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Finding Collaboration and Trust Uncovering the Past

May 7, 2024 | By Admin

From the perspective of an archaeologist, the physical body of an ancient person is a gift because a body is a time capsule of the past. They lived in that space and that time, and their bodies are manifestations of what was there. We talk with archaeologist Erin Baxter, teacher and Curator of Anthropology at Denver Museum of Nature and Science, about her work unraveling the ancient southwest culture and her fascination with the archaeology of death.

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Science Moab · Finding Collaboration and Trust Uncovering the Past

Preserving Ancestral Puebloan Roads

January 6, 2023 | By Admin

A series of linear roads were built around 1000 years ago all over the four corners area, but focusing on the Chaco Canyon region. We talk with Rob Weiner – archaeologist, anthropologist, and student of religion – whose research at the University of Colorado in Boulder focuses on monumental roads that the ancestors of the Pueblo and Diné people built about 1000 years ago here on the Colorado Plateau. We talk about the significance of these architectural monuments, how they are mapped out, and why it is important to preserve them.

Perspectives of a Hopi Archaeologist

September 24, 2021 | By Admin

There are not many Indigenous archaeologists working in the southwest, partly because of a troubled past with Western archaeologists.  Lyle Balenquah would like to see that change.  Lyle is a Hopi archaeologist working on ancestral lands on the Colorado Plateau.  We speak with him about his journey into archaeology and what it means for him to be working in these sacred places.  This episode of Science Moab was sponsored by the STEM Action Grant from the Society for Science.

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Science Moab · Perspectives from a Hopi Archaeologist

Interacting with a cultural landscape

April 30, 2021 | By Admin

The Bears Ears region is a place held sacred to Native people across the Colorado Plateau. It’s also a place that has a complicated history with Western archaeologists, who at times harmed cultural sites that hold tremendous significance to Native communities. Here, we speak with R.E. Burrillo about the cultural, scientific, and natural history of the Bears Ears region and what he sees as the role of Western scientists today in supporting Indigenous-led efforts in Bears Ears.

Science Moab · Interacting with a cultural landscape

Archaeology and Desert Springs

August 18, 2019 | By Admin

Natural springs have long been centers of biodiversity and cultural significance. We speak with David Sabata who recently completed his masters degree from Northern Arizona University where he studied springs within the Grand Staircase Escalante Monument. We talk about his studies and how springs can be used to understand human settlement across the landscape.