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Archaeology Tipoffs from TNS Newsletter for Monday August 25, 2025 ( 4 items )  

Grays Harbor College John Spellman Library Completes Inventory, Confirms Affiliation With 3 Native American Tribes
WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 (TNSFR) -- The Grays Harbor College John Spellman Library at has finalized an inventory of human remains, confirming their link to three Native American tribes. The remains, representing at least six individuals, were found in a common grave during the excavation of a parking lot near the South Bay Hunt Club. The remains were given to the GHC Library by the Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation, which concluded they were Native American. The GHC Library's findi  more

Leiden University: Transgressive Behaviour Professor of Archaeology Plausible, Court Still Rejects Dismissal
LEIDEN, The Netherlands, Aug. 23 (TNSrpt) -- Leiden University issued the following news: * * * Transgressive behaviour Professor of Archaeology plausible, Court still rejects dismissal It is sufficiently plausible that, during her employment, a professor of archaeology at Leiden University was guilty of prolonged transgressive and unacceptable behaviour, 'which also at that time could be classed as unacceptable'. This is the conclusion of the District Judge at the Court of Amsterdam in her   more

University of Florida Museum Completes Inventory, Will Repatriate Native American Remains to 3 Tribes
WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 (TNSFR) -- The University of Florida Museum of Natural History has completed an inventory under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) and will repatriate a human mandible to three Native American tribes. The remains, identified as belonging to a Native American individual, were discovered during a review of a 1969 fossil collection from the Monkey Jungle Hammock site, a dry sinkhole in Miami-Dade County. The affiliated tribes are the Miccosukee   more

University of Florida Museum to Repatriate Native American Remains, Artifacts to 3 Native American Tribes
WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 (TNSFR) -- The University of Florida Museum of Natural History has completed an inventory under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) and will repatriate human remains and 257 funerary objects from the Cutler Fossil Site in Miami-Dade County to three Native American tribes. The human remains and associated funerary objects have been identified through consultation as culturally affiliated with the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians, Seminole Tribe of F  more