The campaign began in 1954 with a so-called survey project.
The sociologist James Coleman was asked to head up the survey project.
The survey project is funded by the Australian Research Council through various grants.
It also allowed him to command the troops he needed for survey projects.
The ruins of Chaco Canyon have been known to the outside world since the 1850s, when a military survey project passed through the area.
In addition to the lectures, part 11 participants attend two days of conferences related to archaeology and undertake a short practical survey project.
"It's best to stay away from cooperative survey projects, if you want to get approval," a Chinese scholar said.
"Funny thing was, he'd hired that plane only three days ago for some sort of coastal survey project he's cooking up, so it was right there."
He spent about five years working on survey projects in the western part of Florida.
Grinnell undertook a biological survey project in 1908, which lasted 30 years and covered more than 700 locations in the state of California.