Entries by RCAS

Beloit Daily News Article 2/5/2011

Archaeologist Steve Lekson said ancient people of
the Southwest migrated, fought and had political
systems similar to other parts of the historic
world, Lekson gave a lecture titled “The Rhythm
of Regional Interaction in the Ancient Southwest”
at Beloit College on Friday evening after accepting
the 2011 Roy Chapman Andrews Society
Distinguished Explorer Award………….

Report from the Field – Stephen H. Lekson

The last three years saw the University of Colorado working at three very different Southwestern sites: Pinnacle Ruin, a Mesa Verde migration village in central New Mexico in 2008; Chimney Rock, a spectacular Chaco “outlier” in southwestern Colorado in 2009; and Black Mountain, a huge adobe pueblo possibly linking Mimbres and Casas Grandes in southernmost […]

News Article: Sylvia Earle

One of the world’s leading ocean explorers,  Sylvia Earle received the 2010 Roy Chapman Andrews Distinguished Explorer award Friday, February 5, at Eaton Chapel on the Beloit College campus. Her acceptance lecture, “Exploring the Deep Frontier” emphasized the fragile nature of the ocean which serves as a life support system for us all. Dr. Earle’s […]

A Letter to Roy Chapman Andrews

A Letter to Roy Chapman Andrews Reprinted from Art Thoughts and Remembrances Blog: “As some of you might know, my company 33Delivered has partnered with the American Museum of Natural History to help lead their digital strategy and the implementation of their future digital presence. One day, deep in the library archives we came across […]