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More on the Arizona State Park closings......

Posted by MojaveMeg (aka Mojave) Jan 21 '10, 14:06

Charles Adams was the Principal Investigator when I worked on the Homolovi project a few years back....

"Charles Adams, a professor of archaeology at the University of Arizona, warned that closed parks would become magnets for vandals and thieves. Adams expressed particular concern for the Homolovi Ruins, an archaeological treasure that was brought into the parks system in part to protect it from theft.

"There is great concern in the archaeological community as some of these close," Adams told the board. "They are extremely vulnerable."

We've been facing similar cuts in CA, but we don't have these kinds of treasures in our park system... (www.azcentral.com)

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is there any chance the parks can be returned to the tribes who originally lived there for conservatorship? -- nm - peglegpete Jan 21, 14:15 1
- The Hopi could, maybe, take it over, but it's actually (I think) within the Navajo reservation. That could be messy as there's already bad - MojaveMeg Jan 21, 14:18
I hope that doesn't happen, but I won't be suprised if it does. - crash davis Jan 21, 14:09 1
- And at that particular park we've gotten to know the chief ranger really well. I doubt that she'll have a job when it happens. - MojaveMeg Jan 21, 14:16

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