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Archaeology Tipoffs from TNS Newsletter for Tuesday November 26, 2024 ( 4 items )  

Australian Academy of Science: Brian and Dianne Anderson Establish New Medal for Information and Communications Technology
CANBERRA, Australia, Nov. 26 -- The Australian Academy of Science issued the following news release: The Australian Academy of Science is celebrating a generous donation from Professor Brian Anderson AC FAA FTSE FRS and Dianne Anderson AM, who have established the Brian Anderson Medal for Information and Communications Technology (ICT). This new award will honour the outstanding achievements of early-career researchers who are engaged in high-quality ICT research, underscoring the importance o  more

Autonomous University of Barcelona: Focaccia - a Neolithic Culinary Tradition Dating Back 9,000 Years Ago
BARCELONA, Spain, Nov. 26 (TNSres) -- The Autonomous University of Barcelona issued the following news: * * * A study led by researchers from the UAB and the University La Sapienza in Rome indicates that during the Late Neolithic, between 7000 and 5000 BCE, the fully agricultural communities in the Fertile Crescent region of the Near East, developed a complex culinary tradition that included the baking of large loaves of bread and "focaccias" with different flavours on special trays known to a  more

National Park Service to Repatriate Native American Human Remains to Pueblo of Tesuque, New Mexico
WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service has determined that Native American human remains held by the Harvard University Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology that were originally collected from the University of New Mexico, Bernalillo County, should be returned to the Pueblo of Tesuque as part of a federal repatriation program, according to a notice published in the Federal Register on Nov. 14, 2024. Notice of Inventory Completion: Peabody Museum   more

University of Exeter: Historical Analysis Helps to Re-Date a King's Tribute to His Late English Queen
EXETER, England, Nov. 26 (TNSres) -- The University of Exeter issued the following news: A historical document written by one of early medieval Europe's most important rulers to his beloved English queen has been re-dated following analysis by an Exeter historian. The testimony of King Otto I of Germany, in which he donates a large estate to his church in Fallersleben for the "salvation of the soul" of his Queen Edith, has, for more than a century been thought to be dated A.D. 942. But this d  more