NPS Assists USFS in Petroglyph Theft Case
• NPS Adopts Spatial Data Standards
• NPS Fire and Aviation Program and Archeology Program Cooperate over Archeological Resource Protection
• USGS Ecologist Reports on Efforts to Protect Archeology through Restoration at Bandelier NM
• Archeology Event Held at Kingsley Plantation
• Petroglyphs Protected in Nine Mile Canyon, Utah
• SAA Archaeological Record now Available on the Web
• Archeology and Cultural Resources Federal Jobs
• NPI Offers NAGPRA Training for NPS National NAGPRA Program
• DoD Cultural Resources UPDATE Newsletter is seeking articles and/or briefs
• Projects in Parks: Meeting at Headquarters: Public Archeology at Valley Forge

January 2010

• Pueblo Students Participate in Field Study in Chaco Culture NHP
• Northwest Arctic Heritage Center Community Opening
• George Wright Forum Focuses on NPS Ethnography
• Illinois Man Convicted of ARPA Violation
• DOI Office of Inspector General Issues Report on Interior Department Museum Collections
• NPS Park NAGPRA Program Announces Intern Projects
• NPS Archeology Program Announces Two Archeology Positions in WASO
• NPS and FLETC Offer Archeological Resources Protection Training
• University of Wyoming/NPS Research Center Offers Grants
• Summer Jobs with NPS HABS/HAER/HALS
• BLM Seeks Partner for Archeological Fieldwork
• Federal Archeology Publications
• Message from Editorial and Production Staff of Archeology E-Gram
• Projects in Parks: NPS Investigates Sunken Ships in Isle Royale NP

December 2009

• Janet Snyder Matthews Leaving NPS
• Carol Shull Interim Keeper of the National Register of Historic Places
• Exhibit on Lenape Indians opens at Ellis Island NM
• Sitka NP to sponsor Conference
• Save America’s Treasures Grant Program Announces $9.5 Million in Awards
• President Obama Establishes Federal Consultation Accountability
• Maryland Archaeological Conservation Laboratory Launches Archeobotanical Webpage
• NPS Offers Training on NRHP and NHL Program at SHA Conference
• NPS and State Historical Society of North Dakota Offer Archeological Prospection Workshop
• National Preservation Institute Offers Training
• NPS and FLETC to Offer ARPA Training at Volcanoes NP
• Federal Archeology Publications
• Message from Editorial and Production Staff of Archeology E-Gram
• Projects in Parks: List of all PiP Reports

November 2009

• Rick Kendall Named Superintendent of Saint-Gaudens
• NPS Announces Winners of the 2008 Appleman-Judd-Lewis Awards
• PAST Gives Award to Retired NPS Archeologist
• Archeology E-Gram Launches New E-Gram Feature
• NPS Solicits Data for Secretary’s Report to Congress on the Federal Archeology Program
• NPS develops Toolkit for NHPA Section 106 Nationwide Programmatic Agreement
• Receive Credit for Module 440 in DOI Learn
• Archeology Open House for Minute Man NHP 50th Anniversary
• NPS Offers Glass Bottle Workshop During Massachusetts Archeology Month
• DOS Announces New Web Site for the Cultural Heritage Center
• History Program Posts Archeology Reports
• National Preservation Institute Offers NHPA Section 106 Training
• SHA Offers NHPA Section 106 Training at 2010 Conference
• Projects in Parks: The Listing of Outlaw Treachery (LOOT) Clearinghouse

October 2009

• Michele Aubry to Retire
• Perry Wheelock Named Chief of Cultural Resources for NPS National Capital Region
• NPS Archeology Program Announces Expanded Web Pages on Submerged Resources
• NPS Archeology Program Creates New Webpage about America's Best Idea
• Remains of Soldier Killed At Antietam Interred in New York
• NPS Archeologist at Society for Hawaiian Archeology Meeting
• Man Punished for Illegal Excavations at Joshua NP
• Native American Artifacts and Human Remains Returned After ARPA Conviction
• Project Proposals for Park NAGPRA Internship Program Sought
• Preserve America Stewards Program Emphasizes Archeological Stewardship
• George Wright Society Redesigns Web Site
• NPS Social Science Program Launches Focus Group Resources Web Site
• Projects in Parks: Supporting Community Archeology: The Golovin Heritage Field School

September 2009

• John Jarvis Confirmed as new Director of NPS
• National Park Service Chief Archeologist Retiring
• Project Archaeology: Reaching the Next Generation
• Scholarship to Study Coastal Climate Change Available to Native Americans
• Written in Bone: Forensic Files of the 17th Century Chesapeake
• Archeology Events at the 2009 American Anthropological Association Meetings in Philadelphia
• Film Collection Added to UNESCO’s Memory of the World Register
• Projects in Parks: Fort Washington Park Yields Unusual Find

August 2009

• David Morgan to be Director of NPS Southeast Archeological Center
• Jennifer Pederson Weinberger to be Superintendent at Hopewell Culture NHP
• NPS National Capital Region Curator Pam West To Retire
• Salinas Pueblo Celebrates National Monument Centennial
• Two Men Caught Digging For Artifacts In Gettysburg NMP
• NPS Archeology Program (WASO) Seeks Two Archeologists
• Albright Wirth Grant Applications Available
• NPS and BLM Offer Archeology Interpretation Training
• History Program Posts Archeology Reports
• National Register Highlights Archeology During August
• Projects in Parks: The French Along the Northeast Coast—1604-1607

