Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)
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Al Look discusses his days spent in the Durango, Colorado area, including his time as a homesteader near Dove Creek, his exploration of Mesa Verde’s Anasazi ruins, and his job as an advertising agent for the Durango Herald newspaper. He also talks about his knowledge of the Durango Silverton Railroad. This recording is made available via signed release by the Mesa County Oral History Project, a collaboration of Mesa County Libraries and the Museums...
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William Whatley Jr. speaks about the excavation of ancestral Native American sites in the Four Corners region and the broader Southwest. He discusses trends in archaeological methodology and thought, and archaeological discoveries that were predominant at the time of his interview in 1981 (Whatley later became the archaeologist for the Pueblo of Jemez). The interview was conducted by the Mesa County Oral History Project, a collaboration of Mesa County...
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Gilbert Wenger, a longtime archaeologist with the National Park Service and at Mesa Verde National Park, speaks about the history of Mesa Verde. His lecture was the first installment of the third annual Al Look Lecture Series at the Museum of the West in 1983. This recording is made available via signed release by the Mesa County Oral History Project, a collaboration of Mesa County Libraries and the Museums of Western Colorado.
