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Abandoned oil and gas wells threaten cultural sites

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Mar 05, 2024
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Twin Angels Great House, a Chaco outlier, in the San Juan Basin. Oil and gas infrastructure is visible in the background. Jonathan P. Thompson photo.

Archaeology Southwest, an Arizona-based nonprofit, recently released an interesting and somewhat alarming report by Paul Reed, a New Mexico preservation archaeologist, on orphaned and abandoned oil and gas…

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