Thursday - September 11, 2025
Archaeology Tipoffs from TNS Newsletter for Tuesday June 11, 2024 ( 3 items )  

National Park Service Issues Notice of Intended Repatriation Involving University of Michigan
WASHINGTON, June 11 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service has issued a notice, published in the Federal Register on June 11, 2024, entitled "Intended Repatriation: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI." 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 Michigan intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the defi  more

National Park Service Issues Notice of Inventory Completion Involving Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology, Harvard University
WASHINGTON, June 11 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service has issued a notice, published in the Federal Register on June 11, 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, H  more

UTC Researcher Part of International Team Awarded $1.5 Million in Funding to Identify Underwater Indigenous Sites in Gulf of Mexico
CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee, June 11 (TNSres) -- The University of Tennessee's Chattanooga Campus issued the following news: A University of Tennessee at Chattanooga associate professor of anthropology and archaeology is literally charting new waters. Dr. Morgan Smith is one of five principal investigators on an international research team recently awarded a $1,497,512 cooperative agreement from the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) for the study titled "Reevaluating BOEM's Guidelines for Id  more