Bureau of Reclamation archaeologists exhumed a cemetery near Fort Craig in New Mexico after receiving a tip that the site had been looted over the past 30 years. The article glibly refers to Dee Brecheisen, who reportedly kept the remains of a Civil War soldier he’d dug up on display in his house, as an […]

Scholars gathered to discuss possible reasons why the Ancient Puebloans packed up their homes on the Colorado Plateau and migrated south into Arizona and New Mexico. Most think a combination of drought, warfare, an increasingly complex society, and possibly a new religion prompted the move. “Over all conditions were pretty darn bad in the 1200s. […]