WASHINGTON, April 17 -- The U.S. State Department issued the following news release on April 16, 2024: Today in Washington, D.C., Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs Lee Satterfield met with the People's Republic of China Vice Minister of Culture and Tourism Li Qun to discuss the recently extended U.S.-PRC cultural property agreement and associated goals of protecting heritage, promoting exchanges of experts in the fields of archaeology and cultural heritage, and i  more

GOLD COAST, Australia, April 18 (TNSres) -- Griffith University issued the following news: Recent strides in interdisciplinary archaeological research in Arabia have unveiled new insights into the evolution and historical development of regional human populations, as well as the dynamic patterns of cultural change, migration, and adaptation to environmental fluctuations. Despite the challenges posed by limited preservation of archaeological assemblages and organic remains in arid environments  more

LONDON, England, April 18 -- The Journal of Field Archaeology, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features analyses of archaeological data from excavations, surveys and laboratory research, published research articles on the following topics in its Vol. 49, Issue 4 edition: Articles: * Objects of Visual Representation and Local Cultural Idioms * Unraveling the Mongolian Arc: a Field Survey and Spatial Investigation of a Previously Unexplored Wall System in Eastern Mongolia * The Final Bro  more

LONDON, England, April 18 -- The Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, a journal that says it features history, archaeology, literature, language, religion and art on South Asia, Middle East (together with North Africa and Ethiopia), Central Asia, East Asia and South-East Asia from the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, published research articles on the following topics in its April 2024 edition (Vol. 34, Issue 2): Article: * The Naqshbandiyya Mujaddidiyya in China * Compar  more

TUCSON, Arizona, April 18 -- The University of Arizona issued the following news release: By Nick Prevenas, University Communications The University of Arizona is a world leader in more than three dozen academic disciplines, according to the 2024 edition of the QS World University Rankings by Subject. Released April 10 by global higher education analyst Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), the rankings provide independent comparative analysis on the performance of more than 16,000 individual programs a  more

LAWRENCE, Kansas, April 18 (TNSres) -- The University of Kansas issued the following news: A book co-edited by a University of Kansas scholar that collects the experiences and know-how of younger Indigenous archaeologists, titled "Indigenizing Archaeology: Putting Theory into Practice," is newly published by the University Press of Florida. Carlton Shield Chief Gover, acting assistant professor of anthropology and acting assistant curator of archaeology at KU, conceived and co-edited the new   more

COLUMBIA, Missouri, April 18 (TNSres) -- The University of Missouri issued the following news release: Last week, more than 500 University of Missouri students and postdoctoral fellows presented their research and creative activity during Show Me Research Week April 8-12. The week, which celebrates Mizzou students as creators, innovators, problem solvers and thinkers, culminated with an Award and Recognition Ceremony held at the Bond Life Sciences Center. The following students were recognized  more