Wednesday - December 4, 2024
Archaeology Tipoffs from TNS Newsletter for Friday November 01, 2024 ( 5 items )  

National Park Service to Repatriate 2,739 Native American Cultural Items From University of Georgia Laboratory of Archaeology in Athens to Muscogee (Creek) Nation
WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service has issued a notice, published in the Federal Register on Oct. 30, 2024: Notice of Intended Repatriation: University of Georgia, Laboratory of Archaeology, Athens, GA SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of Georgia, Laboratory of Archaeology intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition of unassociated funerary obj  more

National Park Service to Repatriate Human Remains, 1,679 Objects From Museum of Us in San Diego to California Native American Groups
WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Servicehas issued a notice, published in the Federal Register on Oct. 30, 2024: Notice of Inventory Completion: Museum of Us, San Diego, CA SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Museum of Us has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and associat  more

National Park Service to Repatriate Native American Remains Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology at Harvard to Pueblo of San Ildefonso in New Mexico
WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service has issued a notice, published in the Federal Register on Oct. 30, 2024: Notice of Inventory Completion: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University (PMAE) has completed an inventory of human remains and has determi  more

National Park Service to Repatriate or Reinter Native American Human Remains From Wesleyan University to Mashantucket Pequot Indian Tribe or Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Connecticut
WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service has issued a notice, published in the Federal Register on Oct. 30, 2024: Notice of Proposed Transfer or Reinterment: Wesleyan University, Archaeology & Anthropology Collections, Middletown, CT SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), Wesleyan University proposes to transfer human remains listed in a notice of inventory completion published in the Federal Re  more

Revolutionizing Research: Idaho State's Rare Instrument Opens New Frontiers in Science
POCATELLO, Idaho, Nov. 1 (TNSres) -- Idaho State University issued the following news: There are three machines of its kind in the world: One is at the Louvre Museum in France, one is at Cranfield University in the United Kingdom, and one is custom built and newly installed right here on the Idaho State University Pocatello campus in the Center for Archaeology, Materials, and Applied Spectroscopy (CAMAS) Lab at the Eames Complex. Led by Dr. Charles A. Speer, principal investigator, together wi  more