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More than scenery: National parks preserve our history and culture

  • Written by Antoinette Jackson, Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of South Florida
imageAncestral Pueblo carving at Petroglyph National Monument, New MexicoSteven C. Price/Wikipedia, CC BY-SA

On August 25, 2016, the National Park Service (NPS) will celebrate its 100th birthday. But what’s a party without people? In fact, while many Americans think of national parks as places to experience nature, they also preserve unique...

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