archaeology

A major grant from the Getty Foundation will help preserve ancient at-risk structures at Wupatki National Monument near Flagstaff. According to…

At the end of the last Ice Age roughly ten thousand years ago, hunting was a group sport. That’s because hunters in North and South America had to tackle…

Archaeologists, historians and environmentalists are joining New Mexico's congressional delegation and a coalition of Native American tribes in asking…

Visitors to a national recreation area straddling the Arizona-Utah border are being asked to stay away from a rock art site that features sheep carved…

By the turn of the 20th century, few Anglos had laid eyes on many of the Southwest’s natural wonders. Knowledge of Rainbow Bridge, Monument Valley and…

A couple years ago, a volunteer patrolling near Bluff, Utah, found a human-like figure pecked onto stone—rock art at least five times older than the…

At age 82, Brantley Baird is among the nation’s oldest ranching vaqueros. He’s roamed the five-thousand-acre Rock Art Ranch near Winslow, Arizona, since…

Throughout the Southwest, range riders camped in stone hollows for the same reason they wore broad-brimmed hats: to shelter from rain, wind, snow, and the…

Grand Canyon National Park officials held a community meeting Wednesday about the federal government shutdown. KNAU’s Ryan Heinsius reports, employees and…

Plans to expand and improve Arizona's state parks system are under review as key projects face delays and cost increases.The projects are drawing new…