Mesa Verde Voices

Latest Episodes:

Season 1 Episode 4: Ancient Corn, Modern Questions Apr 27, 2018

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How ancient corn cobs in Southwestern alcoves are helping to answer pressing modern questions about the future of agriculture. And why continuing to grow unique varieties here in the Southwest is so important.

Season 1 Episode 3: Loving the Past to Death Apr 20, 2018

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A national monument designation can bring protections to archaeological sites, but can also bring traffic. Learn about the impacts of more visitors and what you can do you protect the places you visit.

Season 1 Episode 2: What's an Anasazi? Apr 13, 2018

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It's a word with a mysterious past... because there isn't a tribe called the Anasazi, and there never was. So where did it come from? Why was it ever used? And why do a lot of people in the Southwest not want to use it anymore?

Season 1 Episode 1: The Preservation Paradox Apr 06, 2018

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The ethics of preservation, from the "discovery" of Cliff Palace to how Mesa Verde National Park maintains archaeological sites and how Pueblo people preserve sites outside of Mesa Verde National Park today.

Pilot Episode 3: Moving on Sep 01, 2017

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Archaeologist Donna Glowacki on the social, religious, and political factors that influenced the decision to leave the Mesa Verde region.

Pilot Episode 2: Corn is Life Aug 31, 2017

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Using experimental gardens and historic climate data, archaeologists are able to reconstruct ancient corn harvests, predict the size of harvests, providing new insights into how big droughts affected ancient people's food security.

Pilot Episode 1: Revealed by Fire Aug 31, 2017

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Large wildfires in recent decades threatened to destroy important archaeological sites in Mesa Verde National Park, but they also revealed previously undiscovered treasures.

Pilot Season: Intro Aug 29, 2017

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Introduction to Mesa Verde Voices Pilot Season.