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Archaeology Tipoffs from TNS Newsletter for Friday May 03, 2024 ( 8 items )  

BLM Intends to Prepare Resource Management Plan Amendment With Associated Environmental Assessment for Non-Competitive Direct Sale of Public Lands in Washakie County, Wyo.
WASHINGTON, May 2 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management has issued a notice, published in the Federal Register on May 2, 2024, entitled "Intent to Amend the Worland Resource Management Plan and Prepare an Associated Environmental Assessment; Realty Action: Proposed Non-Competitive Direct Sale of 1.0 Acre of Public Lands in Washakie County, Wyoming." The notice was issued by Andrew Archuleta, State Director, BLM Wyoming. COMMENT DEADLINE: June 17, 2024 * * * SUMMARY  more

Columbia: Truman Scholars, NSF Fellowships, National Academy of Sciences Elections, WNBA Draft, and More
NEW YORK, May 3 -- Columbia University issued the following news: Columbia News produces a monthly newsletter (subscribe here!) and article series featuring a roundup of awards and milestones that Columbia faculty, staff, and students have received in recent days. In this edition, you'll find awards and milestones from March 21 to May 1, 2024. If you have an accomplishment you'd like to be considered for inclusion, please email newsteam@columbia.edu with your name, title, school, department,   more

History Colorado Presents New Exhibition Highlighting All-Black Debutante Club in the Mile High City
DENVER, Colorado, May 3 -- The History Colorado issued the following news release on May 2, 2024: On May 10, 2024, the History Colorado Center will open a new mezzanine exhibition, Owl Club of Denver: Legacies of Excellence, which explores the rich traditions of a prominent all-Black debutante cotillion club in the Mile High City. Built from oral histories, and featuring a remarkable collection of photographs, Owl Club of Denver: Legacies of Excellence, recounts the rarely told history of debut  more

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Appoints Anastasia Christophilopoulou as George D. and Margo Behrakis Chair, Art of Ancient Greece and Rome
BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 3 -- The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston issued the following news release on May 2, 2024: The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA), announced today the appointment of Anastasia Christophilopoulou as the George D. and Margo Behrakis Chair, Art of Ancient Greece and Rome. Christophilopoulou comes to the MFA from the University of Cambridge, where she currently serves as the Senior Curator of the Ancient Mediterranean at the Fitzwilliam Museum. A classical archaeologist and   more

National Park Service Issues Decision Under Native American Graves Protection Act Involving Ormsby County, Nev.
WASHINGTON, May 2 -- The U.S. Department of Interior National Park Service has issued a notice, published in the Federal Register on May 1, 2024, entitled "Inventory Completion: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA." The notice was issued by Melanie O'Brien, Manager, National NAGPRA Program. * * * SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard U  more

National Park Service Issues Decision Under Native American Graves Protection Act Involving Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology, Cambridge, Mass.
WASHINGTON, May 2 -- The U.S. Department of Interior National Park Service has issued a notice, published in the Federal Register on May 1, 2024, entitled "Inventory Completion: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA." The notice was issued by Melanie O'Brien, Manager, National NAGPRA Program. * * * SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard U  more

National Park Service Issues Decision Under Native American Graves Protection Act Involving University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, Wis.
WASHINGTON, May 2 -- The U.S. Department of Interior National Park Service has issued a notice, published in the Federal Register on May 1, 2024, entitled "Inventory Completion: University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, Oshkosh, WI." The notice was issued by Melanie O'Brien, Manager, National NAGPRA Program. * * * SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh has completed an inventory of human remains and associat  more

UMaine Archaeologist Elected to National Academy of Sciences
ORONO, Maine, May 3 -- The University of Maine issued the following news release: In the fall, students enrolled in the course "Introduction to Anthropology: Human Origins and Prehistory" will be taught by a world-renowned archaeologist who recently received one of the highest honors a scientist can achieve. Longtime University of Maine professor Daniel H. Sandweiss was elected to the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) on April 30. Membership to the organization of leading researchers recogni  more