Category Archives: social media
Rock Art Vandals Strike Again (and Again) in American Southwest
In December 2010, I focused on a particularly alarming example of cultural heritage destruction striking rock art sites across the American Southwest (“Graffiti Vandals Hit Rock Art Sites in American Southwest”). Two archaeological and natural sites — Agua Fria National … Continue reading
Tweets Digitally Archived at Library of Congress
The mission statement of the Library of Congress reads: “The Library’s mission is to make its resources available and useful to the Congress and the American people and to sustain and preserve a universal collection of knowledge and creativity for future … Continue reading
Cultural Heritage Versus Commerce
A March 2010 article in the New York Times, “When Scholarship and Tribal Heritage Face Off Against Commerce,” highlighted a tenuous cultural heritage situation ongoing in Oxford, Alabama, where the fate of an archaeological site remains in jeopardy because of the … Continue reading
Culture in Peril 