Historians in Action: Historical Research and Enhanced Interpretation at Chiricahua National Monument and Fort Bowie National Historic Site

Summary

This is an abstract from the "Partners at Work: Promoting Archaeology and Collaboration in the Chiricahua Mountains" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

Nestled in the heart of the Chiricahua Mountains in southeastern Arizona, Chiricahua National Monument (CHIR) and Fort Bowie National Historic Site (FOBO) protect, preserve, and interpret the complex histories of human interaction with the landscape and the resulting conflict that erupted between indigenous residents of the region and various colonial powers that settled the region. Interpreting these wide ranging, complex, and at times painful narratives falls on the shoulders of National Park Service rangers and historians. Given the numerous roles played by NPS rangers, volunteer or contract research historians can play a critical role in assisting NPS staff by providing much-needed primary historical research and contextualization of the competing narratives at CHIR and FOBO thereby enhancing interpretive efforts at both sites. Historians in Action chronicles the work of several history and museum studies students from the University of New Mexico and their contributions focused on the interpretation of human habitation and interaction at both parks.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Partners at Work: Promoting Archaeology and Collaboration in the Chiricahua Mountains   •
• Society for American Archaeology 84th Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, NM (2019)

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Abstract Id(s): 24365