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Archaeology Tipoffs from TNS Newsletter for Saturday June 15, 2024 ( 6 items )  

'The Significance of the Boom and Bust of Bronze Age Mining in Wales for Scandinavia, England and Atlantic Europe'
LAMPETER, Wales, June 15 (TNSres) -- The University of Wales Trinity Saint David issued the following news: The University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies (CAWCS) held an international conference on 3-6 June 2024 that looked at Bronze Age mining and metals and the long-distance contacts between Scandinavia, Wales and beyond. The conference also helped build new frameworks for exploring implications of Bronze Age trade for maritime transport, migration, social change, and   more

National Park Service Issues Decision Under Native American Graves Protection Act Involving Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology, Cambridge, Mass.
WASHINGTON, June 15 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service has issued a notice, published in the Federal Register for June 17, 2024, entitled "Intended Repatriation: 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   more

National Park Service Issues Decision Under Native American Graves Protection Act Involving Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology, Cambridge, Mass.
WASHINGTON, June 15 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service has issued a notice, published in the Federal Register for June 17, 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 PMAE has completed an inventory of human rema  more

National Park Service Issues Notice of Intended Repatriation Involving Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology, Cambridge, Mass.
WASHINGTON, June 15 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service has issued a notice, published in the Federal Register for June 17, 2024, entitled "Intended Repatriation: 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   more

National Park Service Issues Notice of Inventory Completion Involving University of Georgia, Laboratory of Archaeology
WASHINGTON, June 15 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service has issued a notice, published in the Federal Register for June 17, 2024, entitled "Inventory Completion: University of Georgia, Laboratory of Archaeology, Athens, GA." 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 Georgia, Laboratory of Archaeology has completed   more

Yale University: Blend of Machine Learning, Botany Unlocks Secrets of Ancient Greece
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, June 14 -- Yale University issued the following news: By Mike Cummings A rising junior at Yale College, Micah Gold can pilot drones and write algorithms. He'll utilize both skills this summer in central Greece as part of a unique archaeological project. Gold is part of a research team for the Yale Ancient Pharmacology Program (YAPP), a multidisciplinary initiative that harnesses ethnography, science, and technology to uncover evidence of how people lived thousands of y  more