July 2009

• Archeologist George Smith Retires from the NPS
• NPS Archeology Program Updates SRC Web Pages
• Oregon Caves National Monument and Zion National Park Celebrate Centennials
• Effigy Mounds NM Featured in Iowa Archeology Month Poster
• Archeology Day at Kingsley Plantation
• NPS Announces 2009 Battlefield Preservation Project Grants
• NAGPRA Training Offered
• Sarah Davis-Reynolds New Chief of NPS Law Enforcement Operations
• NPS and Girls Scouts Develop a Park Resource Stewardship Program
• Projects in Parks: Documenting Native American Monuments at Effigy Mounds National Monument

June 2009

• NPS Archeologist receives Department of the Interior Superior Service Award
• NPS Archeologist Terry Childs Moves to DOI
• NPS Archeology and Ethnography Programs Welcome Summer Interns
• NPS Archeologist is Key Speaker at Washington State Curation Summit
• Federal Agents Bust Looting Ring
• Colorado Springs Man Convicted on ARPA Charges
• Husband and Wife Sentenced on ARPA Charges
• Archeology Course Held For Trail Builders
• NAGPRA Training
• Projects in Parks: Projects in Parks Needs You!

May 2009

• Registration Open for Pecos Conference
• Katherine Slick Named New Executive Director of US/ICOMOS
• Nominations Open for the NPS Appleman-Judd-Lewis Award
• FLETC Archeological Resources Protection Training
• Badlands NP Program with Pine Ridge Reservation Rockyford School Students
• Place and Native Voice Website Launched
• James Marston Fitch Charitable Foundation Grants Available
• National Historic Landmarks Grant Program
• New PBS Television Series Focuses on Archeology
• Projects in Parks: Projects in Parks Needs You!

April 2009

• Susan Bender Leaves NPS
• Steve Adams Named NPS Midwest Region Cultural Resources Assistant Regional Director
• NPS Submerged Resource Center Moves
• Live Civil War Artillery Shell Found and Removed from Petersburg NB
• Carol Shull in Washington Post
• UNESCO World Digital Library Launched
• BLM Produces Film on Southwest Indians
• Archeology Internship at Grand Canyon NP
• Projects in Parks: Archeological Stewardship in National Parks: “It Takes a Village”

March 2009

• Grand Canyon NPs Hosts Archeology Day
• Railroad Pays Penalty in ARPA Case
• SHA's Cotter Award for NCPTT Grant Research
• Archeological Sites Lost as Erosion Doubles along Part of Alaska’s Coast
• Book about Pipes at Fort Union NHS
• ICE and CBP return pre-Columbian Artifacts to Peruvian Government
• HUD Develops Section 106 Agreements Database
• Projects in Parks: Archeological Investigations at Ulysses S. Grant NHS

February 2009

• "Managing Archeological Collections" Linked to DOI Learn
• 1998-2003 Secretary’s Report to Congress on the Federal Archeology Program Available
• Navajo National Monument and Olympic National Park to Celebrate Centennials
• Three Archeological National Historic Landmarks Designated
• ACHP Releases “A Report on Federal Historic Property Management”
• NPS Sponsors Archeological Research at Elkhorn/Ebert Ranch
• NPS Sponsors Archeological Research at Cape Krusenstern NM
• Two South Dakota Men Indicted on Charges of Violating ARPA
• Archaeology Magazine Reports on Drugs and Looting
• FLETC Offering Archeological Resource Protection Training
• Summer Anthropology Program at National Museum of Natural History
• NPS Uses New Technology to Record USS Arizona Memorial
• Projects in Parks: Reporting on Federal Archeology

January 2009

• Civil War Soldier's Remains Discovered
• NCPTT Grant for Aerial Thermal Infrared Research Yields Results
• Program Director needed for Archaeological and Historic Preservation Program, National Training Institute for the Preservation of Iraqi Cultural Heritage
• George Wright Society Biannual Conference
• Man Sentenced in ARPA Case
• Paul Hartwig Retires
• ARPA Violator Pardoned by Bush
• Projects in Parks: Documenting Tipi Rings along the Bad Pass Trail, Bighorn Canyon NRA

December 2008

• 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

• 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 III

October 2008

• 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 II

September 2008

• 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 I

August 2008

• 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: The Archeology of Sixteenth-Century Cross-Cultural Encounters in Point Reyes National Seashore

July 2008

• 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

• 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: Politics of the Fur Trade: Clay Tobacco Pipes at Fort Union, North Dakota

May 2008

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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 National Military Park, South Carolina

May 2007

• 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: "Wake Nicodemus:" African American Settlement on the Plains of Kansas

April 2007

• 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

• 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 NHS

February 2007

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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: Underwater Survey at Colonial NHP

June 2006

• 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

• 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

• 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 Culture NHP and University of Virginia collaborate on the Chaco Digital Initiative

March 2006

• 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: Brooks River Cutbank Project

February 2006

• 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

• 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: Katmai NP&P Archeologists Excavate Alagnak Village

December 2005

• 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

• 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

• 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: Sitka National Historical Park Survey

September 2005

• 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

• 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

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

June 2005

• 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

• 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

• 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

• "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

• 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

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

December 2004

• 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

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

July 2004

• 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

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

March 2004

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