WASHINGTON, July 24 -- The Society for Historical Archaeology (SHA) has submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of the Interior providing recommendations on regulations that could be modified or repealed to ease burdens on the department's actions. The SHA, the largest scholarly group focused on the archaeology of the modern world, promotes research and the dissemination of knowledge concerning historical archaeology, particularly the identification, excavation, interpretation,   more

NORWICH, England, July 23 -- The University of East Anglia issued the following news: * * * UEA Professor George Lau elected Fellow of the British Academy Prof George Lau, Professor of Art and Archaeology of the Americas at the Sainsbury Research Unit (SRU), University of East Anglia, has been elected a Fellow of the British Academy - one of the highest honours in the humanities and social sciences. Prof Lau is internationally recognised for his research into the ancient cultures of the hig  more

LAWRENCE, Kansas, July 24 (TNSjou) -- The University of Kansas issued the following news: * * * Study of now-submerged migration routes redraws map of how humans settled beyond Africa A University of Kansas researcher has spent years studying "aquaterra" -- his term for regions around the world once populated by ancient humans that today are submerged under water due to sea-level changes. Jerome Dobson, KU professor emeritus of geography, believes these regions -- typically extending from co  more