{"id":1917,"date":"2009-11-06T15:38:28","date_gmt":"2009-11-06T20:38:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.discovermagazine.com\/collideascape\/?p=1917"},"modified":"2009-11-06T15:38:28","modified_gmt":"2009-11-06T20:38:28","slug":"when-history-identity-collide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.keithkloor.com\/?p=1917","title":{"rendered":"When History &amp; Identity Collide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> 
<a href="https://www.andrewplimmer.com/faqs/">https://www.andrewplimmer.com/faqs/</a> I recently wrote two stories for Archaeology magazine about the clash of history, science, and culture in the American Southwest. The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.archaeology.org\/0911\/etc\/insider.html\" target=\"_blank\">main piece<\/a> in the Nov\/Dec issue juxtaposes Navajo claims to famous prehistoric sites, such as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nps.gov\/chcu\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Chaco Canyon<\/a>, with new archaeological data. This latest material evidence reinforces the strong scientific consensus that the Navajo didn&#8217;t arrive in the Southwest until sometime in the 1500s.<\/p>\n<p> 
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