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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

Reconstructing Climates of the Past

February 3, 2023 | By Admin

There has been a long history of climate transitions in the southwest and the people who have lived in this region for tens of thousands of years have dealt with this climate change through time, especially with adaptations of their food systems. We talk with Kyle Bocinsky whose specialty is paleoclimate reconstruction, and specifically, looking at how past farmers responded to climate change and negotiated the social implications of climate change in their societies. We explore the adaptation techniques that humans have used in the past, and how we can use them to learn about our future.

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Science Moab · Reconstructing Climates of the Past

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

Taming Tamarisk

September 10, 2021 | By Admin

The tamarisk beetles have been reshaping Colorado River riparian zones since the early 2000’s. Tim Graham has monitored the impacts of the tamarisk beetle, a biological or bio control that was released to reduce the amount of invasive tamarisk that occur in the waterways across the Southwest. We talk with Tim about the history of testing and releasing the tamarisk beetle, how the beetle has done with controlling tamarisk along our rivers, and why the dead tamarisk, we are now often seen serves an important ecological function for our riparian areas.

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Science Moab · Taming Tamarisk